County of Kimberley
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An old weatherboard shop in Terowie in the Hundred of Terowie | |||||||||||||
Kimberley | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 33°05′33″S 139°17′54″E / 33.092583°S 139.298462°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| Region | Far North Yorke and Mid North | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 20 July 1871 | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 3,590 km2 (1,388 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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County of Kimberley is a cadastral unit located in the Australian state of South Australia that covers land to the east of the Flinders Ranges about 45 kilometres (28 mi) east of the town of Peterborough. It was proclaimed in 1871 and named after John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley, a British Secretary of State for the Colonies. It has been partially divided in the following sub-units of hundreds – Gumbowie, Hardy, Ketchowla, Parnaroo, Terowie and Wonna.