County of Way explained

Type:cadastral
Way
State:sa
Coordinates:-31.8846°N 133.6686°W
Coord Ref:[1]
Established:16 January 1889
Established Footnotes:[2]
Area:2610order=flipNaNorder=flip
Lga:District Council of Ceduna
Lga2:Pastoral Unincorporated Area
Near-Nw:-
Near-N:-
Near-Ne:-
Near-E:Dufferin
Near-Se:Dufferin
Near-S:Great Australian Bight
Near-Sw:Great Australian Bight
Near-W:Kintore
Footnotes:Adjoining counties

The County of Way is one of the 49 counties of South Australia on the state's west coast.[1] It was proclaimed circa 1889 by Governor William Robinson and named for Samuel Way, the Chief Justice of the state's Supreme Court at the time.[1]

It covers a portion of the state's west coast from Acraman Creek Conservation Park, just west of Streaky Bay, to Watraba, about west of Ceduna[1] The northern half of the county spans most of the Yumbarra Conservation Park.

Hundreds

The County of Way contains the following 13 hundreds, covering approximately the southern half of its total area:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Search results for 'County of Way, Cnty' with the following datasets being selected - 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions', and 'Gazetteer' . Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Derivation of Name: Chief Justice Samuel J Way; Other Details: Area 2610 square miles. Located 31:51S, 133:40E. The Right Sir Samuel James Way, Baronet, P.C. & Chief Justice.. 17 October 2022.
  2. Ramsay . J.G. . untitled (proclamation of new counties and hundreds) . The South Australian Government Gazette . 1889 . 96. Government of South Australia . 17 January 1889 . 18 October 2022.

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