The County of Chandos is one of the 49 cadastral counties of South Australia. It was proclaimed in 1893 and named by Governor Kintore for the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville who was appointed Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1867.[1] It covers a large portion of the southern Mallee region, adjacent to the state border with Victoria in the state's south east.[1]

Chandos South Australia
Railway line at Pinnaroo on the county's eastern flank, facing east toward Ouyen
Chandos
Coordinates	35.32°S 140.61°E / -35.32; 140.61
Established	1893
Area	6,800 square kilometres (2,620 sq mi)
LGA(s)	Southern Mallee Karoonda East Murray Loxton Waikerie
Lands administrative divisions around Chandos: Albert Alfred Millewa (Vic) Buccleuch Chandos Weeah (Vic) Cardwell Buckingham Lowan (Vic)

The Pinnaroo railway line traverses the north of the county, passing from west to east from Parrakie through Pinnaroo into Victoria.

Hundreds

The county is divided into the following 12 hundreds, with Ngarkat Conservation Park lying outside the gazetted hundreds along the southern border of the county.

In the north (from west to east):

• Hundred of Auld (Sandalwood)
• Hundred of Billiatt (Billiat)
• Hundred of Kingsford (Kringin, Peebinga, Karte)
• Hundred of Peebinga (Kringin, Peebinga, Karte)

In the centre (from west to east):

• Hundred of Cotton (Parrakie, Lameroo)
• Hundred of Bews (Lameroo)
• Hundred of Parilla (Parilla)
• Hundred of Pinnaroo (Pinnaroo)

In the south (from west to east):

• Hundred of Allenby (Parrakie, Lameroo)
• Hundred of Day ((Lameroo, Parilla))
• Hundred of Quirke (Pinnaroo)
• Hundred of Fisk (Ngarkat)

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