The County of Russell is one of the
49 cadastral counties in
South Australia
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. It was proclaimed in 1842 by Governor
George Grey
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and named for
Lord John Russell
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, who was involved in the early development of the (British) South Australian colony (at the time of the county's proclamation) when he was
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
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The Secretary was supported by an Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies.
Hi ...
.
It covers a portion of the state bounded to the west by the eastern half of
Lake Alexandrina and the section of the
Murray River
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extending to
Bowhill in the north and bounded to the south by the coastline adjoining the
Coorong coastal lagoon and fully surrounds
Lake Albert which is excluded from its extent.
This includes the north western quarter of the contemporary local government area of
Coorong District Council
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...
.
Hundreds
The County of Russell is divided into the following 9
hundred
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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 Younghusband (
Younghusband)
*
Hundred of Burdett (
Burdett)
*
Hundred of Ettrick (
Ettrick)
*
Hundred of Seymour (
Tailem Bend
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)
*
Hundred of Malcolm (
Wellington East,
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)
*
Hundred of Coolinong (
Cooke Plains)
*
Hundred of Baker (
Narrung,
Coorong)
*
Hundred of Bonney (
Meningie)
*
Hundred of Jeffries (
Meningie East)
References
{{Counties of South Australia
Russell