County of Hore-Ruthven

Hore-Ruthven
South Australia
Hore-Ruthven is located in South Australia
Hore-Ruthven
Hore-Ruthven
Coordinates32°29′S 136°34′E / 32.49°S 136.57°E / -32.49; 136.57
Established1933[1][2]
Area7,040 square kilometres (2,718 sq mi)[3]
LGA(s)Pastoral Unincorporated Area
RegionFar North[4][3]
Lands administrative divisions around Hore-Ruthven:
Bosanquet Hore-Ruthven Manchester
Le Hunte Buxton
York
York
FootnotesCoordinates[3]
Adjoining counties[5]

County of Hore-Ruthven is a cadastral unit in the Australian state of South Australia that covers land both in the north of the Eyre Peninsula and to the peninsula's north. It was proclaimed in 1933 and was named after Alexander Hore-Ruthven, the Governor of South Australia from 1928 to 1934.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b "News Of The Week At Home". The Chronicle. Vol. LXXVI, no. 40, 125. Adelaide. 4 January 1934. p. 40. Retrieved 11 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ Leadbeater, Maureen (2014). "Counties & Hundreds of South Australia". FamilyHistorySA. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d "Search result for "County of Hore-Ruthven (CNTY)" (Record no SA0031122) with the following layers selected - "Local Government Areas", "Counties", "Road labels" and "Government Regions"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Far North SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  5. ^ "HUNDRED MAP Series Index Map" (PDF). Department of Environment and Heritage, Government of South Australia. December 2008. Retrieved 16 November 2015.