| 词条 | County of Russell |
| 释义 |
| type = cadastral | name = Russell | state = sa | image = Lake-Albert-03.jpg | caption = Pelicans on Lake Albert at Meningie in the Hundred of Bonney | est = 1842 | area = {{convert|3427|km2|mi2}} | area_footnotes = [1] | coordinates = {{coord|35.45|S|139.47|E|display=inline,title}} | lga = Coorong District Council City of Murray Bridge | near-nw = Sturt | near-n = Sturt | near-ne = Albert | near-e = Buccleuch | near-se = Cardwell | near-s = Cardwell | near-sw = Ocean | near-w = Ocean }} The County of Russell is one of the 49 cadastral counties of South Australia. It was proclaimed in 1842 by Governor George Grey and named for Lord John Russell, who was involved with the early development of the (British) South Australian colony (at the time of the county's proclamation) when he was Secretary of State for War and the Colonies.[1] It covers a portion of the state bounded to the west by the eastern half of Lake Alexandrina and the section of the Murray River extending to Bowhill in the north and bounded to the south by the coastline adjoining the Coorong coastal lagoon and fully surrounds Lake Albert which is excluded from its extent.[1][2] This includes the north western quarter of the contemporary local government area of Coorong District Council. HundredsThe County of Russell is divided into the following 9 hundreds:
References1. ^1 2 {{Cite web |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb |title=Search for 'County of Russell, CNTY' |id=SA0059702 |publisher=Government of South Australia |accessdate=19 July 2016 |quote=Area 1323 square miles. Lord Russell was the Secretary of State for The Colonies who secured the appointment of the Imperial Select Committee that enquired into the affairs of South Australia in its infancy.}} {{Counties of South Australia}}2. ^{{cite web |title=Search result for 'Lake Albert, LOCB' |id=SA0068057 |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb |work=Property Location Browser |publisher=Government of South Australia |accessdate=9 August 2016}} 1 : Counties of South Australia |
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