The County of Buckingham is one of the
49 cadastral counties of
South Australia
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. It was proclaimed by Governor
James Fergusson in 1869 and named for the third
Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
Viscount Cobham is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain that was created in 1718. Owing to its special remainder, the title has passed through several families. Since 1889, it has been held by members of the Lyttelton family.
The barony a ...
,
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville who was appointed
Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1867.
It is located adjacent to the
Victoria
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* Victoria, Seychelle ...
n border in the state's upper south east.
This includes most of the contemporary local government area of
Tatiara District Council
Tatiara District Council is a local government area located in south-eastern South Australia. The name Tatiara is said to mean "the good country", a phrase which dates back to the area's first inhabitants, the Bodaruwitj people. It is one of t ...
and a small east portion of
Coorong District Council
Coorong District Council is a local government area in South Australia located between the River Murray and the Limestone Coast region. The district cover mostly rural areas with small townships, as well as part of the Coorong National Park.
...
.
Hundreds
The County of Buckingham is divided into the following 11
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 des ...
s:
*
Hundred of Archibald (
Ngarkat
The Ngarkat is a recorded title of a tribal group from South Australia. The Ngarkat lands had linked the mallee peoples of Victoria and South Australia to the river peoples of the Murray River Murraylands. Ngarkat language has been loosely groupe ...
,
Coombe)
*
Hundred of Makin __NOTOC__
The Hundred of Makin is a cadastral unit of hundred located in the Australian state of South Australia within the County of Buckingham and the state government region of the Limestone Coast about south-east of the state capital of A ...
(
Ngarkat
The Ngarkat is a recorded title of a tribal group from South Australia. The Ngarkat lands had linked the mallee peoples of Victoria and South Australia to the river peoples of the Murray River Murraylands. Ngarkat language has been loosely groupe ...
,
Makin)
*
Hundred of McCallum (
Ngarkat
The Ngarkat is a recorded title of a tribal group from South Australia. The Ngarkat lands had linked the mallee peoples of Victoria and South Australia to the river peoples of the Murray River Murraylands. Ngarkat language has been loosely groupe ...
,
McCallum)
*
Hundred of Shaugh (
Shaugh)
*
(
Keith
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)
*
Hundred of Pendleton (
Sherwood,
Brimbago)
*
Hundred of Cannawigara
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 ...
(
Sherwood,
Lowan Vale, northern half of
Cannawigara)
*
Hundred of Senior (
Senior)
*
Hundred of Willalooka (
Willalooka)
*
Hundred of Wirrega (
Buckingham,
Mundulla, southern part of
Cannawigara)
*
Hundred of Tatiara
The Hundred of Tatiara is a Hundred of the County of Buckingham centered on Bordertown, and Wolseley, South Australia
Wolseley (formerly Tatiara) is a small South Australian town near the Victorian border. It is five kilometres south of the ...
(
Bordertown,
Wolseley)
References
{{Counties of South Australia
Buckingham