Lands administrative divisions of New South Wales

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The 141 counties of New South Wales, with the original Nineteen shown in pink
The parishes of Cumberland County

For lands administrative purposes, New South Wales is divided into 141 counties, which are further divided into parishes. The counties were first set down in the Colony of New South Wales, which later became the Australian state of New South Wales.

The counties were further subdivided into 7,419 parishes. There are also three land divisions, approximately one hundred land districts, and several other types of districts as well as land boards used at various periods. There were also thirteen hundreds proclaimed in Cumberland County, which were later abolished. These divisions are part of the lands administrative divisions of Australia. Unlike the local government areas of New South Wales, which have gone through restructuring periods by the government, the counties have been the same since the nineteenth century.[1]

Creation of county areas[edit]

1832 map showing the nine counties in use before Thomas Mitchell surveyed the Nineteen Counties in 1834
1872 map showing the 19 populated counties

The first county proclaimed was Cumberland on 4 June 1788. Northumberland was named in 1804. Several other counties were established around Sydney; by the 1820s there were nine counties (see 1828 and 1832 maps). They were: Roxburgh, Northumberland, Durham, Westmoreland, Cumberland, Argyle, Camden, Ayr and Cambridge. They were in the approximate area of the present day cadastral units except that some of them were larger and took up land which was in 1834 assigned to other counties. Ayr and Cambridge were not used in the 1834 counties, taking up area which is approximately in what became Macquarie County and Brisbane County.

Instructions were given to Governor Brisbane in 1825 to survey New South Wales and divide it into counties of various sizes, hundreds, and parishes between 15 and 25 square miles (40 and 65 km²). The Nineteen Counties were surveyed by Thomas Mitchell in 1834. Thirteen hundreds were proclaimed in Cumberland county, but not in anywhere else in New South Wales, and these were repealed in 1888.

As the counties are based on area, rather than population, there are huge differences in the populations of the coastal counties with those for the remote west. The whole of Sydney with several million people is located within Cumberland County, while there are many counties for areas in the Far West which have a very low population.

Use[edit]

The counties have little official function and are only now used for land titles and geographic surveying, and as an area of coverage within some industrial awards. Yancowinna County is also legally the only part of the state in the South Australian time zone.

A number of water supply authorities are named County Council, but only Rous County Council has the same name as its cadastral county.

Genealogy records from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries for New South Wales commonly use the town name followed by the county. The 1911 Britannica lists all towns in New South Wales the same way, such as Albury, Goulburn county,[2] Broken Hill, Yancowinna county[3] and Wagga-Wagga, Wynyard county.[4]

Early land districts[edit]

Parts of the land which were outside the Nineteen Counties were divided into squatting districts in the early nineteenth century [1]. In 1846 New South Wales was divided into settled districts, intermediate districts and unsettled districts.[5] In 1861 the system of settled and unsettled districts were abolished with the Crown Lands Acts,[6] while new types of districts called first and second class settled districts, as well as town land and suburban land came into being. The various districts used:

  • Albert District (west of the Darling River). Erected 4 November 1851. Warrego District was split off in 1862.
  • Bligh District, east of the Macquarie River. Erected 22 May 1839. (1841 population of 402, with 118,341 sheep and 24,064 cattle) [7] In 1852, it was described as being 5 million acres (20,000 km²), with 140,000 sheep, 40,000 cattle and 2,000 horses.[8]
  • Clarence River District. Erected 1 March 1842, from Port Macquarie District. In 1852, it was described as being 5 million acres (20,000 km²), with 200,000 sheep, 40,000 cattle and 2,000 horses.[8]
  • Gwydir District (Moree area). Erected 4 Dec 1847, subdivided from Liverpool Plains district.
  • Lachlan District – between the Lachlan River and Murrumbidgee River. Erected 22 May 1839. (1841 population of 792, with 111,154 sheep and 57,920 cattle) [7]
  • Liverpool Plains District. Erected 22 May 1839; Gwydir was split off in 1847. (1841 population of 1012, with 230,102 sheep, 102,738 cattle and 1045 horses) [7] In 1852, it was described as being larger than 10 million acres (40,000 km²), with 400,000 sheep, 220,000 cattle and 4,000 horses.[8] There was an Electoral district of Liverpool Plains in the same area in the nineteenth century, and the Liverpool Plains Shire is the modern shire.
  • Lower Darling District (east of the Darling River). Erected 4 December 1847; later called simply Darling.
  • Maneroo District (south coast, now called Monaro) - south of the Moruya River and Queanbeyan River, and east of the Murrumbidgee River. Erected 22 May 1839 (1841 population of 1554, with 230,130 sheep, 78,473 cattle and 2133 horses).[7] In 1852, it was described as having 400,000 sheep, 115,000 cattle and 5,000 horses.[8]
  • Macleay River District. Erected 1 March 1842 from out of Port Macquarie District.
  • Murrumbidgee District (between the Murrumbidgee and Murray rivers). Erected 22 May 1839. (1841 population of 1139, with 180,654 sheep and 62,848 cattle) [7] In 1852, it was described as being 12 million acres (49,000 km²), with 400,000 sheep, 100,000 cattle and 3,000 horses.[8]
  • New England District. Erected 22 May 1839. (New England region (1841 population of 702 with 201,926 sheep and 13,830 cattle) [7]
  • Port Macquarie District. (1841 population of 287, with 11,642 sheep and 5,885 cattle).[7] Erected 22 May 1839. Subdivided into Clarence and Macleay in 1842.
  • Warrego District (between Darling River and Queensland border in the north). Erected 8 August 1862, from out of Albert District.
  • Wellington District, between the Lachlan River and Macquarie River. Erected 22 May 1839. (1841 population of 656, with 119,441 sheep and 26,370 cattle) [7]

