County of Musgrave

Musgrave
South Australia
Elliston Hall
Musgrave is located in South Australia
Musgrave
Musgrave
Coordinates33°44′10″S 135°24′58″E / 33.736°S 135.416°E / -33.736; 135.416
Established1876[1]
Area6,300 square kilometres (2,450 sq mi)[2]
LGA(s)District Council of Elliston
District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula[2]
RegionEyre Western[3][2]
Lands administrative divisions around Musgrave:
Ocean Robinson
Le Hunte
Le Hunte
Ocean Musgrave Jervois
Ocean Flinders Flinders
FootnotesCoordinates[2]
Adjoining counties[4]

The County of Musgrave is a cadastral unit in the Australian state of South Australia that covers land on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula. It was proclaimed on 22 June 1876 and named after Anthony Musgrave, the Governor of South Australia from 9 June 1876 to 29 January 1877.[2][1][5][6]

  1. ^ a b Ayers, Henry (22 June 1876). "untitled (new counties and hundreds)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. 1876. Government of South Australia: 1182–1183. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Search result for 'County of Musgrave (CNTY)' (Record no SA0048182) with the following layers selected - 'Local Government Areas', 'Counties', 'Hundreds' and "Government Regions'". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Eyre Western SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference hundreds-map was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE". The Express and Telegraph. Vol. XIII, no. 3, 784. South Australia. 23 June 1876. p. 3 (SECOND EDITION). Retrieved 21 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ Leadbeater, Maureen (2014). "Counties & Hundreds of South Australia". FamilyHistorySA. Retrieved 20 November 2016.