County of Newcastle

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.^[1]

Newcastle South Australia
Kanyaka homestead and surrounding scrub in the Hundred of Kanyaka
Newcastle
Coordinates	32°11′50″S 138°05′27″E[1]
Established	22 June 1876[2]
Area	3,160 km2 (1,221 sq mi)
Lands administrative divisions around Newcastle: Blachford Hanson Manchester Newcastle Granville Manchester Frome Dalhousie

Local government

Local government was initiated within the county in 1883 with the establishment of the Corporate Town of Quorn in the Hundred of Pichi Richi in the central south the county. In 1888 the councils of Davenport (later called Woolundunga) and Kanyaka were established, bringing the whole county under local governance.

Local government for the western third of the county (west of Dutchmans Range and Middle Range ridge line, that is, the Hundred of Crozier, the west half of the Hundred of Yarrah, the western majority of the Hundred of Wyacca and the western flank of the Hundred of Pichi Richi) was ceded to the state prior to the abolition of the Woolundunga council in the early 1900s.

In 1969 Kanyaka and Quorn councils amalgamated, uniting the remaining incorporated eastern two thirds of the county under one local government body, the District Council of Kanyaka-Quorn. In 1997, Kanyaka-Quorn amalgamated with the District Council of Hawker to the north to form the much larger Flinders Ranges Council.

Hundreds

The county is divided into the following 9 hundreds:

• Hundred of Wyacca (spanning northern part of Middle Range, Yadlamalka)
• Hundred of Kanyaka (spanning Kanyaka Hill, Kanyaka and surrounds)
• Hundred of Cudlamudla (spanning eastern slopes of Sugar Loaf peak in the Flinders Ranges)
• Hundred of Yarrah (spanning southern part of Middle Range)
• Hundred of Boolcunda (spanning Willochra locality)
• Hundred of Moockra (spanning Moockra locality north of Stokes Hill)
• Hundred of Crozier (spanning Emeroo locality and western slopes of Dutchman Range)
• Hundred of Pichi Richi (spanning eastern slopes of Dutchman Range and centred on township of Quorn)
• Hundred of Palmer (spanning Stephenston locality)

References

1. "Search results for 'County of Newcastle, Cnty' with the following datasets being selected - 'Postcodes', 'Counties', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions', and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
2. Ayers, Henry (22 June 1876). "Untitled proclamation re establishment of the counties of Newcastle, Granville and Musgrave, and the alteration of the boundaries of the County of Flinders" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 1182. Retrieved 9 June 2019.