County of Hopetoun

Hopetoun
South Australia
Approach to Fowlers Bay in the Hundred of Caldwell
Hopetoun
Coordinates31°33′11″S 131°58′52″E / 31.553°S 131.981°E / -31.553; 131.981
Established21 January 1892
Area6,200 km2 (2,400 sq mi)
LGA(s)District Council of Ceduna
Lands administrative divisions around Hopetoun:
pastoral unincorporated pastoral unincorporated pastoral unincorporated
pastoral unincorporated Hopetoun Kintore
Great Australian Bight Great Australian Bight Great Australian Bight

The County of Hopetoun is one of the 49 counties of South Australia on the state's west coast. It was proclaimed in 1892 by Governor Algernon Keith-Falconer and named for John Hope then the Governor of Victoria.

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