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

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. It was proclaimed in 1862 and named for Governor

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. It covers the northern half of

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stretching just east of the

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Barunga Range The Barunga Range is a range of hills in the northern Mount Lofty Ranges starting near Clements Gap and Merriton in South Australia's Mid North. At the range's southern end it merges with Hummock Range at Barunga Gap, approximately south west ...

in the west and just past the Broughton River in the north.

Hundreds

The county is divided into the following sixteen hundreds from north to south: *

Hundred of Mundoora The County of Daly is one of the 49 cadastral counties of South Australia. It was proclaimed in 1862 and named for Governor Dominick Daly. It covers the northern half of Yorke Peninsula stretching just east of the Hummock-Barunga Range in the we ...

(

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, Clements Gap, Mundoora,

Port Broughton Port Broughton is a small South Australian town located at the northern extent of the Yorke Peninsula on the east coast of Spencer Gulf. It is situated about 170 km north-west of Adelaide, and 56 km south of Port Pirie. At the , the t ...

) * Hundred of Redhill ( Redhill, Mundoora, Collinsfield) *

Hundred of Wokurna The Hundred of Wokurna is a cadastral unit of hundred located in the Mid North of South Australia west of the Barunga Range. It is one of the 16 hundreds of the County of Daly and was proclaimed by Governor Anthony Musgrave on the last day of 18 ...

(

, Wokurna) *

Hundred of Barunga The Hundred of Barunga is a cadastral unit of hundred located in the Mid North of South Australia on the approximate area of the Barunga Range, centred on Bald Hill. It is one of the 16 hundreds of the County of Daly. It was named in 1869 by Gove ...

( Snowtown,

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) *

Hundred of Tickera The County of Daly is one of the 49 cadastral counties of South Australia. It was proclaimed in 1862 and named for Governor Dominick Daly. It covers the northern half of Yorke Peninsula stretching just east of the Hummock- Barunga Range in the ...

( Tickera, Alford) * Hundred of Wiltunga ( Bute) *

Hundred of Cameron The Hundred of Cameron is a cadastral unit of hundred located in the Mid North of South Australia centred on Lake Bumbunga. The northern Hummock Range occupies much of the western half of the area and the Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line runs ...

( Bumbunga, Lochiel, Barunga Gap) * Hundred of Ninnes ( Ninnes, Thomas Plain) *

Hundred of Kadina The Hundred of Kadina is a cadastral unit of hundred located on the north-western Yorke Peninsula in South Australia. It is one of the 16 hundreds of the County of Daly and was proclaimed by Governor Dominick Daly on 12 June 1862. The hundred w ...

( Kadina, Willamulka, Thrington) *

Hundred of Wallaroo The Hundred of Wallaroo is a cadastral unit of hundred located on the Copper Coast of South Australia. It is one of the 16 hundreds of the County of Daly. It was named in 1862 by Governor Dominick Daly after the indigenous term ''wadla warru'' pr ...

(

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, Kadina, Moonta) *

Hundred of Kulpara The Hundred of Kulpara is a cadastral unit of hundred located on the northern Yorke Peninsula in South Australia and centred on the township of Kulpara. It is one of the 16 hundreds of the County of Daly and was proclaimed by Governor Dominick ...

( Kulpara,

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, South Hummocks, Melton) *

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( Kainton, Clinton, Port Arthur) *

Hundred of Tiparra The Hundred of Tiparra is a cadastral unit of hundred located in the Mid North of South Australia. It is one of the 16 hundreds of the County of Daly and was proclaimed by Governor Dominick Daly in 1862. The main town in the hundred is Arthurt ...

( Nalyappa, Agery,

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, Arthurton, Weetulta)

References

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Daly Daly or DALY may refer to: Places Australia * County of Daly, a cadastral division in South Australia * Daly River, Northern Territory, a locality * Electoral division of Daly, an electorate in the Northern Territory * Daly, Northern Territory, ...