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County of Victoria

Coordinates: 33°17′17″S 138°23′59″E / 33.288083°S 138.399769°E / -33.288083; 138.399769
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Victoria
South Australia
Rail yard at Gladstone in the county's centre on the boundary of the hundreds of Booyoolie and Yangya
Victoria is located in South Australia
Victoria
Victoria
Coordinates33°17′17″S 138°23′59″E / 33.288083°S 138.399769°E / -33.288083; 138.399769[1]
Established1 October 1857[2]
Area3,710 km2 (1,431 sq mi)[1]
LGA(s)Port Pirie[1]
Northern Areas[1]
Goyder[1]
Lands administrative divisions around Victoria:
Spencer Gulf Frome
Dalhousie
Kimberley
Spencer Gulf Victoria Kimberley
Burra
Spencer Gulf Stanley
Daly
Burra

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

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The county is divided into the following 14 hundreds:

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.