The County of Millewa is one of the 37

counties of Victoria Cadastral divisions in Victoria are called counties, which are further subdivided into parishes and townships, for cadastral or land administration purposes. Cadastral divisions of county, parish and township form the basis for formal identifica ...

which are part of the

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, used for land titles. It is located to the south 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 north-western corner of

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, with the

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border to the west. This border was originally intended to be at the 141st meridian of longitude, but because of the

South Australia-Victoria border dispute South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz ...

it is several miles to the west of it. The southern boundary of the county is at 35°S, and the eastern at 142°E. The name is also used for the

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Parishes

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include: *Mildura shared with Karkarooc *Mullroo *Toupnein *Warina *Woolwoola *Yelta

References

Vicnames, place name detailsResearch aids, Victoria 1910Map of the counties of Millewa, Karkarooc, Tatchera and Weeah
showing colony and parish boundaries, main roads, telegraph lines and railways. 1886. National Library of Australia {{coord, 34, 50, S, 141, 30, E, region:AU-VIC, display=title Counties of Victoria (Australia)