County of Way
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| Coordinates | 31°53′05″S 133°40′07″E / 31.884608°S 133.668578°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 16 January 1889[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 6,800 km2 (2,610 sq mi)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining counties[1] | ||||||||||||||
The County of Way is one of the 49 counties of South Australia on the state's west coast.[1] It was proclaimed circa 1889 by Governor William Robinson and named for Samuel Way, the Chief Justice of the state's Supreme Court at the time.[1]
It covers a portion of the state's west coast from Acraman Creek Conservation Park, just west of Streaky Bay, to Watraba, about 53 kilometres (33 mi) west of Ceduna[1] The northern half of the county spans most of the Yumbarra Conservation Park.
Hundreds
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The County of Way contains the following 13 hundreds, covering approximately the southern half of its total area:
- Hundred of Horn, established 1889 (Charra)
- Hundred of Catt, established 1889 (Watraba, White Well Corner, Koonibba, Uworra)
- Hundred of Bartlett (Charra)
- Hundred of Moule, established 1889 (Nadia, Denial Bay)
- Hundred of O'Loughlin, established 1896 (Koonibba, Kalanbi)
- Hundred of Bonython, established 1893 (Ceduna)
- Hundred of Goode, established 1893 (Kalanbi, Wandana)
- Hundred of Wandana, established 1893 (Wandana, Merghiny, Laura Bay)
- Hundred of Blacker, established 1893 (Laura Bay, Mudamuckla, Puntabie)
- Hundred of Chillundie, established 1893 (Maltee, Merghiny, Mudamuckla)
- Hundred of Guthrie, established 1893 (Mudamuckla, Puntabie)
- Hundred of Pethick, established 1929 (Pureba
- Hundred of Wallanippie, established 1893 (Smoky Bay)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "Search results for 'County of Way, Cnty' with the following datasets being selected - 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions', and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
Derivation of Name: Chief Justice Samuel J Way; Other Details: Area 2610 square miles. Located 31:51S, 133:40E. The Right Sir Samuel James Way, Baronet, P.C. & Chief Justice.
- ^ Ramsay, J.G. (17 January 1889). "untitled (proclamation of new counties and hundreds)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. 1889. Government of South Australia: 96. Retrieved 18 October 2022.