County of Musgrave South Australia |
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Elliston Hall
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Coordinates | 33°44′10″S 135°24′58″E / 33.736°S 135.416°ECoordinates: 33°44′10″S 135°24′58″E / 33.736°S 135.416°E | ||||||||||||
Established | 1876 | ||||||||||||
Area | 6,300 square kilometres (2,450 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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District Council of Elliston District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula |
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Region | Eyre and Western | ||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Coordinates Adjoining counties |
County of Musgrave is a cadastral unit located in the Australian state of South Australia that covers land located on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula. It was proclaimed in 1876 and named after Anthony Musgrave who was the Governor of South Australia at the time.
The County of Musgrave covers the part of South Australia on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula overlooking the Great Australian Bight between Talia Beach in Anxious Bay in the north and Cape Drummond in the south and which extends inland from the coastline for a distance of about 90 kilometres (56 mi).
The principal towns are Elliston on the coastline and the following located adjacent to the county’s eastern boundary - Lock, Tooligie and Yeelanna.
The county is served by the following roads managed by the South Australian government - the Flinders Highway which passes along the coastline from the north-west to the south-east, the Tod Highway which passes through the county in a north-south alignment near its eastern boundary and the Birdseye Highway passes through the county in a west-east direction between Elliston and Lock.
The Port Lincoln to Wudinna line of the Eyre Peninsula Railway passes through the county near its eastern boundary in a north-south alignment with a branch line terminating at Kapinne in the county’s south and with stations at Lock and Yeelanna.
The County of Musgrave was proclaimed on 22 June 1876 along with the hundreds of Colton, Ward and Way which all adjoin the coastline. The county was named after Anthony Musgrave who was the Governor of South Australia from 9 June 1876 to 29 January 1877.