County of Chandos explained

Type:cadastral
Chandos
State:sa
Est:1893
Area:2620sqmi
Coordinates:-35.32°N 140.61°W
Lga:Southern Mallee
Karoonda East Murray
Loxton Waikerie
Near-Nw:Albert
Near-N:Alfred
Near-Ne:Millewa (Vic)
Near-E:Weeah (Vic)
Near-Se:Lowan (Vic)
Near-S:Buckingham
Near-Sw:Cardwell
Near-W:Buccleuch

The County of Chandos is one of the 49 cadastral counties of South Australia. It was proclaimed in 1893 and named by Governor Kintore for the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville who was appointed Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1867.[1] It covers a large portion of the southern Mallee region, adjacent to the state border with Victoria in the state's south east.

The Pinnaroo railway line traverses the north of the county, passing from west to east from Parrakie through Pinnaroo into Victoria.

Hundreds

The county is divided into the following 12 hundreds, with Ngarkat Conservation Park lying outside the gazetted hundreds along the southern border of the county.

In the north (from west to east):

In the centre (from west to east):

In the south (from west to east):

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Placename Details: County of Chandos . SA0004997 . . 14 January 2009 . 17 July 2018 . 7 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151207082745/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . dead .