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

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...

. It was proclaimed by Governor

Dominick Daly Sir Dominick Daly (11 August 1798 – 19 February 1868) was the Governor of Prince Edward Island from 11 July 1854 to 25 May 1859 and later Governor of South Australia from 4 March 1862 until his death on 19 February 1868. He was born in ...

in 1864 and named for

Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwell Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwell, (24 July 1813 – 15 February 1886) was a prominent British politician in the Peelite and Liberal parties during the middle of the 19th century. He is best remembered for his tenure as Secretary of Stat ...

, who was appointed Secretary of State for the Colonies in the same year. It is located south east of Lake Albert abutting the coastline along the southern portion of the Coorong coastal lagoon. This includes the southern half of the contemporary local government area of the

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. ...

and smaller parts of the Tatiara District and Kingston District council areas.

Hundreds

The County of Cardwell is divided into the following 12

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 Glyde ( Coorong) * Hundred of Field (

Field Field may refer to: Expanses of open ground * Field (agriculture), an area of land used for agricultural purposes * Airfield, an aerodrome that lacks the infrastructure of an airport * Battlefield * Lawn, an area of mowed grass * Meadow, a grass ...

, Colebatch) * Hundred of Colebatch ( Colebatch) * Hundred of Richards ( Tintinara) * Hundred of Coombe ( Tintinara, Coombe) * Hundred of Santo ( Salt Creek) * Hundred of Messent ( Deepwater) * Hundred of McNamara ( Bunbury) * Hundred of Laffer ( Mount Charles, Laffer) * Hundred of Neville ( Tilley Swamp) * Hundred of Wells ( Tilley Swamp) *

Hundred of Petherick The Hundred of Petherick is a Hundred of the County of Cardwell (South Australia) centred on Petherick, South Australia.Petherick)

References

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