County of Hamley

County of Hamley South Australia
Pelicans, black swans, cormorants and other water birds at Coombool Swamp, Chowilla, SA
County of Hamley
Coordinates	33°47′20″S 140°41′49″E / 33.789°S 140.697°E / -33.789; 140.697Coordinates: 33°47′20″S 140°41′49″E / 33.789°S 140.697°E / -33.789; 140.697
Established	1869
Area	5,790 square kilometres (2,236 sq mi)
LGA(s)	Berri Barmera Council Renmark Paringa Council Unincorporated area
Region	Murray and Mallee
Lands administrative divisions around County of Hamley: Windeyer (NSW) Young County of Hamley Tara (NSW) Albert Alfred Millewa (VIC)
Footnotes	Coordinates Adjoining counties

County of Hamley is a cadastral unit located in the Australian state of South Australia covers land located in the state’s east adjoining its borders New South Wales and Victoria and north of the Murray River. It was proclaimed in 1869 by Governor Fergusson and named after Francis Hamley.

The County of Hamley covers the part of South Australia to the north of the Murray River and adjoining the borders with the states of New South Wales and Victoria. The county is bounded as follows - the centre of the Murray River channel to the south, the eastern boundary of the County of Young to the west, the extension of the northern boundary of the County of Young to the north and the borders with the above-mentioned states to the east.

The County of Hamley was proclaimed by Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet, the eighth Governor of South Australia on 18 February 1869. The county was named after Lieutenant Colonel Francis Gilbert Hamley who was the Administrator of South Australia from 20 February 1868 to 15 February 1869. The following two hundreds have been proclaimed within the County - Katarapko in 1922 and Loveday in 1923.

The Hundreds of Katarapko and Loveday are located next to each other at the southernmost end of the county and cover land within the area within the loop of the river between Cobdogla in the west, Barmera in the north, Loxton in the south and Berri in the east.