County of Hopetoun explained

Type:	cadastral
Hopetoun
State:	sa
Established:	21 January 1892
Established Footnotes:	^[1]
Area:	2400order=flipNaNorder=flip
Area Footnotes:	^[2]
Coordinates:	-31.553°N 131.981°W
Lga:	District Council of Ceduna
Near-Nw:	pastoral unincorporated
Near-N:	pastoral unincorporated
Near-Ne:	pastoral unincorporated
Near-E:	Kintore
Near-Se:	Great Australian Bight
Near-S:	Great Australian Bight
Near-Sw:	Great Australian Bight
Near-W:	pastoral unincorporated

The County of Hopetoun is one of the 49 counties of South Australia on the state's west coast.^[2] It was proclaimed in 1892 by Governor Algernon Keith-Falconer and named for John Hope then the Governor of Victoria.^[2]

Hundreds

The County of Hopetoun contains the following 9 hundreds, covering approximately the south-eastern half of its total area:

• Inland from northwest to southeast: Bice, Lucy, Miller, Trunch, and May (Yalata, Coorabie)
• On the south coastline from west to east: Russell, Wookata, Sturdee, and Caldwell (Coorabie, Fowlers Bay)

See also

• Lands administrative divisions of South Australia

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kingston . C.C. . Untitled proclamation re new county and new hundreds . Government of South Australia . 10 September 2019 . 120-121 . 21 January 1892.
2. Web site: Placename Details: County of Hopetoun . SA0031106 . Property Location Browser . . 14 January 2009 . 13 August 2019 . 7 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151207082745/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . dead .