In 1887 the District Council of Snowtown was established, along with many other new local government bodies in South Australia, by the District Councils Act 1887,[3] incorporating the entirety of the Hundred of Boucaut as well as the neighbouring Hundred of Barunga, in which the town of Snowtown lies. Boucaut became a ward within the Snowtown council and retained its status as a ward in the consolidated District Council of Blyth-Snowtown following the 1987 amalgamation. Following the 1997 amalgamation of Blyth-Snowtown and Wakefield Plains councils the hundred has been a part of the much larger North ward of the Wakefield Regional Council.
^ ab"Search for 'Hundred of Boucaut, HD'". Property Location Browser. Land Services, Government of South Australia. SA0008811. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2017. Derivation of Name: Sir James Penn Boucaut, MP 1861-1878; Other Details: Area 107 square miles. Sir Boucaut was later Chief Justice & 3 times Premier of South Australia.
^"The District Councils Act 1887 No. 419". Flinders University. p. 90. Retrieved 27 March 2015. DISTRICT OF SNOWTOWN.-Comprising the Hundreds of Barunga and Boucaut.