County of Jervois
The County of Jervois is a cadastral unit in the Australian state of South Australia that covers land on the east coast of the Eyre Peninsula. It was proclaimed on 24 January 1878 and named after William Jervois, the Governor of South Australia from October 1877 to January 1883.
| Jervois South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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The main street of Cowell in 2006 | |||||||||||||||
Jervois | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33.696620°S 136.411470°E | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1878 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 9,600 square kilometres (3,700 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Cleve Elliston (part) Franklin Harbour Tumby Bay (part) | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Eyre Western | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Coordinates Adjoining counties | ||||||||||||||
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