The County of Buckingham is one of the 49 cadastral counties of

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. It was proclaimed by Governor James Fergusson in 1869 and named for the third

Duke of Buckingham and Chandos Viscount Cobham is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain that was created in 1718. Owing to its special remainder, the title has passed through several families. Since 1889, it has been held by members of the Lyttelton family. The barony a ...

, Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville who was appointed Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1867. It is located adjacent to the

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n border in the state's upper south east. This includes most of the contemporary local government area of

Tatiara District Council Tatiara District Council is a local government area located in south-eastern South Australia. The name Tatiara is said to mean "the good country", a phrase which dates back to the area's first inhabitants, the Bodaruwitj people. It is one of t ...

and a small east portion of

Coorong District Council Coorong District Council is a local government area in South Australia located between the River Murray and the Limestone Coast region. The district cover mostly rural areas with small townships, as well as part of the Coorong National Park. ...

Hundreds

The County of Buckingham is divided into the following 11

hundred 100 or one hundred (Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 and preceding 101. In medieval contexts, it may be described as the short hundred or five score in order to differentiate the English and Germanic use of "hundred" to des ...

s: * Hundred of Archibald (

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, Coombe) *

Hundred of Makin __NOTOC__ The Hundred of Makin is a cadastral unit of hundred located in the Australian state of South Australia within the County of Buckingham and the state government region of the Limestone Coast about south-east of the state capital of A ...

(

, Makin) * Hundred of McCallum (

, McCallum) * Hundred of Shaugh ( Shaugh) *

Hundred of Stirling The Hundred of Stirling is a Hundred of the County of Buckingham (South Australia),Search for 'County of ...

(

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) * Hundred of Pendleton ( Sherwood, Brimbago) *

Hundred of Cannawigara 100 or one hundred (Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 and preceding 101. In medieval contexts, it may be described as the short hundred or five score in order to differentiate the English and Germanic use of "hundred" to de ...

( Sherwood, Lowan Vale, northern half of Cannawigara) * Hundred of Senior ( Senior) * Hundred of Willalooka ( Willalooka) * Hundred of Wirrega ( Buckingham, Mundulla, southern part of Cannawigara) *

Hundred of Tatiara The Hundred of Tatiara is a Hundred of the County of Buckingham centered on Bordertown, and Wolseley, South Australia Wolseley (formerly Tatiara) is a small South Australian town near the Victorian border. It is five kilometres south of the ...

( Bordertown, Wolseley)

References

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