County of Young

{{About|the South Australian cadastral division|other land administration divisions named Young|Young County (disambiguation){{!}}Young County}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date= August 2016}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = cadastral | name = Young | state = sa | image = GluePot Reserve.jpg | image_upright = | caption = Road in Gluepot Reserve,<br/>Gluepot, South Australia | image_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|33.761278|S|140.034621|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coord_ref =<ref name="LMV">{{cite web |title=Search result for "County of Young" with the following datasets selected - 'Counties', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer' |url=http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=roads&x=140.03422&y=-33.81941&z=9&uids=2,8,11,20,105&pinx=140.035950&piny=-33.759800&pinTitle=Location&pinText=County+of+Young,+Cnty |website=Location SA Map Viewer |publisher=Government of South Australia |accessdate=3 December 2018}}</ref> | established = 19 April 1860 | established_footnotes =<ref name=y1860>{{cite journal |title=Proclamation |journal=South Australian Government Gazette |volume=1860 |issue=16 |pages=339 and 340-341|publisher=Government of South Australia |date=19 April 1860 |url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1860/16.pdf |accessdate=13 August 2016}}</ref>{{rp|339}} | area_total_sq_mi = 2106 | area_footnotes = <ref name="PLB">{{cite web |title=Search result for 'County of Young, CNTY' |id=SA0002067 |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb |work=Property Location Browser |publisher=Government of South Australia |accessdate=13 August 2016 |archive-date=7 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151207082745/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> | lga = Mid Murray Council<br/>District Council of Loxton Waikerie<br/>Pastoral 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 |accessdate=9 August 2016}}</ref> | near-n = | near-ne = | near-e = Hamley | near-se = Alfred | near-s = Albert | near-sw = Eyre | near-w = Burra | near-nw = Kimberley |footnotes= Adjoining counties<ref name=hundreds-map/> }} {{kml}} '''County of Young''' is a cadastral unit located in the Australian state of South Australia covers land located in the state’s east on the north side of the Murray River. It was proclaimed in 1860 by Governor MacDonnell and named after his predecessor, Governor Young. It has been partially divided in the following sub-units of hundreds – Markaranka, Parcoola, Pooginook and Stuart.

== Description == The County of Young covers part of South Australia to the north of the Murray River. The county is bounded as follows - the centre of the Murray River channel to the south, the western boundary of the County of Hamley to the east, the extension of the northern boundary of the County of Burra to the north having a length of {{convert|39|mi|km|order=flip}} and the boundary with the County of Burra to the west.<ref name=y1860/>{{rp|339}}<ref name=hundreds-map>{{cite web |url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/e929b24d-0a54-4d0b-88d6-9e4e008f770f/hundred_sheet_index.pdf |work=Hundred Map Series |title=Hundred Map Series Index Map |date=December 2008 |publisher=Department of Environment and Heritage, Government of South Australia |accessdate=16 November 2015}}</ref>

==History== The County of Young was proclaimed by Richard Graves MacDonnell, the sixth Governor of South Australia on 19 April 1860.<ref name=y1860/> The county was named after Henry Edward Fox Young who was the fifth Governor of South Australia from 2 August 1848 to 20 December 1854.<ref name="PLB"/> The following four hundreds were proclaimed within the County between the years 1860 and 1915 - Markaranka, Parcoola and Pooginook in 1915, and Stuart in 1860.<ref name=Leadbeater>{{cite web |last=Leadbeater |first=Maureen |title=Counties & Hundreds of South Australia |url=http://www.familyhistorysa.info/sahistory/hundreds.html |publisher=Family History SA |date=2014 |accessdate=9 August 2016}}</ref>

==Constituent hundreds==

===Location of constituent hundreds=== The constituent hundreds are located along the southern boundary of the county in the following order (from west to east) - Stuart, Markaranka, Pooginook and Parcoola.<ref name="PLB"/>

===Hundred of Markaranka === The '''Hundred of Markaranka''' ({{coord| 34.035520 |S| 139.961710 |E|format=dms|name=Hundred of Markaranka }}) was proclaimed by Governor Galway on 7 October 1915. It covers an area of {{convert|102|mi2|km2|order=flip}} and its name is reported as being derived from the Aboriginal word "markarauko".<ref name=y1915>{{cite journal |title=New Hundreds |journal=South Australian Government Gazette |volume=1915 |issue=41 |page=1020|publisher=Government of South Australia |date=7 October 1915|url=http://www8.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1915/41/1020.pdf |accessdate=3 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Search result for 'Hundred of Markaranka, HD' |id=SA0043069 |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb |work=Property Location Browser |publisher=Government of South Australia |accessdate=13 August 2016 |archive-date=7 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151207082745/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Hundred of Parcoola === The '''Hundred of Parcoola''' ({{coord|34.094120|S|140.290280|E|format=dms|name=Hundred of Parcoola }}) was proclaimed by Governor Galway on 7 October 1915. It covers an area of {{convert|84.75|mi2|km2|order=flip}} and it is reported as being derived from an aboriginal word meaning "three".<ref name=y1915/><ref>{{cite web |title=Search result for 'Hundred of Parcoola, HD |id=SA0053433 |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb |work=Property Location Browser |publisher=Government of South Australia |accessdate=13 August 2016 |archive-date=7 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151207082745/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Hundred of Pooginook === The '''Hundred of Pooginook''' ({{coord|34.060390|S|140.1335|E|format=dms|name=Hundred of Pooginook }}) was proclaimed by Governor Galway on 7 October 1915. It covers an area of {{convert|146|mi2|km2|order=flip}} and its name is reported as being of aboriginal origin.<ref name=y1915/><ref>{{cite web |title=Search result for 'Hundred of Pooginook, HD' |id=SA0056333 |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb |work=Property Location Browser |publisher=Government of South Australia |accessdate=13 August 2016 |archive-date=7 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151207082745/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Hundred of Stuart === The '''Hundred of Stuart''' ({{coord|33.9552 |S|139.7750|E|format=dms|name=Hundred of Stuart }}) was proclaimed on 19 April 1860. It covers an area of {{convert|102|mi2|km2|order=flip}} which was formerly part of the now-annulled Hundred of the Murray and was named by Governor MacDonnell after the explorer, John McDouall Stuart.<ref name=y1860/>{{rp|341}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Search result for 'Hundred of Stuart, HD' |id=SA0063454 |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb |work=Property Location Browser |publisher=Government of South Australia |accessdate=13 August 2016 |archive-date=7 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151207082745/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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