The County of Sturt is one of the
49 cadastral counties of
South Australia. It was proclaimed by Governor
George Grey in 1842 and named for early Australian explorer,
Charles Sturt.
It stretches from the
Bremer River and eastern slopes of the Adelaide Hills at
Nairne and
Tungkillo to the
Murray River in the east and in the south, the portion of
Lake Alexandrina north of a line from
Point Sturt to
Pomanda Island
Pomanda Island is an island in the Australian state of South Australia, located in within Lake Alexandrina about southeast of the Adelaide city centre and south of the town of Wellington. It has an area of . It was the proposed site of a ...
.
This includes the west-of-river parts of the contemporary local government areas of the
Mid Murray Council and
Murray Bridge City.
Hundreds
The County of Sturt is divided into the following
hundreds:
*
Hundred of Angas Angas may refer to:
Places
*Angas, Iran, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran
*Division of Angas (1903–1934), in Australia
*Division of Angas (1949–1977), in Australia
*Electoral district of Angas, in Australia
*River Angas, in Australia
*A ...
(
Cambrai
Cambrai (, ; pcd, Kimbré; nl, Kamerijk), formerly Cambray and historically in English Camerick or Camericke, is a city in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department and in the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, regio ...
)
*
Hundred of Brinkley Brinkley may refer to:
People
* Brinkley (surname)
Places
* Brinkley, Arkansas, USA
* Brinkley, Nottinghamshire, England
* Brinkley, Cambridgeshire
Brinkley is a small village in Cambridgeshire, England. It is situated about 15 miles east of ...
(
Brinkley,
Wellington)
*
Hundred of Finniss (
Mannum)
*
Hundred of Freeling (
Tolderol)
*
Hundred of Jutland
The Hundred of Jutland is a hundred of the County of Sturt in South Australia. It is located on the east Mount Lofty Ranges foothills. The Hundred of South Rhine was proclaimed in 1851 but the name was changed in 1918 to the current, after the B ...
(
Springton,
Eden Valley)
*
Hundred of Kanmantoo (
Nairne,
Callington)
*
Hundred of Mobilong (
Murray Bridge Murray Bridge may refer to.
*Murray Bridge, South Australia, a city and locality
*Rural City of Murray Bridge, a local government area in South Australia
*Corporate Town of Murray Bridge, a former local government area in South Australia
See also
...
)
*
Hundred of Monarto (
Monarto)
*
Hundred of Ridley
The Hundred of Ridley is a cadastral hundred in the County of Russell in South Australia. It was proclaimed on 19 April 1860 and included a portion of the former Hundred of the Murray
The Hundred of the Murray (later called Hundred of Murray) ...
(
Wongulla)
*
Hundred of Tungkillo (
Tungkillo)
See also
*
Lands administrative divisions of South Australia
References
{{Counties of South Australia
Sturt