This article is about the South Australian cadastral division. For the New South Welsh cadastral division, see Buccleuch County. Cadastral in South Australia
| Buccleuch South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 Coonalpyn town hall in the Hundred of Coneybeer | |||||||||||||||
  Buccleuch | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°19′S 139°56′E / 35.32°S 139.94°E / -35.32; 139.94 | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 4 May 1893 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 6,035 km (2,330.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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The County of Buccleuch is one of the 49 cadastral counties of South Australia. It was proclaimed in 1893 and named for the sixth Duke of Buccleuch, William Scott, of Scotland. It is located east of the Murray River at the south western edge of the Mallee region.
The small locality of Buccleuch and its railway station are located at the centre of the county.
Hundreds
The County of Buccleuch is divided into the following 17 hundreds:
- Hundred of Bowhill (Bowhill)
- Hundred of Vincent (Perponda)
- Hundred of Wilson (Borrika)
- Hundred of McPherson (Halidon, Sandalwood)
- Hundred of Hooper (Wynarka)
- Hundred of Marmon Jabuk (Karoonda)
- Hundred of Molineux (Marama)
- Hundred of Sherlock (Sherlock)
- Hundred of Roby (Coomandook)
- Hundred of Peake (Peake)
- Hundred of Price (Geranium)
- Hundred of Kirkpatrick (Yumali)
- Hundred of Livingston (Ki Ki)
- Hundred of Carcuma (Carcuma)
- Hundred of Strawbridge (Coonalpyn, Field)
- Hundred of Coneybeer (Coonalpyn)
- Hundred of Lewis (Coonalpyn, Tintinara)
References
- Downer, Jno. W. (4 May 1893). "untitled (proclamation of new counties of Buccleuch and Chandos, new hundreds of Bowhill and Ettrick et al)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. 1893 (19). Government of South Australia: 1003. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "Search for 'County of Buccleuch, CNTY' (ID SA0010228)". Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
Area 2330 square miles.