County of Lytton (South Australia)

Lytton
South Australia
Lytton is located in South Australia
Lytton
Lytton
Coordinates32°10′S 139°29′E / 32.16°S 139.49°E / -32.16; 139.49[1]
Established18 January 1877[2]
Area3,580 square kilometres (1,381 sq mi)[1]
LGA(s)Pastoral unincorporated area[1]
RegionFar North[1]
Lands administrative divisions around Lytton:
Hanson Derby
Granville Lytton
Dalhousie Herbert

The County of Lytton is one of the 49 counties of South Australia. It was proclaimed 1877 by Governor Anthony Musgrave and named for the Robert Bulwer-Lytton, Earl of Lytton, who was the Viceroy of India at the time.[1] It covers a rectangular portion of unincorporated pastoral land in the state's Far North region. The west of the county includes some of the eastern foothills of the Flinders Ranges and the county's southern border is about 19 kilometres (12 mi) north of Yunta.[1] The County of Lytton has never been divided into hundreds.

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Search for 'County of Lytton, CNTY' (ID SA0041780)". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2016. The Earl of Lytton was Viceroy of India when the county was proclaimed. Area 1381 square miles.
  2. ^ Ayers, Henry (18 January 1877). "untitled (proclamation of new counties)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. 1877. Government of South Australia: 96–97. Retrieved 3 January 2018.