County of Kintore

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Kintore
South Australia
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Windmills at Penong in the county south
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Kintore
Coordinates 31°45′43″S132°50′53″E / 31.762°S 132.848°E / -31.762; 132.848 Coordinates: 31°45′43″S132°50′53″E / 31.762°S 132.848°E / -31.762; 132.848
Established1890
Area3,670 km2 (1,418 sq mi) [1]
Lands administrative divisions around Kintore:
Hopetoun pastoral unincorporatedpastoral unincorporated
Hopetoun Kintore Way
Great Australian Bight Great Australian Bight Great Australian Bight

The County of Kintore is one of the 49 counties of South Australia. Located on the state's west coast, it was proclaimed in 1890 and named for the Governor Algernon Keith-Falconer. [1]

Lands administrative divisions of South Australia

The lands administrative divisions of South Australia are the cadastral units of counties and hundreds in South Australia. They are located only in the south-eastern part of the state, and do not cover the whole state. 49 counties have been proclaimed across the southern and southeastern areas of the state historically considered to be arable and thus in need of a cadastre. Within that area, a total of 540 hundreds have been proclaimed, although five were annulled in 1870, and, in some cases, the names reused elsewhere.

South Australia State of Australia

South Australia is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of 983,482 square kilometres (379,725 sq mi), it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, and fifth largest by population. It has a total of 1.7 million people, and its population is the second most highly centralised in Australia, after Western Australia, with more than 77 percent of South Australians living in the capital, Adelaide, or its environs. Other population centres in the state are relatively small; Mount Gambier, the second largest centre, has a population of 28,684.

Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore British colonial administrator

Algernon Hawkins Thomond Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore, Lord Inverurie was a British politician and colonial governor.

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Hundreds

The County of Kintore contains the following 8 hundreds, covering approximately the southern half of its total area:

Bookabie, South Australia Suburb of Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia

Bookabie is a town and locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the state’s west coast overlooking the Great Australian Bight about 648 kilometres north-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 103 kilometres west of the town centre of Ceduna.

Hundred of Nash Cadastral in South Australia

The Hundred of Nash is a cadastral hundred in the County of Kintore, South Australia on the southeastern fringe of the Nullarbor Plain spanning Fowler's Bay. The hundred was proclaimed in 1890 by Governor Kintore and named for a contemporary member of the state parliament, Benjamin Nash.

Hundred of Giles Cadastral in South Australia

The Hundred of Giles is a cadastral hundred in the County of Kintore, South Australia on the southeastern fringe of the Nullarbor Plain. The hundred was proclaimed in 1890 by Governor Kintore and named for a contemporary member of the state parliament, Clement Giles.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gazetteer: County of Kintore". SA Location Viewer. Government of South Australia. 14 January 2009. SA0036902. Retrieved 11 September 2019. Area 1418 square miles. The Right Hon. Earl of Kintore P.C., G.C.M.G., Governor of Aouth Australia 11/4/1889–10/4/1895.