County of Herbert

Herbert
South Australia
The Yunta Hotel
Herbert is located in South Australia
Herbert
Herbert
Coordinates32°39′07″S 139°17′45″E / 32.651875°S 139.295879°E / -32.651875; 139.295879[1]
Established18 January 1877[2]
Area3,970 square kilometres (1,532 sq mi)[1]
Location55 km (34 mi) NE of Peterborough
LGA(s)District Council of Peterborough[1]
Pastoral Unincorporated Area[1]
RegionFar North
Yorke and Mid North[1]
Lands administrative divisions around Herbert:
Granville Lytton Lytton
Dalhousie Herbert -
Dalhousie Kimberley -
FootnotesLocation[1]
Adjoining counties[3]

County of Herbert is a cadastral unit located in the Australian state of South Australia that covers land to the east of the Flinders Ranges about 55 kilometres (34 mi) north-east of the town of Peterborough. It was proclaimed in 1877 and named after a prominent man of the time with either a title or a surname containing the name ‘Herbert’. It has been partially divided in the following sub-units of hundredsCavenagh, Coglin, Minburra, Nackara, Paratoo and Waroonee.

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Search result for "County of Herbert, Cnty" with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Local Government Areas", "Counties", "Hundreds", "Gazetteer" and "SA Government Regions"". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  2. ^ Ayers, Henry (18 January 1877). "untitled (proclamation of new counties and hundreds)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. 1877. Government of South Australia: 96–98. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference hundreds-map was invoked but never defined (see the help page).