The County of Hopetoun is one of the 49 counties of South Australia on the state's west coast.[2] It was proclaimed in 1892 by Governor Algernon Keith-Falconer and named for John Hope then the Governor of Victoria.[2]

Hopetoun South Australia
Approach to Fowlers Bay in the Hundred of Caldwell
Hopetoun
Coordinates	31.553°S 131.981°E / -31.553; 131.981
Established	21 January 1892[1]
Area	6,200 km2 (2,400 sq mi)[2]
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

Hundreds

The County of Hopetoun contains the following 9 hundreds, covering approximately the south-eastern half of its total area:

• Inland from northwest to southeast: Bice, Lucy, Miller, Trunch, and May (Yalata, Coorabie)
• On the south coastline from west to east: Russell, Wookata, Sturdee, and Caldwell (Coorabie, Fowlers Bay)

See also

• Lands administrative divisions of South Australia

References

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