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

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. It was proclaimed by and named for Governor

Frederick Robe Major-General Frederick Holt Robe CB (1801 – 4 April 1871) was the fourth Governor of South Australia, from 25 October 1845 to 2 August 1848. Robe entered the Royal Staff Corps as an ensign in 1817, following his father, Sir William Robe wh ...

in 1846. It covers a portion of the state's south-east from the west coast at

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to the border with

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on the east. This includes the following contemporary local government areas of the state: *

District Council of Robe The District Council of Robe is a local government area located in the Limestone Coast area of South Australia. The main offices are in Robe, the town after which the council is named. The district relies on a mix of agriculture, fisheries and t ...

Naracoorte Lucindale Council The Naracoorte Lucindale Council is a local government area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the Limestone Coast region in the south-east of the state adjacent to the Victorian border. It was created on 1 December 1998 fol ...

(excluding north third) *

Kingston District Council The Kingston District Council (formerly District Council of Lacepede) is a local government area in the Limestone Coast, South Australia established in 1873. Kingston SE is the largest town of the district and also the seat of council. The dist ...

(small south portion) * Wattle Range Council (small north portion)

Hundreds

The County of Robe is divided into the following 18

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 Mount Benson The Hundred of Mount Benson, is a hundred in the County of Robe, within the Limestone Coast region of South Australia. The Hundred is located at 36.942°S 139.818°E, about 252 km (157 mi) south-east of Adelaide city centre. The main economic a ...

( Wangolina) *

Hundred of Bowaka The Hundred of Bowaka, is a Hundred (county division)#Australia, hundred in the County of Robe, within the Limestone Coast region of South Australia. The hundred is located at 36°55′38″S 140°1′33″E. See also *Reedy Creek, South Austr ...

( Reedy Creek) * Hundred of Townsend ( Avenue Range) *

Hundred of Joyce The County of Robe is one of the 49 cadastral counties of South Australia. It was proclaimed by and named for Governor Frederick Robe in 1846. It covers a portion of the state's south-east from the west coast at Robe to the border with Victoria ...

( Lucindale) *

Hundred of Spence 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 d ...

( Spence) *

Hundred of Naracoorte The County of Robe is one of the 49 cadastral counties of South Australia. It was proclaimed by and named for Governor Frederick Robe in 1846. It covers a portion of the state's south-east from the west coast at Robe to the border with Victoria ...

( Naracoorte) *

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( Hynam) * Hundred of Waterhouse (

) *

Hundred of Ross The Hundred of Ross, is a hundred in the County of Robe in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia ...

( Mount Benson) * Hundred of Conmurra ( Conmurra) * Hundred of Robertson ( Bool Lagoon) * Hundred of Joanna (

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) * Hundred of Bray ( Bray) * Hundred of Smith (

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) *

Hundred of Fox Foxes are small to medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull, upright, triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail (or ''brush''). Twelv ...

(

Fox Foxes are small to medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull, upright, triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail (or ''brush''). Twelve sp ...

) * Hundred of Coles ( Coles) * Hundred of Killanoola ( Maaoupe) * Hundred of Comaum ( Coonawarra, Comaum)

References

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