County of Kimberley is a cadastral unit located in the Australian state of South Australia
that covers land to the east of the Flinders Ranges about 45 kilometres (28 mi) east of the town of Peterborough. It was proclaimed in 1871 and named after John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley, a British Secretary of State for the Colonies. It has been partially divided in the following sub-units of hundreds – Gumbowie, Hardy, Ketchowla, Parnaroo, Terowie and Wonna.
An old weatherboard shop in Terowie in the Hundred of Terowie
Hundred of Gumbowie, 1889
Hundred of Parnaroo, 1964
Hundred of Terowie, 1942
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley, known as the Lord Wodehouse from 1846 to 1866, was a British Liberal politician. He held office in every Liberal administration from 1852 to 1895, notably as Secretary of State for the Colonies and as Foreign Secretary.
Carte de visite showing the Earl of Kimberley, ca. 1868.
Lord Kimberley, ca. 1897.