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![]() Samphire on the edges of Bool Lagoon in the Hundred of Robertson | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°06′50″S140°23′46″E / 37.113882°S 140.396179°E Coordinates: 37°06′50″S140°23′46″E / 37.113882°S 140.396179°E [1] | ||||||||||||||
Established | 23 July 1846 [2] | ||||||||||||||
Area | 5,080 square kilometres (1,962 sq mi) [1] | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Adjoining counties [1] [3] |
The County of Robe is one of the 49 cadastral counties of South Australia. It was proclaimed by and named for Governor Frederick Robe in 1846. [1] It covers a portion of the state's south-east from the west coast at Robe to the border with Victoria on the east. [1] This includes the following contemporary local government areas of the state: [1]
In 1802 the French explorer Nicholas Baudin first viewed the bay on which Robe was settled later in the same year, and he named it Guichen Bay in honour of Admiral de Guichen. The Boandik aboriginal tribe lived relatively undisturbed around the Robe region, with “Black Maggie” being the first to meet white men in Guichen Bay in the 1830s, who were probably whalers, sealers or sailors visiting the area long before South Australian settlement. [4]
The County of Robe is divided into the following 18 hundreds:
Naracoorte is a town in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia, approximately 336 kilometres south-east of Adelaide and 100 kilometres north of Mount Gambier on the Riddoch Highway (A66).
The Limestone Coast is a name used since the early twenty-first century for a South Australian government region located in the south east of South Australia which immediately adjoins the continental coastline and the Victorian border. The name is also used for a tourist region and a wine zone both located in the same part of South Australia.
The District Council of Robe is a local government area located in the Limestone Coast area of South Australia. The main offices are in Robe, the town after which the council is named. The district relies on a mix of agriculture, fisheries and tourism as major components of its economy.
The Naracoorte Lucindale Council is a local government area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the Limestone Coast region in the south-east of the state adjacent to the Victorian border.
Hynam is a town and locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east within the Limestone Coast region on the border with the state of Victoria about 302 kilometres south east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 11 kilometres east of the municipal seat of Naracoorte.
Victoria was an electorate in the South Australian House of Assembly from 1857 until 1902 and from 1915 to 1993.
Guichen Bay Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia overlooking Guichen Bay located in the gazetted locality of Mount Benson about 8 kilometres north of the town centre of Robe.
Limestone Coast zone is a wine zone located in the south east of South Australia. It extends south of a line of latitude approximately in line with Cape Willoughby at the east end of Kangaroo Island and it is bounded by the continental coastline and the border with Victoria. It consists of the following wine regions all of which have received appellation as an Australian Geographical Indication (AGI): Coonawarra, Mount Benson, Mount Gambier, Robe, Padthaway, Wrattonbully and a small number of vineyards located outside the above regions. The zone received AGI in 1996.
Mount Benson is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the state's south-east coast overlooking Guichen Bay which is part of the body of water known in Australia as the Southern Ocean and by international authorities as the Great Australian Bight. It is about 269 kilometres south-east of the Adelaide city centre and 112 kilometres north-west of the centre of Mount Gambier.
Wrattonbully is a locality located within the Naracoorte Lucindale Council in the Limestone Coast in the south east of South Australia about 327 kilometres south east of the Adelaide city centre. Wrattonbully gives its name to the wine region surrounding it, the Wrattonbully wine region.
The District Councils Act 1887 was an act of the Parliament of South Australia. It received assent on 9 December 1887, and its provisions came into effect when proclaimed by Governor William C. F. Robinson on 5 January 1888.
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. It is located in the upper south-east of the state from the Limestone Coast at Kingston to the Victorian border. This includes the following contemporary local government areas of the state:
Stewart Range is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about 289 kilometres (180 mi) south-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) west of the municipal seat of Naracoorte.
Joanna is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east within the state’s Limestone Coast region about 325 kilometres south east of the state capital of Adelaide, about 19.5 kilometres south-east of the municipal seat of Naracoorte.
Mount Light is a locality located within the Naracoorte Lucindale Council in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia.
Coles is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east within the Limestone Coast region about 316 kilometres (196 mi) south east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 39 kilometres (24 mi) south-west of the municipal seat of Naracoorte.
Fox is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east within the Limestone Coast region about 298 kilometres (185 mi) south east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 45 kilometres (28 mi) south-west of the municipal seat of Naracoorte.
Spence is a locality located within the Naracoorte Lucindale Council in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia.
The Hundred of Townsend is a cadastral unit of hundred located in the Limestone Coast region in the south-east of South Australia.
Clay Wells is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east within the Limestone Coast region about 300 kilometres (190 mi) south east of the state capital of Adelaide, and about 39 kilometres (24 mi) south-east and about 35 kilometres (22 mi) north-west respectively of the municipal seats of Robe and Millicent.
Map of the counties of Lowan, Borung and Kara-Kara showing colony and parish boundaries, main roads, telegraph lines and railways. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.