County of Chandos


The County of Chandos is one of the Lands [administrative divisions of South Australia|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, [3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos|Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville] who was appointed Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1867. It covers a large portion of the southern Mallee region, adjacent to the state border with Victoria in the state's south east.
The Pinnaroo [railway line, South Australia|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 :
In the centre :
In the south :