The County of Albert is one of the 49 cadastral counties of South Australia on the east banks of the

River Murray 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 ...

. It was proclaimed by Governor Richard MacDonnell in 1860 and named for

Albert, Prince Consort Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel; 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the consort of Queen Victoria from their marriage on 10 February 1840 until his death in 1861. Albert was born in the Saxon duch ...

of Queen Victoria.

Hundreds

A few years before the county was proclaimed, the

Hundred of the Murray The Hundred of the Murray (later called Hundred of Murray) was a cadastral hundred in South Australia spanning land two miles either side of the navigable portion of the Murray River in the 1850s and 1860s. The hundred was gazetted on 10 Novemb ...

had been established to control land use immediately adjacent the river. This was abolished in 1860 and the county was proclaimed along with the five western riverside hundreds of Cadell, Randell (now Murbko), Paisley, Cooper (now Nildottie), and Giles (now Forster). Eight further hundreds were proclaimed to incorporated the entire county by 1912. The county is presently divided into hundreds as follows: * Along the left (east) bank of the Murray River proceeding southwards from the southward bend at

Morgan Morgan may refer to: People and fictional characters * Morgan (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Morgan le Fay, a powerful witch in Arthurian legend * Morgan (surname), a surname of Welsh origin * Morgan (singer), ...

are the hundreds of Cadell, Murbko, Paisley, Nildottie and Forster. * Along the same bank of the Murray proceeding eastwards from the east boundary of the Hundred of Cadell are the hundreds of Waikerie, Holder and Moorook. * South east of the riverlands in the Mallee region are the hundreds of Bakara, Mantung, Bandon, Chesson and Mindarie.

Local governance

The promulgation of the District Councils Act 1887 in January 1888 saw the hundred of Cadell form part of the new District Council of Morgan, the hundreds of Nildottie and Paisley form part of the new

District Council of Blanchetown Blanchetown is a small township in South Australia, on the (west) bank of the Murray River, northeast of Adelaide. The Blanchetown Bridge is the westernmost (and farthest downstream) of the four crossings of the Sturt Highway over the Murray Ri ...

(later called Swan Reach), and the hundred of Forster added to the

District Council of Caurnamont The District Council of Caurnamont was a local government area in South Australia seated at Walkers Flat on the right bank of the Murray River from 1885 until 1935. The council was gazetted on 25 June 1885 as comprising the Hundred of Ridley i ...

which had been established in 1885. A decade on, in 1898, the newly-gazetted hundreds of Murbko and Bakara were annexed by Blanchetown council. In 1910 the hundred of Moorook was incorporated into the new

District Council of Loxton The District Council of Loxton was a local government area in South Australia from 1910 to 1997, centring on the town of Loxton. It was proclaimed on 12 May 1910, following the naming and settling of the town in 1907. The district included the ...

. Then, in 1913, the hundred of Mantung, was incorporated into Blanchetown. The following year, in 1914, the

District Council of Waikerie The District Council of Waikerie was a local government area in South Australia from 1914 to 1997, centring on the town of Waikerie. It was proclaimed on 19 February 1914 as a seven-member council comprising the cadastral Hundreds of Waikerie and ...

was proclaimed as comprising the hundreds of Waikerie and Holder. In 1923 the

District Council of East Murray A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...

was proclaimed as comprising the hundreds of Bandon, Chesson, Mindarie and northern portions of southerly adjacent hundreds of

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and McPherson in the

County of Buccleuch The County of Buccleuch is one of the 49 cadastral counties of South Australia. It was proclaimed in 1893 and named for the sixth Duke of Buccleuch, William Scott, of Scotland. It is located east of the Murray River at the south western edge o ...

. This brought under local governance the only remaining lands in the county without local-level government. In 1933, the hundred of Paisley was incorporated into the

and the hundred of Nildottie was incorporated into the new

District Council of Keyneton and Swan Reach A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

(later called Sedan). In 1935, the hundred of Forster was incorporated into the new

District Council of Marne A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

. In 1976 Marne amalgamated with Sedan bringing the hundreds of Nildottie and Forster under the local governance of the new

District Council of Ridley The District Council of Ridley was a local government area in South Australia from 1976 to 1991. It was established on 30 January 1976 with the amalgamation of the District Council of Marne and the District Council of Sedan. It included the whol ...

until 1991. From 1991 to 1997 they were governed the

District Council of Ridley-Truro The District Council of Ridley-Truro was a local government area in South Australia from 1991 to 1997. It commenced on 1 October 1991 following the amalgamation of the District Council of Ridley and the District Council of Truro. It comprised t ...

and from 1997 by the Mid Murray Council. Three years on, in 1979, the amalgamation of East Murry and Karoonda saw the southern hundreds of Bandon, Chesson and Mindarie (as well as southern parts of Bakara and Mantung) incorporated into the new

District Council of Karoonda East Murray The District Council of Karoonda East Murray is a local government area in the Murray Mallee area of South Australia. The main council offices are in Karoonda. The council area covers 4,415 square kilometres and had a population of approximate ...

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Hundreds

Local governance

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