County of Victoria
| Victoria South Australia | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | |||||||||||||||
  Victoria | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°17′17″S 138°23′59″E / 33.288083°S 138.399769°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1 October 1857[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 3,710 km2 (1,431 sq mi)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Port Pirie[1] Northern Areas[1] Goyder[1] | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
The County of Victoria is one of the 49 cadastral counties of South Australia. It was proclaimed by Governor Richard MacDonnell in 1857 and probably named for Queen Victoria.[3] It covers an area of the Spencer Gulf coast and hinterland in the Mid North of the state from Port Pirie in the northwest to near Mount Bryan in the southeast, including most of the Broughton River watershed.[3]
Hundreds
[edit]The county is divided into the following 14 hundreds:
- Hundred of Pirie, established 1874
- Hundred of Wandearah, established 1874
- Hundred of Napperby, established 1874
- Hundred of Crystal Brook, established 1871
- Hundred of Howe, established 1891 (southern part of Wirrabara Forest Reserve)
- Hundred of Booyoolie, established 1871
- Hundred of Narridy, established 1871
- Hundred of Caltowie, established 1871
- Hundred of Yangya, established 1869
- Hundred of Bundaleer, established 1869
- Hundred of Belalie, established 1870
- Hundred of Reynolds, established 1869
- Hundred of Whyte, established 1869
- Hundred of Anne, established 1863
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Search results for 'County of Victoria' with the following datasets selected - 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ Younghusband, William (1 October 1857). "Proclamation (re the Counties of Victoria and MacDonnell)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. pp. 754–755. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Search for 'County of Victoria, CNTY'". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. SA0014897. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2016.