Land divisions, boards and districts[edit]

The key from a typical cadastral map from the 1890s showed four types of subdivisions; the parish, county, land district and land division. This one is located in the County of Wallace

The Crown Lands Act of 1884 further divided New South Wales into three land divisions; Western, Central and Eastern; as well as Land Boards and Land Districts. This 1890 map shows 14 land boards and 95 land districts; while a 1907 map shows 13 land boards and 103 land districts. The new land districts were different from the previous land districts which had mostly been used in the western areas of the state before counties were proclaimed there. The land boards were named after the location of the head office. The table below shows the land districts used in 1890 and 1907 (some of the locations of the land boards changed and there were new land districts), with the land boards and land divisions:

Land District Land Board (1890) Land Board (1907) Land Division
Albury Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga Eastern
Armidale Armidale Armidale Eastern
Balranald South Hay Hay Central
Balranald Hay Western Western
Barmedman East Forbes Central
Barmedman Forbes Central
Bathurst Orange Orange Eastern
Bega Cooma Goulburn Eastern
Bellingen Grafton Eastern
Berrima Sydney Eastern Eastern
Bingara Moree Moree Central
Bombala Cooma Goulburn Eastern
Boorowa Goulburn Goulburn Eastern
Bourke Bourke Western Western
Braidwood Goulburn Goulburn Eastern
Breewarrina Bourke Western Western
Breewarrina East Bourke Central
Campbelltown Sydney Eastern
Carcoar Orange Orange Eastern
Casino Grafton Grafton Eastern
Cassillis Maitland Eastern
Cobar Bourke Western Western
Cobar East Bourke Central
Condobolin Forbes Forbes Central
Cooma Cooma Goulburn Eastern
Coonabarabran Tamworth Tamworth Central
Coonamble Dubbo Dubbo Eastern
Cootamundry Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga Eastern
Cootamundry Central Wagga Wagga Eastern
Corowa Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga Central
Cowra Orange Orange Eastern
Deniliquin Hay Hay Central
Dubbo Dubbo Dubbo Eastern
Dungog Maitland Maitland Eastern
Eden Cooma Goulburn Eastern
Forbes Forbes Forbes Central
Glen Innes Armidale Armidale Eastern
Gosford Sydney Maitland Eastern
Goulburn Goulburn Goulburn Eastern
Grafton Grafton Grafton Eastern
Grenfell Forbes Forbes Central
Gundagai Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga Eastern
Gunnedah Tamworth Tamworth Central
Gunning Goulburn Goulburn Eastern
Hay North Hay Western Western
Hay Hay Hay Central
Hillston North Hay Western Western
Hillston Hay Hay Central
Inverell Armidale Armidale Eastern
Kempsey Grafton Grafton Eastern
Kiama Sydney Sydney Eastern
Lismore Grafton Grafton Eastern
Lithgow Sydney Orange Eastern
Liverpool Sydney Eastern
Maitland Maitland Maitland Eastern
Metropolitan Sydney Sydney Eastern
Milton Sydney Sydney Eastern
Molong Orange Orange Eastern
Moree Moree Moree Central
Moruya Sydney Eastern
Mudgee Orange Orange Eastern
Murrurundi Tamworth Tamworth Eastern
Murwillumbah Grafton Grafton Eastern
Muswellbrook Maitland Maitland Eastern
Narrabri Tamworth Moree Central
Narrandera Wagga Wagga Hay Central
Newcastle Maitland Maitland Eastern
Nowra Sydney Sydney Eastern
Nyngan Dubbo Eastern
Orange Orange Orange Eastern
Parkes Forbes Forbes Central
Parramatta Sydney Sydney Eastern
Paterson Maitland Eastern
Penrith Sydney Sydney Eastern
Picton Sydney Sydney Eastern
Port Macquarie Maitland Grafton Eastern
Queanbeyan Cooma Goulburn Eastern
Raymonod Terrace Maitland Eastern
Rylstone Orange Orange Eastern
Scone Maitland Maitland Eastern
Singleton Maitland Maitland Eastern
Stroud Maitland Maitland Eastern
Tamworth Tamworth Tamworth Eastern
Taree Maitland Maitland Eastern
Tenterfield Armidale Armidale Eastern
Tumbarumba North Wagga Wagga Eastern
Tumbarumba Wagga Wagga Eastern
Tumut Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga Eastern
Urana Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga Central
Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga Central
Walcha Armidale Armidale Eastern
Walgett North Moree Western Western
Walgett Moree Moree Central
Warialda Moree Moree Central
Warren Dubbo Eastern
Wellington Orange Orange Eastern
Wentworth Hay Western Western
Wilcannia Bourke Western Western
Windsor Sydney Sydney Eastern
Wollombi Maitland Eastern
Wollongong Sydney Sydney Eastern
Wyalong Forbes Central
Yass Goulburn Goulburn Eastern
Young Goulburn Wagga Wagga Eastern

