Hundred of Wright
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{{short description|Administrative division in South Australia}}
File:Hundred of Wright, 1964 (23415593269).jpg The Hundred of Wright is a cadastral hundred of County of Robinson in South Australia. It spans the west coast of the state at Venus Bay (33°10′S 134°41′E), {{convert|655|km}} west of Adelaide.
History
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The traditional owners of the area were the Nauo Aboriginal people.
The first European to the area was Dutch explorer Pieter Nuyts, in 1627 in the Gulden Zeepaard.
In 1802 Matthew Flinders came past the district whilst on his voyage in the Investigator.{{Cite web |url=http://www.streakybay.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=194 |publisher=District Council of Streaky Bay |title=Streaky Bay: Our History |date=2 May 2006 |accessdate=23 June 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070829215502/http://www.streakybay.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=194 |archivedate=29 August 2007 |df=dmy-all}} The first European land exploration was that of John Hill and Samuel Stephens in 1839, followed shortly after by Edward John Eyre in the same year.