County of Hopetoun
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Hopetoun | |||||||||||||
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 Approach to Fowlers Bay in the Hundred of Caldwell | |||||||||||||
  Hopetoun | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 31°33′11″S 131°58′52″E / 31.553°S 131.981°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 21 January 1892[1] | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 6,200 km2 (2,400 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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The County of Hopetoun is one of the 49 counties of South Australia on the state's west coast.[2] It was proclaimed in 1892 by Governor Algernon Keith-Falconer and named for John Hope then the Governor of Victoria.[2]
