County of Eyre
| Eyre South Australia | |||||||||||||
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 Main street of Morgan on the west bank of the Murray River in the Hundred of Eba | |||||||||||||
  Eyre | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°16′S 139°21′E / 34.26°S 139.35°ECoordinates: 34°16′S 139°21′E / 34.26°S 139.35°E | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1842 | ||||||||||||
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The County of Eyre is one of the 49 counties of South Australia. It was proclaimed by Governor George Grey in 1842 and named for the explorer Edward John Eyre.[1] It covers a portion of the state between the Adelaide Hills in the west and the Murray River in the east from Robertstown and Mannum on the northern boundary to Sedan and Swan Reach on the southern boundary.[1]
Hundreds
The County of Eyre is divided into the following 13 hundreds:
- Hundred of English (Robertstown)
- Hundred of Bower (Bower)
- Hundred of Beatty (Beatty)
- Hundred of Eba (Eba, Morgan)
- Hundred of Neales (Eudunda)
- Hundred of Brownlow (Brownlow)
- Hundred of Hay (McBean Pound)
- Hundred of Dutton (Dutton)
- Hundred of Anna (Annadale)
- Hundred of Skurray (Blanchetown)
- Hundred of Jellicoe (Truro, Keyneton)
- Hundred of Bagot (South Australia) (Sedan)
- Hundred of Fisher (Fisher)
References
- 1 2 "Search for 'County of Eyre, CNTY' (ID SA0023418)". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
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