The County of Newcastle is one of the
49 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 ...
spanning the central
Flinders Ranges
The Flinders Ranges are the largest mountain range in South Australia, which starts about north of Adelaide. The ranges stretch for over from Port Pirie to Lake Callabonna.
The Adnyamathanha people are the Aboriginal group who have inhabit ...
. It was named in 1876 for
Francis Pelham-Clinton-Hope, the eighth
Duke of Newcastle
Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne was a title that was created three times, once in the Peerage of England and twice in the Peerage of Great Britain. The first grant of the title was made in 1665 to William Cavendish, 1st Marquess of Newcastle ...
.
Local government
Local government was initiated within the county in 1883 with the establishment of the
Corporate Town of Quorn in the
Hundred of Pichi Richi in the central south the county. In 1888 the councils of
Davenport (later called Woolundunga) and
Kanyaka were established, bringing the whole county under local governance.
Local government for the western third of the county (west of
Dutchmans Range and Middle Range ridge line, that is, the
Hundred of Crozier, the west half of the
Hundred of Yarrah, the western majority of the
Hundred of Wyacca and the western flank of the
Hundred of Pichi Richi) was ceded to the state prior to the abolition of the Woolundunga council in the early 1900s.
In 1969 Kanyaka and Quorn councils amalgamated, uniting the remaining incorporated eastern two thirds of the county under one local government body, the
District Council of Kanyaka-Quorn. In 1997, Kanyaka-Quorn amalgamated with the
District Council of Hawker to the north to form the much larger
Flinders Ranges Council
Flinders Ranges Council is a local government area (LGA) located in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia.
The LGA is approximately 100 km from north to south, and 45 km from east to west, with a total area of 4,198 square kilometres ...
.
Hundreds
The county is divided into the following 9
hundreds:
*
Hundred of Wyacca (spanning northern part of Middle Range,
Yadlamalka)
*
Hundred of Kanyaka (spanning Kanyaka Hill,
Kanyaka and surrounds)
*
Hundred of Cudlamudla (spanning eastern slopes of Sugar Loaf peak in the
Flinders Ranges
The Flinders Ranges are the largest mountain range in South Australia, which starts about north of Adelaide. The ranges stretch for over from Port Pirie to Lake Callabonna.
The Adnyamathanha people are the Aboriginal group who have inhabit ...
)
*
Hundred of Yarrah (spanning southern part of Middle Range)
*
Hundred of Boolcunda (spanning
Willochra locality)
*
Hundred of Moockra (spanning
Moockra locality north of Stokes Hill)
*
Hundred of Crozier (spanning
Emeroo locality and western slopes of
Dutchman Range)
*
Hundred of Pichi Richi (spanning eastern slopes of
Dutchman Range and centred on township of
Quorn
Quorn is a brand of meat substitute products, or the company that makes them. Quorn originated in the UK and is sold primarily in Europe, but is available in 14 countries. The brand is owned by parent company Monde Nissin.
Quorn is sold as b ...
)
*
Hundred of Palmer (spanning
Stephenston locality)
References
{{Counties of South Australia
Newcastle Newcastle usually refers to:
*Newcastle upon Tyne, a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England
*Newcastle-under-Lyme, a town in Staffordshire, England
*Newcastle, New South Wales, a metropolitan area in Australia, named after Newcastle ...
Far North (South Australia)