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

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. It was proclaimed in 1893 and named by Governor Kintore for the

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

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in 1867. It covers a large portion of the southern Mallee region, adjacent to the state border with

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in the state's south east. The Pinnaroo railway line traverses the north of the county, passing from west to east from Parrakie through Pinnaroo into Victoria.

Hundreds

The county is divided into the following 12 hundreds, with

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lying outside the gazetted hundreds along the southern border of the county. In the north (from west to east): *

Hundred of Auld The Hundred of Auld, is a hundred in the County of Chandos, South Australia.The Fleurieu Peninsula Family History Group Inc. of South AustraliaThe Counties & Hundreds of South Australia History The traditional owners of the Hundred of Auld are t ...

(

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) *

Hundred of Billiatt The County of Chandos is one of the 49 cadastral counties of South Australia. It was proclaimed in 1893 and named by Governor Kintore for the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville who was appointed Sec ...

( Billiat) *

Hundred of Kingsford 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 ...

( Kringin, Peebinga, Karte) *

Hundred of Peebinga Peeninga is a hundred within the County of Chandos, South Australia established in 1912. History The traditional owners of the land are the Ngargad Australian Aboriginal Aboriginal Australians are the various Indigenous peoples of the A ...

( Kringin, Peebinga, Karte) In the centre (from west to east): * Hundred of Cotton ( Parrakie,

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) * Hundred of Bews (

) * Hundred of Parilla ( Parilla) *

Hundred of Pinnaroo The Hundred of Pinnaroo is a Hundred in the County of Chandos in South Australia. The hundred is in the Murray Mallee region of South Australia near the border with Victoria, Australia Victoria is a state in southeastern Australia. It is t ...

( Pinnaroo) In the south (from west to east): * Hundred of Allenby ( Parrakie,

) * Hundred of Day ((

, Parilla)) *

Hundred of Quirke 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 ...

( Pinnaroo) * Hundred of Fisk (

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 ...

)

References

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