County of Robe

The County of Robe is one of the 49 cadastral counties of South Australia. It was proclaimed by and named for Governor Frederick Robe in 1846.[1] It covers a portion of the state's south-east from the west coast at Robe all the way across to the border with Victoria on the east.[1] This includes the following contemporary local government areas of the state:[1]

Robe
South Australia
Samphire on the edges of Bool Lagoon in the Hundred of Robertson
Robe
Coordinates37°06′50″S 140°23′46″E[1]
Established23 July 1846[2]
Area5,080 square kilometres (1,962 sq mi)[1]
LGA(s)
Lands administrative divisions around Robe:
Ocean MacDonnell Lowan (Vic)
Ocean Robe Lowan (Vic)
Follett (Vic)
Ocean Grey Follett (Vic)
FootnotesAdjoining counties[1][3]

The French explorer Nicholas Baudin first viewed the bay in 1802 on which Robe was later settled in 1802, and he named it Guichen Bay in honour of Admiral de Guichen. The Boandik aboriginal tribe lived relatively undisturbed around the Robe region, with “Black Maggie” being the first to meet white men in Guichen Bay in the 1830s, who were probably whalers, seal- ers or sailors visiting the area long before South Aus- tralian settlement.[4]

Hundreds

The County of Robe is divided into the following 18 hundreds:

References
  1. "Search result for "County of Robe, Cnty" with the following layers selected - "Local Government Areas", "Counties", "Hundreds", "SA Government Regions" and "Gazetteer"". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  2. Mundy, A. M. (23 July 1846). "PROCLAMATION (re Counties of the Province of South Australia)" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. p. 237. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  3. The New atlas of Australia, Volume 2. Sydney: John Sands. 1886. p. Plate 16. Retrieved 10 December 2018. Map of the counties of Lowan, Borung and Kara-Kara showing colony and parish boundaries, main roads, telegraph lines and railways. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.
  4. "Robes History" (PDF).
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