County of Newcastle
| Newcastle South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Kanyaka homestead and surrounding scrub in the Hundred of Kanyaka | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°11′50″S 138°05′27″E / 32.197195°S 138.090731°E | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 22 June 1876 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 3,160 km2 (1,221 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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The County of Newcastle is one of the 49 counties of South Australia spanning the central Flinders Ranges. It was named in 1876 for Francis Pelham-Clinton-Hope, the eighth Duke of Newcastle.