County of Hopetoun

Hopetoun
Cadastral division
Approach to Fowlers Bay in the Hundred of Caldwell
Hopetoun
Coordinates: 31°33′11″S 131°58′52″E / 31.553°S 131.981°E / -31.553; 131.981
CountryAustralia
StateSouth Australia
LGA
Established21 January 1892
Area
 • Total
6,200 km2 (2,400 sq mi)
Lands administrative divisions around Hopetoun
pastoral unincorporated pastoral unincorporated pastoral unincorporated
pastoral unincorporated Hopetoun Kintore
Great Australian Bight Great Australian Bight Great Australian Bight

The County of Hopetoun is one of the 49 counties of South Australia on the state's west coast. It was proclaimed in 1892 by Governor Algernon Keith-Falconer and named for John Hope then the Governor of Victoria.

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