County of Hamley

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date= August 2016}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = cadastral | name = Hamley | state = sa | image = CSIRO ScienceImage 4378 Pelicans black swans cormorants and other water birds.jpg | image_upright = | caption = Pelicans, black swans, cormorants and other water birds at Coombool Swamp, Chowilla | image_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|33.789|S|140.697|E|display=inline,title}} | est =1869<ref name=y1869>{{cite journal |title = New Counties |journal = The South Australian Government Gazette |volume = 1869 | page = 248 |publisher = Government of South Australia |date = 18 February 1869 | url = http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1869/10.pdf | access-date = 9 August 2016 }}</ref> | area_total_sq_mi = 2236 | area_footnotes = <ref name=PLB>{{cite web |title=Search result for "County of Hamley (CNTY)" (Record no SA0029141) with the following layers selected - "Local Government Areas", "Counties", "Hundreds" and "Government Regions" |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/# |work=Property Location Browser |publisher=Government of South Australia |access-date=9 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |archive-date=12 October 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> | lga = Berri Barmera Council<br/>Renmark Paringa Council<br/>Unincorporated area<ref name=PLB/> | region= Murray and Mallee<ref name=PLB/><ref name=region>{{cite web|title= Murray and Mallee SA Government region |url=http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/16620/Murray_Mallee_SA_Government_region.pdf |publisher=Government of South Australia |access-date=9 August 2016}}</ref> | near-n = | near-ne = Windeyer (NSW) | near-e = Tara (NSW) | near-se = Millewa (Vic) | near-s = Alfred | near-sw = Albert | near-w = Young | near-nw = |footnotes=Coordinates<ref name=PLB/><br/>Adjoining counties<ref name=hundreds-map/> }} {{kml}} The '''County of Hamley''' is a cadastral unit (i.e., a comprehensively surveyed and mapped division of land) located in the Australian state of South Australia covers land located in the state's east north of the Murray River, bordering New South Wales and Victoria. It was proclaimed in 1869 by Governor Fergusson and named after Francis Hamley.

== Description == The county covers the part of South Australia to the north of the Murray River and adjoining the borders with the states of New South Wales and Victoria. The county is bounded as follows - the centre of the Murray River channel to the south, the eastern boundary of the County of Young to the west, the extension of the northern boundary of the County of Young to the north and the borders with the above-mentioned states to the east.<ref name=y1869/><ref name=hundreds-map>{{cite web |url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/e929b24d-0a54-4d0b-88d6-9e4e008f770f/hundred_sheet_index.pdf |title=HUNDRED MAP Series Index Map |date=December 2008|access-date=16 November 2015 |publisher=Department of Environment and Heritage, Government of South Australia}}</ref>

==History== The county was proclaimed by Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet, the eighth Governor of South Australia on 18 February 1869.<ref name=y1869/> The county was named after Lieutenant Colonel Francis Gilbert Hamley who was the Administrator of South Australia from 20 February 1868 to 15 February 1869.<ref name=PLB/> The following two hundreds have been proclaimed within the County - Katarapko in 1922 and Loveday in 1923.<ref name=Leadbeater>{{cite web|last1=Leadbeater|first1=Maureen |title=Counties & Hundreds of South Australia|url=http://www.familyhistorysa.info/sahistory/hundreds.html |publisher=FamilyHistorySA | date=2014 |access-date=9 August 2016}}</ref>

==Constituent hundreds==

===Location of constituent hundreds=== The Hundreds of Katarapko and Loveday are located next to each other at the southernmost end of the county and cover land within the area within the loop of the river between Cobdogla in the west, Barmera in the north, Loxton in the south and Berri in the east.<ref name=PLB/>

===Hundred of Katarapko === The '''Hundred of Katarapko''' ({{coord| 34.378480 |S| 140.519350 |E|format=dms|name=Hundred of Katarapko }}) was proclaimed on 6 April 1922. It covers an area of {{convert|61|mi2|km2|order=flip}} and its name is reported as being derived from Katarapko Creek which is located within the boundaries of the hundred.<ref>{{cite web |title=Search result for " Hundred of Katarapko (HD)" (Record no SA0034374) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Counties" and "Hundreds" |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/# |work=Property Location Browser |publisher=Government of South Australia |access-date=9 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |archive-date=12 October 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

===Hundred of Loveday === The '''Hundred of Loveday''' ({{coord|34.2919|S|140.430850|E|format=dms|name=Hundred of Loveday }}) was proclaimed on 24 May 1923. It covers an area of {{convert|28|mi2|km2|order=flip}} and it is named after Ernest Alfred Loveday who was the "first Superintending Surveyor" for the state’s "Irrigation Department."<ref>{{cite web |title=Search result for " Hundred of Loveday (HD)" (Record no SA0041430) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Counties" and "Hundreds" |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/# |work=Property Location Browser |publisher=Government of South Australia |access-date=9 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |archive-date=12 October 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

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