County of Blachford

Blachford
South Australia
Abandoned homestead north of Hawker on the western edge of the Flinders Ranges
Blachford is located in South Australia
Blachford
Blachford
Coordinates31°44′41″S 138°07′14″E / 31.744627°S 138.120668°E / -31.744627; 138.120668[1]
Established16 January 1877[2]
Area2,940 square kilometres (1,135 sq mi)[1]
Location90 km (56 mi) NE of Port Augusta
LGA(s)
RegionFar North[1]
Lands administrative divisions around Blachford:
Lake Torrens Taunton Taunton
Lake Torrens Blachford Hanson
- Newcastle Granville
FootnotesLocation[1]
Adjoining counties[3]

County of Blachford is a cadastral unit located in the Australian state of South Australia that covers land between the east coast of Lake Torrens and the western side of the Flinders Ranges about 90 kilometres (56 mi) north-east of the city of Port Augusta. It was proclaimed in 1877 and named after Frederic Rogers, 1st Baron Blachford who was the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1860 to 1871. It has been partially divided in the following sub-units of hundredsBarndioota, Cotabena, Warrakimbo, Wonoka and Woolyana.

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Search result for "County of Blachford, Cnty" with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Local Government Areas", "Counties", "Hundreds", "Gazetteer", "Land Development Plan Zone Categories" and "Government Regions"". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  2. ^ Ayers, Henry (18 January 1877). "untitled (proclamation of new counties and hundreds)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. 1877. Government of South Australia: 96–98. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
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