County of Cardwell (South Australia)
| Cardwell South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 The Coorong, a coastal lagoon, near Salt Creek in the Hundred of Santo | |||||||||||||||
| Established | 1864 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Coorong District Council Tatiara District Council Kingston District Council | ||||||||||||||
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The County of Cardwell is one of the 49 counties of South Australia. It was proclaimed by Governor Dominick Daly in 1864 and named for Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwell, who was appointed Secretary of State for the Colonies in the same year.[1] It is located south east of Lake Albert abutting the coastline along the southern portion of the Coorong coastal lagoon.[1] This includes the southern half of the contemporary local government area of of the Coorong District Council and smaller parts of the Tatiara District and Kingston District council areas.[1]
Hundreds
The County of Cardwell is divided into the following 12 hundreds:
- Hundred of Glyde (Coorong)
- Hundred of Field (Field, Colebatch)
- Hundred of Colebatch (Colebatch)
- Hundred of Richards (Tintinara)
- Hundred of Coombe (Tintinara, Coombe)
- Hundred of Santo (Salt Creek)
- Hundred of Messent (Deepwater)
- Hundred of McNamara (Bunbury)
- Hundred of Laffer (Mount Charles, Laffer)
- Hundred of Neville (Tilley Swamp)
- Hundred of Wells (Tilley Swamp)
- Hundred of Petherick (Petherick)
References
- ^ a b c "Search for 'County of Cardwell, CNTY' (ID SA0012368)". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
Viscount Cardwell was the Secretary of State for the Colonies. He abolished convict transportation to Australia and withdrew the detachment of British troops.