County of MacDonnell explained

Type:cadastral
MacDonnell
State:sa
Est:1857
Area:4784
Coordinates:-36.65°N 140.41°W
Lga:Kingston District Council
Tatiara District Council
Naracoorte Lucindale Council
Region:Limestone Coast[1]
Near-Nw:Ocean
Near-N:Cardwell
Buckingham
Near-Ne:Lowan (Vic)
Near-E:Lowan (Vic)
Follett (Vic)
Near-Se:Follett (Vic)
Near-S:Robe
Near-Sw:Ocean
Near-W:Ocean
Footnotes:Coordinates
Adjoining counties[2]

The County of MacDonnell is one of the 49 cadastral counties of South Australia. It was proclaimed in 1857 and named for the South Australian Governor at the time of proclamation, Richard Graves MacDonnell.[3] It is located in the upper south-east of the state from the Limestone Coast at Kingston to the Victorian border.[3] This includes the following contemporary local government areas of the state:

Hundreds

The County of MacDonnell is divided into the following 15 hundreds:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Limestone Coast SA Government region. The Government of South Australia. 22 January 2017.
  2. Web site: HUNDRED MAP Series Index Map . December 2008. 16 November 2015 . Department of Environment and Heritage, Government of South Australia.
  3. Web site: Search for 'County of MacDonnell, CNTY' (ID SA0041829) . . 19 July 2016 . Area 1847 square miles. Named after Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell, KT, CB, Governor of South Australia 8 June 1855 to 4 March 1862. . 7 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151207082745/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . dead .