The County of Hindmarsh is one of the 49 cadastral counties of South Australia. It was proclaimed by Governor George Grey in 1842 and named for Governor John Hindmarsh. Description It extends from the Fleurieu Peninsula in the southwest to the Murray Mouth in the southeast to Point Sturt on the Sturt Peninsula and the course of the Bremer River in the east, Mount Barker in the north and Sellicks Hill on the Gulf St Vincent coastline in the northwest including the southern end of Mt Lofty Ranges, Hindmarsh Island, Mundoo Island and part of Lake Alexandrina. This includes the following contemporary local government areas: District Council of Yankalilla Victor Harbor City Alexandrina Council (excluding small portions on west and east flanks) District Council of Mount Barker (central third including the Mount Barker township) History The following hundreds have been proclaimed within the county - Encounter Bay, Goolwa, Kondoparinga, Macclesfield, Myponga, Nangkita, Waitpinga and Yankalilla in 1846, Strathalbyn in 1850, and Alexandrina and Bremer in 1851. Hundreds The County of Hindmarsh is divided into the following hundreds: Hundred of Alexandrina The Hundred of Alexandrina () was proclaimed on 7 August 1851. It covers an area of and is named after the lake partially located within the county and which is known as Lake Alexandrina. It includes the following localities - Clayton Bay, Point Sturt and parts of Finniss, Lake Alexandrina and Milang. Hundred of Bremer The Hundred of Bremer () was proclaimed on 7 August 1851. It covers an area of and is named after the British naval officer, Sir J Gordon Bremer. It includes the following localities - Nurragi, Willyaroo and parts of Belvidere, Finniss, Langhorne Creek, Lake Plains, Lake Alexandrina, Milang, Sandergrove and Strathalbyn. Hundred of Encounter Bay The Hundred of Encounter Bay () was proclaimed on 29 October 1846. It covers an area of and is named after the bay which it overlooks on its south-east boundary. It includes the following localities - Back Valley, Hindmarsh Tiers, Lower Inman Valley and Victor Harbor and parts of Encounter Bay, Hindmarsh Valley, Inman Valley and Waitpinga. Hundred of Goolwa The Hundred of Goolwa () was proclaimed on 29 October 1846. It covers an area of and is named after the lake partially located within the county and whose name is reported as being derived from an aboriginal word meaning “the elbow.” It contains the following localities - Goolwa, Goolwa