County of Chandos

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 Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1867.[1] It covers a large portion of the southern Mallee region, adjacent to the state border with Victoria in the state's south east.[1]

Chandos
South Australia
Railway line at Pinnaroo on the county's eastern flank, facing east toward Ouyen
Chandos
Coordinates35.32°S 140.61°E / -35.32; 140.61
Established1893
Area6,800 square kilometres (2,620 sq mi)
LGA(s)Southern Mallee
Karoonda East Murray
Loxton Waikerie
Lands administrative divisions around Chandos:
Albert Alfred Millewa (Vic)
Buccleuch Chandos Weeah (Vic)
Cardwell Buckingham Lowan (Vic)

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 Ngarkat Conservation Park lying outside the gazetted hundreds along the southern border of the county.

In the north (from west to east):

In the centre (from west to east):

In the south (from west to east):

References
  1. "Placename Details: County of Chandos". Land Services, Government of South Australia. 14 January 2009. SA0004997. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
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