County of Buccleuch

This article is about the South Australian cadastral division. For the New South Welsh cadastral division, see Buccleuch County.
Buccleuch
South Australia
Coonalpyn town hall in the Hundred of Coneybeer
Buccleuch is located in South Australia
Buccleuch
Buccleuch
Coordinates35°19′S 139°56′E / 35.32°S 139.94°E / -35.32; 139.94
Established4 May 1893[1]
Area6,035 km2 (2,330.1 sq mi)
Lands administrative divisions around Buccleuch:
Sturt Albert Alfred
Russell Buccleuch Chandos
Cardwell Cardwell Buckingham

The County of Buccleuch is one of the 49 cadastral counties of South Australia. It was proclaimed in 1893 and named for the sixth Duke of Buccleuch, William Scott, of Scotland.[2] It is located east of the Murray River at the south western edge of the Mallee region.[2]

The small locality of Buccleuch and its railway station are located at the centre of the county.

  1. ^ Downer, Jno. W. (4 May 1893). "untitled (proclamation of new counties of Buccleuch and Chandos, new hundreds of Bowhill and Ettrick et al)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. 1893 (19). Government of South Australia: 1003. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Search for 'County of Buccleuch, CNTY' (ID SA0010228)". Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2016. Area 2330 square miles.