County of Russell

The County of Russell is one of the 49 cadastral counties in South Australia. It was proclaimed in 1842 by Governor George Grey and named for Lord John Russell, who was involved in 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.^[2] 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.^[2][3] This includes the north western quarter of the contemporary local government area of Coorong District Council.

CountryAustralia

Established2 June 1842^[1]

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Russell
Cadastral division
Pelicans on Lake Albert at Meningie in the Hundred of Bonney
Russell
Coordinates: 35.45°S 139.47°E / -35.45; 139.47
Country	Australia
State	South Australia
LGA	Coorong District Council City of Murray Bridge
Established	2 June 1842[1]
Area [2]
• Total	3,427 km2 (1,323 sq mi)
Lands administrative divisions around Russell Sturt Sturt Albert Ocean Russell Buccleuch Ocean Cardwell Cardwell

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