County of Robe

Robe
Robe; South Australia
	Samphire on the edges of Bool Lagoon in the Hundred of Robertson
	Robe
Coordinates	37°06′50″S 140°23′46″E[1]
Established	23 July 1846[2]
Area	5,080 square kilometres (1,962 sq mi)[1]
LGA(s)	Naracoorte Lucindale Council[1]; District Council of Robe[1]; Kingston District Council[1]; Wattle Range Council[1];
	Lands administrative divisions around Robe:
Footnotes	Adjoining counties[1][3]

The County of Robe is one of the 49 cadastral counties of South Australia. It was proclaimed by and named for Governor Frederick Robe in 1846.[1] It covers a portion of the state's south-east from the west coast at Robe to the border with Victoria on the east.[1] This includes the following contemporary local government areas of the state:[1]

District Council of Robe
Naracoorte Lucindale Council (excluding north third)
Kingston District Council (small south portion)
Wattle Range Council (small north portion)

Hundreds

The County of Robe is divided into the following 18 hundreds:

References

"Search result for "County of Robe, Cnty" with the following layers selected - "Local Government Areas", "Counties", "Hundreds", "SA Government Regions" and "Gazetteer"". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
Mundy, A. M. (23 July 1846). "PROCLAMATION (re Counties of the Province of South Australia)" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. p. 237. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
The New atlas of Australia, Volume 2. Sydney: John Sands. 1886. p. Plate 16. Retrieved 10 December 2018. Map of the counties of Lowan, Borung and Kara-Kara showing colony and parish boundaries, main roads, telegraph lines and railways. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.

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[LMV-1] "Search result for "County of Robe, Cnty" with the following layers selected - "Local Government Areas", "Counties", "Hundreds", "SA Government Regions" and "Gazetteer"". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 December 2018.

[SAGG-1846-2] Mundy, A. M. (23 July 1846). "PROCLAMATION (re Counties of the Province of South Australia)" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. p. 237. Retrieved 25 February 2018.

[VIC-3] The New atlas of Australia, Volume 2. Sydney: John Sands. 1886. p. Plate 16. Retrieved 10 December 2018. Map of the counties of Lowan, Borung and Kara-Kara showing colony and parish boundaries, main roads, telegraph lines and railways. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.