^"The District Councils Act 1887 No. 419". Flinders University. p. 90. Retrieved 28 June 2017. DISTRICT OF BLANCHETOWN.—Comprising the Hundreds of Skurray, Fisher, Nildottie and Paisley.
^"COUNTRY NEWS". Adelaide Observer. Vol. LV, no. 2, 957. South Australia. 4 June 1898. p. 6. Retrieved 16 April 2019 – via National Library of Australia. Mr. W. Wilchs proposed and Mr. M. Corcoran seconded — "That the Hundreds of Backara and Murbko be added to the District Council of Blanchetown, and that the said Council be divided into five wards, with a Councillor for each ward." Carried unanimously.
^"GENERAL NEWS". Adelaide Observer. Vol. L, no. 2, 698. South Australia. 17 June 1893. p. 31. Retrieved 16 April 2019 – via National Library of Australia. NEW HUNDREDS.—One of the last official acts of the Downer Ministry was to constitute another batch of new hundreds, which will go considerably towards more clearly locating geographical features in the Central District of the colony. The new hundreds have been named as follows:—In the County of Albert—Hundreds of Murbko, Waikerie, Holder, Moorook, Bakara, and Montung; In the County of Alfred—Hundreds of Pyap, Bookpurnong, Gordon, Paringa, and Murtho. Most of the hundreds have as a portion of their boundaries the banks of the River Murray, and they have all been added to the Central Land District.
