County of Newcastle

Newcastle
Cadastral division
Kanyaka homestead and surrounding scrub in the Hundred of Kanyaka
Newcastle
Coordinates: 32°11′50″S 138°05′27″E / 32.197195°S 138.090731°E / -32.197195; 138.090731
CountryAustralia
StateSouth Australia
Established22 June 1876
Area
 • Total
3,160 km2 (1,221 sq mi)
Lands administrative divisions around Newcastle
Blachford Hanson
Manchester Newcastle Granville
Manchester Frome Dalhousie

The County of Newcastle is one of the 49 counties of South Australia spanning the central Flinders Ranges. It was named in 1876 for Francis Pelham-Clinton-Hope, the eighth Duke of Newcastle.

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