Lytton South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 32°10′S 139°29′E / 32.16°S 139.49°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
Established | 18 January 1877[2] | ||||||||||||||
Area | 3,580 square kilometres (1,381 sq mi)[1] | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Pastoral unincorporated area[1] | ||||||||||||||
Region | Far North[1] | ||||||||||||||
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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.
The Earl of Lytton was Viceroy of India when the county was proclaimed. Area 1381 square miles.