County of Carnarvon (South Australia)

County of Carnarvon is a cadastral unit located in the Australian state of South Australia which covers the full extent of Kangaroo Island. It was proclaimed in 1874 by Governor Musgrave in response to the demand for agriculture land on Kangaroo Island.

This article is about the cadastral unit in South Australia. For the historic county in Wales, see Caernarfonshire. For the cadastral unit in Western Australia, see Carnarvon County.

Carnarvon
South Australia
Remarkable Rocks formation in Flinders Chase within the Hundred of McDonald
Carnarvon
Coordinates35.807920°S 137.284350°E / -35.807920; 137.284350
Established1874 (1874)
LGA(s)Kangaroo Island Council
RegionFleurieu and Kangaroo Island
Lands administrative divisions around Carnarvon:
Ocean Investigator Strait Hindmarsh
Ocean Carnarvon Ocean
Ocean Ocean Ocean
FootnotesCoordinates
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