County of Albert
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  Albert | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°29′S 140°00′E / 34.49°S 140.00°E | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1860 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 2,194 km2 (847.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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The County of Albert is one of the 49 counties of South Australia on the east banks of the River Murray. It was proclaimed by Governor Richard MacDonnell in 1860 and named for Albert, Prince Consort of Queen Victoria.[1]
Hundreds
A few years before the county was proclaimed, the Hundred of the Murray 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 are the Hundred of Cadell, Hundred of Murbko, Hundred of Paisley, Hundred of Nildottie and Hundred of Forster.
- Along the same bank of the Murray proceeding eastwards from the east boundary of the Hundred of Cadell are the Hundred of Waikerie, Hundred of Holder and Hundred of Moorook.
- South east of the riverlands in the Mallee region are the Hundred of Bakara, Hundred of Mantung, Hundred of Bandon, Hundred of Chesson and Hundred of Mindarie.
See also
References
- ^ "Placename Details: County of Albert". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 14 January 2009. SA0000592. Retrieved 4 December 2017.