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Hundred of Bandon

Albert
South Australia
Waikerie, Riverland 5.JPG
View of Waikerie from Holder at the north of the county
Albert is located in South Australia
Albert
Albert
Coordinates 34°29′S 140°00′E / 34.49°S 140.00°E / -34.49; 140.00Coordinates: 34°29′S 140°00′E / 34.49°S 140.00°E / -34.49; 140.00
Established 1860
Area 2,194 km2 (847.1 sq mi)
LGA(s)
Lands administrative divisions around Albert:
Burra Young Hamley
Eyre
Sturt
Albert Alfred
Russell Buccleuch Chandos

The County of Albert is one of the 49 counties of South Australia on the east banks of the River Murray. It was proclaimed by Governor Richard MacDonnell in 1860 and named for Albert, Prince Consort of Queen Victoria.

A few years before the county was proclaimed, the Hundred of the Murray had been established to control land use immediately adjacent the river. This was abolished in 1860 and the county was proclaimed along with the five western riverside hundreds of Cadell, Randell (now Murbko), Paisley, Cooper (now Nildottie), and Giles (now Forster). Eight further hundreds were proclaimed to incorporated the entire county by 1912.

The county is presently divided into hundreds as follows:


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