The County of Way is one of the 49 counties of

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on the state's west coast. It was proclaimed circa 1889 by Governor William Robinson and named for

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, the Chief Justice of the state's Supreme Court at the time. It covers a portion of the state's west coast from Acraman Creek Conservation Park, just west of

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, to Watraba, about west of Ceduna The northern half of the county spans most of the

Yumbarra Conservation Park Yumbarra Conservation Park, formerly the Yumbarra National Park, is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located about north of the town centre of Ceduna. To the north it borders Yellabinna Regional Reserve; to the east ...

Hundreds

The County of Way contains the following 13

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, covering approximately the southern half of its total area: * Hundred of Horn, established 1889 ( Charra) * Hundred of Catt, established 1889 ( Watraba, White Well Corner,

Koonibba Koonibba is a locality and an associated Aboriginal community in South Australia located about northwest of the state capital of Adelaide and about northwest of the municipal seat in Ceduna and north of the Eyre Highway. The settlement ...

, Uworra) * Hundred of Bartlett ( Charra) * Hundred of Moule, established 1889 (

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Denial Bay Denial Bay (formerly McKenzie) is a town and an associated locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the state's west coast about north-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about west of the municipal seat of Ceduna. ...

) * Hundred of O'Loughlin, established 1896 (

, Kalanbi) * Hundred of Bonython, established 1893 ( Ceduna) * Hundred of Goode, established 1893 ( Kalanbi, Wandana) * Hundred of Wandana, established 1893 ( Wandana, Merghiny,

Laura Bay Laura Bay is a bay in the Australian state of South Australia on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula, about southeast of Ceduna. Laura Bay is an inlet that opens into the northern end of the larger Smoky Bay, and which is about northeast of the ...

) * Hundred of Blacker, established 1893 (

, Mudamuckla, Puntabie) * Hundred of Chillundie, established 1893 ( Maltee, Merghiny, Mudamuckla) * Hundred of Guthrie, established 1893 ( Mudamuckla, Puntabie) * Hundred of Pethick, established 1929 ( Pureba * Hundred of Wallanippie, established 1893 (

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References

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Way Way may refer to: Paths * a road, route, path or pathway, including long-distance paths. * a straight rail or track on a machine tool, (such as that on the bed of a lathe) on which part of the machine slides * Ways, large slipway in shipbuildi ...