The County of Newcastle is one of the 49 counties of

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spanning the central

Flinders Ranges The Flinders Ranges are the largest mountain range in South Australia, which starts about north of Adelaide. The ranges stretch for over from Port Pirie to Lake Callabonna. The Adnyamathanha people are the Aboriginal group who have inhabi ...

. It was named in 1876 for Francis Pelham-Clinton-Hope, the eighth

Duke of Newcastle Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne was a title that was created three times, once in the Peerage of England and twice in the Peerage of Great Britain. The first grant of the title was made in 1665 to William Cavendish, 1st Marquess of Newcastle u ...

Local government

Local government was initiated within the county in 1883 with the establishment of the

Corporate Town of Quorn The Corporate Town of Quorn was a local government area in South Australia from 1883 to 1969, centred on the town of Quorn. It was incorporated on 25 October 1883, prior to the 1888 establishment of the rural District Council of Kanyaka, which ...

in the Hundred of Pichi Richi in the central south the county. In 1888 the councils of

Davenport Davenport may refer to: Places Australia *Davenport, Northern Territory, a locality * Hundred of Davenport, cadastral unit in South Australia **Davenport, South Australia, suburb of Port Augusta **District Council of Davenport, former local govern ...

(later called Woolundunga) and Kanyaka were established, bringing the whole county under local governance. Local government for the western third of the county (west of Dutchmans Range and Middle Range ridge line, that is, the

Hundred of Crozier The County of Newcastle is one of the 49 counties of South Australia spanning the central Flinders Ranges. It was named in 1876 for Francis Pelham-Clinton-Hope, the eighth Duke of Newcastle. Local government Local government was initiated with ...

, the west half of the Hundred of Yarrah, the western majority of the Hundred of Wyacca and the western flank of the Hundred of Pichi Richi) was ceded to the state prior to the abolition of the Woolundunga council in the early 1900s. In 1969 Kanyaka and Quorn councils amalgamated, uniting the remaining incorporated eastern two thirds of the county under one local government body, the

District Council of Kanyaka-Quorn The District Council of Kanyaka-Quorn was a local government area in South Australia that existed from 1969 to 1997. The Council came into existence on 1 April 1969 following the merger of the Corporate Town of Quorn with the surrounding Distric ...

. In 1997, Kanyaka-Quorn amalgamated with the

District Council of Hawker The District Council of Hawker was a local government area in South Australia from 1888 to 1997, centred on the town of Hawker. At its creation it was the northernmost local government area in the state. History It was established on 5 January 1 ...

to the north to form the much larger

Flinders Ranges Council Flinders Ranges Council is a local government area (LGA) located in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia. The LGA is approximately 100 km from north to south, and 45 km from east to west, with a total area of 4,198 square kilometres ...

Hundreds

The county is divided into the following 9 hundreds: * Hundred of Wyacca (spanning northern part of Middle Range, Yadlamalka) *

Hundred of Kanyaka Kanyaka may refer to: * ''Kanyaka'' (magazine), an Indian women's magazine * ''Kanyaka'' (film), a 1976 Indian film directed by J. Sasikumar *Sri Kanyaka Parameshwari Temple, a temple in Shadnagar, Andhra Pradesh, India * Kanyaka Kingdom, an anci ...

(spanning Kanyaka Hill, Kanyaka and surrounds) *

Hundred of Cudlamudla The Hundred of Cudlamudla is a cadastral hundred of the County of Newcastle in South Australia, that is located at . The traditional owners of the area are the Ngadjuri people. The first European explorer to the area was Thomas Burr in September 1 ...

(spanning eastern slopes of Sugar Loaf peak in the

) * Hundred of Yarrah (spanning southern part of Middle Range) *

Hundred of Boolcunda The Hundred of Boolcunda is a cadastral hundred of the County of Newcastle in South Australia. It was proclaimed by Governor Anthony Musgrave in 1876. The principal locality in the hundred is the former township of Willochra. Local government ...

(spanning Willochra locality) *

Hundred of Moockra 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 ...

(spanning

Moockra __NOTOC__ Moockra is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the eastern side of the Flinders Ranges about north of the state capital of Adelaide and about north-east and south-east respectively of the municipal seats ...

locality north of Stokes Hill) *

(spanning Emeroo locality and western slopes of

Dutchman Range A Dutchman is a male member of the Dutch people, native to the Netherlands or descendant of one. Dutchman may also refer to: Entertainment * Dutchman (play), ''Dutchman'' (play), a 1964 play by African-American playwright Amiri Baraka * Dutchm ...

) * Hundred of Pichi Richi (spanning eastern slopes of

and centred on township of

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) *

Hundred of Palmer The Hundred of Palmer is a cadastral hundred of the County of Newcastle in South Australia. It is located near 32.195°S, 138.215°E east of the township of Quorn, and south of the former town of Willochra which, although surveyed in 1860, never ...

(spanning Stephenston locality)

References

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Newcastle Newcastle usually refers to: *Newcastle upon Tyne, a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England *Newcastle-under-Lyme, a town in Staffordshire, England *Newcastle, New South Wales, a metropolitan area in Australia, named after Newcastle ...

Far North (South Australia)