Hopetoun South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Approach to
Fowlers Bay in the
Hundred of Caldwell | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 31°33′11″S 131°58′52″E / 31.553°S 131.981°E | ||||||||||||||
Established | 21 January 1892 [1] | ||||||||||||||
Area | 6,200 km2 (2,400 sq mi) [2] | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | District Council of Ceduna | ||||||||||||||
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The County of Hopetoun is one of the 49 counties of South Australia on the state's west coast. [2] It was proclaimed in 1892 by Governor Algernon Keith-Falconer and named for John Hope then the Governor of Victoria. [2]
The County of Hopetoun contains the following 9 hundreds, covering approximately the south-eastern half of its total area: