County of Hopetoun
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Hopetoun | |||||||||||||
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| Approach to Fowlers Bay in the Hundred of Caldwell Approach to Fowlers Bay in the Hundred of Caldwell | |||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 21 January 1892[1] | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 6,200 km2 (2,400 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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The County of Hopetoun is one of the 49 counties of South Australia on the state's west coast.[2] It was proclaimed in 1892 by Governor Algernon Keith-Falconer and named for John Hope then the Governor of Victoria.[2]
Hundreds
[edit | edit source]The County of Hopetoun contains the following 9 hundreds, covering approximately the south-eastern half of its total area:
- Inland from northwest to southeast: Bice, Lucy, Miller, Trunch, and May (Yalata, Coorabie)
- On the south coastline from west to east: Russell, Wookata, Sturdee, and Caldwell (Coorabie, Fowlers Bay)