County of Kintore
| Kintore South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 Windmills at Penong in the county south | |||||||||||||||
  Kintore | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°45′43″S 132°50′53″E / 31.762°S 132.848°E | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1890 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 3,670 km2 (1,418 sq mi)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Pastoral Unincorporated Area | ||||||||||||||
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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]
Hundreds
[edit]The County of Kintore contains the following 8 hundreds, covering approximately the southern half of its total area:
- From west to east in the modern locality of Bookabie: Nash, Magarey, Giles
- From northwest to southeast in the modern locality of Penong: Cohen, Burgoyne, Bagster, Kevin, Keith
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "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 South Australia 11/4/1889–10/4/1895.
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