The County of Bosanquet is a cadastral unit in the Australian state of South Australia that covers land both in the north of the Eyre Peninsula and to the peninsula's north. It was proclaimed on 23 October 1913 and was named after Sir Day Hort Bosanquet, the Governor of South Australia from 1909 to 1914.[1][2]
| Bosanquet South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Bosanquet | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°28′32″S 135°34′20″E / 32.475650°S 135.572270°E | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1913[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 5,200 square kilometres (2,000 sq mi)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Pastoral Unincorporated Area Wudinna District Council[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Far North[3][2] Eyre and Western[4] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Coordinates[2] Adjoining counties[5] | ||||||||||||||
Description
editThe county covers land extending from the southern end of Lake Gairdner in the north-east to the southern side of the Gawler Ranges in the south-west. Most of its extent is within the Eyre Peninsula because the peninsula’s northern boundary passes through the county in an east-west direction. It is bounded to the west by the counties of Dufferin and Robinson, to the south by the County of Le Hunte, and to the east by the County of Hore-Ruthven.[6][1][2][5][7]
There are no formal settlements within the county. The following gazetted localities, mainly based on pastoral leases, are within the county: Thurlga and parts of Buckleboo, Carriewarloo, Cooyerdoo, Corunna Station, Gawler Ranges, Hiltaba, Kolendo, Lake Gairdner, Mount Ive, and Yardea.[2][7][8][9]
A road labelled as Nonning Road and then as Hiltaba Road passes through the county in an east-west direction on its way from Iron Knob in the east. Other roads passing through the county include the Mail Run Road, which runs from Nonning Road in the east to Hiltaba Road in the west via the locality of Thurlga, Buckleboo Road which runs from the Eyre Highway in the south to Mail Run Road in the north, Yardea Road which runs from the Eyre Highway in the south via the locality of Gawler Ranges to Hiltaba Road in the north, and Skull Camp Tank Road which runs from the junction of Nonning and Hiltaba Roads towards Kingoonya in the north.[2][10][11]
The county's land is mainly used for primary production and conservation, the latter including the Gawler Ranges National Park and Lake Gairdner National Park.[7][2]
While most of the county is located within the state’s Pastoral Unincorporated Area and the state’s Far North region, the Hundred of Pildappa is entirely located within the local government area of Wudinna District Council and the state’s Eyre and Western region.[7][2][4][3]
History
editThe County of Bosanquet was proclaimed on 23 October 1913 and was named after Sir Day Hort Bosanquet who was the Governor of South Australia from 18 February 1909 to 22 March 1914.[1][2]
Constituent hundred
editAs of 2014, the Hundred of Pildappa (32°42′05″S 135°13′30″E / 32.701290°S 135.224920°E) has been the only hundred proclaimed within the county.[12]
It was proclaimed on 23 October 1913. It covers an area of 260 square kilometres (100 sq mi) and is named after Pildappa Hill (Pildappa Rock), a feature located within the hundred and whose name is derived from a "native word for 'rockwater'". Its extent is almost entirely occupied by the gazetted locality of Minnipa, with a portion of its south-east corner being within the gazetted locality of Yaninee.[13][7][14]
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b c d Bice, John G. (23 October 1913). "NEW COUNTY AND NEW HUNDREDS" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. 1913. Government of South Australia: 1055–1056. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Search result for "County of Bosanquet (CNTY)" (Record no SA0008740) with the following layers selected - "Local Government Areas", "Counties", "Road labels", "Development Plan Layers" and "Government Regions"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ a b "Far North SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- ^ a b "Eyre Western SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
- ^ a b "HUNDRED MAP Series Index Map" (PDF). Department of Environment and Heritage, Government of South Australia. December 2008. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- ^ "Search result for "Eyre Peninsula (Peninsula)" (Record no SA0023359)". Government of South Australia. 2011. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "Search result for " Hundred of Pildappa (HD)" (Record no SA0055046) with the following datasets selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Local Government Areas", "Counties", "Hundreds" and "NPW and Conservation Reserve Boundaries"". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
- ^ "Geographical Names Act 1991, Notice to Create Boundaries of Places and Alter Boundaries of Places" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 1170. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- ^ Proposed Locality Boundaries for Pastoral Areas (PDF) (Map). Government of South Australia. 31 October 2012. Rack Plan 951. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ^ "Outback Road Names Sheet 3" (PDF). Government of South Australia. 21 January 2014. Rack Plan 768. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 September 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- ^ "Area 2 Gawler Ranges Gawler Ranges including Kingoonya and Iron Knob areas". Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
- ^ Leadbeater, Maureen (2014). "Counties & Hundreds of South Australia". FamilyHistorySA. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
- ^ "Search result for " Hundred of Pildappa (HD)" (Record no SA0055046) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Local Government Areas", "Counties" and "Hundreds"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ "Search result for "Pildappa Hill (ROCK)" (Record no SA0055039) with the following layers selected - "Counties" and "Hundreds"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.