County of Blachford
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Abandoned homestead north of Hawker on the western edge of the Flinders Ranges | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 31°44′41″S 138°07′14″E / 31.744627°S 138.120668°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| Region | Far North | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 16 January 1877 | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 2,940 km2 (1,135 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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County of Blachford is a cadastral unit located in the Australian state of South Australia that covers land between the east coast of Lake Torrens and the western side of the Flinders Ranges about 90 kilometres (56 mi) north-east of the city of Port Augusta. It was proclaimed in 1877 and named after Frederic Rogers, 1st Baron Blachford who was the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1860 to 1871. It has been partially divided in the following sub-units of hundreds – Barndioota, Cotabena, Warrakimbo, Wonoka and Woolyana.