| Manchester South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Manchester | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°31′54″S 137°27′37″E / 32.531780°S 137.460360°E | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1891[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 5,000 square kilometres (1,930 sq mi)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Port Augusta (part) City of Whyalla (part) Pastoral Unincorporated Area[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Far North[3][2] Eyre Western[4][2] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Coordinates[2] Adjoining counties[5] | ||||||||||||||
County of Manchester is a cadastral unit located in the Australian state of South Australia that covers land both located in the north-east of Eyre Peninsula and to the peninsula's north. It was proclaimed in 1891 and named after George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester who was the father-in-law of the Earl of Kintore GCMG, the Governor of South Australia at the time.
- ^ Bray, J.C. (21 May 1891). "untitled (new counties and hundreds)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. 1891. Government of South Australia: 1337–1338. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ a b c d e "Search result for "County of Manchester (CNTY)" (Record no SA0042393) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Local Government Areas", "Counties", "Hundreds" and "Government Regions"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ "Far North SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- ^ "Eyre Western SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ "HUNDRED MAP Series Index Map" (PDF). Department of Environment and Heritage, Government of South Australia. December 2008. Retrieved 16 November 2015.