York South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 33°05′S 137°13′E / 33.08°S 137.21°E | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1895 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 3,419 km2 (1,320.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | City of Whyalla | ||||||||||||||
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The County of York is one of the 49 cadastral counties of South Australia. It was proclaimed by acting Governor Samuel Way in 1895 and named for King George V who was known at the time as the Duke of York.[1] It covers a portion of the state on the Eyre Peninsula east coast at the latitude of Whyalla. It stretches westwards to the eastern boundary of Lake Gilles Conservation Park[1]