Hundred of Cotton
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Hundred of Cotton | |||||||||||||
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_(2).jpg) Map of Hundred of Cotton, 1964 | |||||||||||||
  Hundred of Cotton | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 35°15′S 140°21′E / 35.25°S 140.35°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| Region | Murray Mallee | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1894 | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 560.1 km2 (216.25 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| County | Chandos | ||||||||||||
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The Hundred of Cotton is a hundred in the County of Chandos, South Australia, established in 1894.[1][2]
The Hundred of Cotton was named on 4 January 1894 by Governor Kintore after George Witherage Cotton MLC who had been a member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1882 to 1892.
