Hundred of Mitchell
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Musgrave South Australia |
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Elliston Hall
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 Musgrave
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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) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) |
District Council of Elliston District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula |
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| Region | Eyre Western | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Coordinates Adjoining counties |
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The County of Musgrave is a cadastral unit in the Australian state of South Australia that covers land on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula. It was proclaimed on 22 June 1876 and named after Anthony Musgrave, the Governor of South Australia from 9 June 1876 to 29 January 1877.
The county covers the part of the west coast of the Eyre Peninsula overlooking the Great Australian Bight between Talia Beach in Anxious Bay in the north and Cape Drummond in the south, and extends inland from the coastline for a distance of about 90 kilometres (56 mi).
The town of Elliston falls within the county's borders, and the towns of Lock, Tooligie and Yeelanna are located adjacent to the county's eastern boundary.
The Flinders Highway passes along the coastline of the county from the northwest to the southeast, the Tod Highway 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 comprises 20 hundreds. The hundreds are laid out from west to east in four rows (from north to south) as follows:
The Hundred of Barwell (33°33′52″S 135°34′08″E / 33.564440°S 135.568980°E) was proclaimed on 4 December 1919. It covers an area of 250 square kilometres (95 sq mi) and is named after Sir Henry Barwell, a former member of the South Australian Parliament.
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