The County of Buccleuch is one of the 49 cadastral counties of

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...

. It was proclaimed in 1893 and named for the sixth

Duke of Buccleuch Duke of Buccleuch (pronounced ), formerly also spelt Duke of Buccleugh, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland created twice on 20 April 1663, first for James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth and second suo jure for his wife Anne Scott, 4th Cou ...

, William Scott, of Scotland. It is located east of the

Murray River The Murray River (in South Australia: River Murray) (Ngarrindjeri: ''Millewa'', Yorta Yorta: ''Tongala'') is a river in Southeastern Australia. It is Australia's longest river at extent. Its tributaries include five of the next six longest r ...

at the south western edge of the Mallee region. The small locality of

Buccleuch Buccleuch may refer to: __NOTOC__ Places Australia * Buccleuch County, an administrative division in New South Wales, Australia * Buccleuch, South Australia, a small locality and railway station * County of Buccleuch, an administrative division in ...

and its railway station are located at the centre of the county.

Hundreds

The County of Buccleuch is divided into the following 17

hundred 100 or one hundred (Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 and preceding 101. In medieval contexts, it may be described as the short hundred or five score in order to differentiate the English and Germanic use of "hundred" to de ...

s: * Hundred of Bowhill ( Bowhill) * Hundred of Vincent ( Perponda) * Hundred of Wilson ( Borrika) * Hundred of McPherson ( Halidon,

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) * Hundred of Hooper ( Wynarka) * Hundred of Marmon Jabuk ( Karoonda) * Hundred of Molineux ( Marama) * Hundred of Sherlock ( Sherlock) *

Hundred of Roby The Hundred of Roby is a hundred within the County of Buccleuch in the Mallee region of South Australia. The only township within the hundred is Coomandook, a settlement about east-south-east of Adelaide on Dukes Highway Dukes Highway is ...

(

Coomandook Coomandook is a settlement about east-south-east of Adelaide on Dukes Highway in South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of th ...

) * Hundred of Peake ( Peake) * Hundred of Price (

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) * Hundred of Kirkpatrick ( Yumali) * Hundred of Livingston ( Ki Ki) * Hundred of Carcuma ( Carcuma) *

Hundred of Strawbridge The Hundred of Strawbridge is a hundred within County of Buccleuch, South Australia. The main town of the hundred is Coonalpyn and the traditional owners Native title is the designation given to the common law doctrine of Aboriginal title in ...

( Coonalpyn,

Field Field may refer to: Expanses of open ground * Field (agriculture), an area of land used for agricultural purposes * Airfield, an aerodrome that lacks the infrastructure of an airport * Battlefield * Lawn, an area of mowed grass * Meadow, a grass ...

) * Hundred of Coneybeer ( Coonalpyn) * Hundred of Lewis ( Coonalpyn, Tintinara)

References

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