Table of counties[edit]

[9]

County Year of
erection
number of
parishes
Coordinates
Argyle 1821 50 34°46′41″S 149°45′21″E / 34.77806°S 149.75583°E / -34.77806; 149.75583 (Argyle County)
Arrawatta 1862 70 29°21′2″S 151°3′53″E / 29.35056°S 151.06472°E / -29.35056; 151.06472 (Arrawatta County)
Ashburnham 1850 60 33°16′12″S 148°26′9″E / 33.27000°S 148.43583°E / -33.27000; 148.43583 (Ashburnham County)
Auckland 1843 55 36°54′42″S 149°41′20″E / 36.91167°S 149.68889°E / -36.91167; 149.68889 (Auckland County)
Baradine 1862 78 30°38′35″S 148°54′11″E / 30.64306°S 148.90306°E / -30.64306; 148.90306 (Baradine County)
Barrona 1884 28 29°59′33″S 144°49′2″E / 29.99250°S 144.81722°E / -29.99250; 144.81722 (Barrona County)
Bathurst 1829 67 33°35′8″S 149°7′45″E / 33.58556°S 149.12917°E / -33.58556; 149.12917 (Bathurst County)
Benarba 1862 102 29°14′28″S 149°12′45″E / 29.24111°S 149.21250°E / -29.24111; 149.21250 (Benarba County)
Beresford 1848 49 36°5′18″S 149°14′11″E / 36.08833°S 149.23639°E / -36.08833; 149.23639 (Beresford County)
Bland 1862 65 34°9′7″S 147°39′14″E / 34.15194°S 147.65389°E / -34.15194; 147.65389 (Bland County)
Blaxland 1862 92 32°50′3″S 146°1′39″E / 32.83417°S 146.02750°E / -32.83417; 146.02750 (Blaxland County)
Bligh 1829 47 32°6′46″S 149°42′26″E / 32.11278°S 149.70722°E / -32.11278; 149.70722 (Bligh County)
Booroondarra 1884 36 31°48′7″S 145°5′44″E / 31.80194°S 145.09556°E / -31.80194; 145.09556 (Booroondarra County)
Bourke 1862 55 34°32′19″S 147°4′54″E / 34.53861°S 147.08167°E / -34.53861; 147.08167 (Bourke County)
Boyd 1862 39 34°41′31″S 145°44′27″E / 34.69194°S 145.74083°E / -34.69194; 145.74083 (Boyd County)
Brisbane 1829 58 32°2′33″S 150°41′1″E / 32.04250°S 150.68361°E / -32.04250; 150.68361 (Brisbane County)
Buccleuch 1848 35 35°18′21″S 148°25′13″E / 35.30583°S 148.42028°E / -35.30583; 148.42028 (Buccleuch County)
Buckland 1848 33 31°25′23″S 150°34′51″E / 31.42306°S 150.58083°E / -31.42306; 150.58083 (Buckland County)
Buller 1850 45 28°38′4″S 152°23′20″E / 28.63444°S 152.38889°E / -28.63444; 152.38889 (Buller County)
Burnett 1862 56 29°21′52″S 150°30′56″E / 29.36444°S 150.51556°E / -29.36444; 150.51556 (Burnett County)
Cadell 1862 28 35°49′29″S 144°36′39″E / 35.82472°S 144.61083°E / -35.82472; 144.61083 (Cadell County)
Caira 1862 80 34°29′15″S 143°44′24″E / 34.48750°S 143.74000°E / -34.48750; 143.74000 (Caira County)
Camden 1805 55 34°28′10″S 150°30′6″E / 34.46944°S 150.50167°E / -34.46944; 150.50167 (Camden County)
Canbelego 1875 52 31°16′16″S 146°41′27″E / 31.27111°S 146.69083°E / -31.27111; 146.69083 (Canbelego County)
Clarence 1848 40 29°35′33″S 153°4′57″E / 29.59250°S 153.08250°E / -29.59250; 153.08250 (Clarence County)
Clarendon 1850 36 34°52′42″S 147°39′40″E / 34.87833°S 147.66111°E / -34.87833; 147.66111 (Clarendon County)
Clarke 1862 51 30°19′15″S 152°5′27″E / 30.32083°S 152.09083°E / -30.32083; 152.09083 (Clarke County)
Clive 1850 54 29°11′29″S 151°56′12″E / 29.19139°S 151.93667°E / -29.19139; 151.93667 (Clive County)
Clyde 1862 80 30°22′37″S 147°10′41″E / 30.37694°S 147.17806°E / -30.37694; 147.17806 (Clyde County)
Cook 1829 45 33°30′53″S 150°24′32″E / 33.51472°S 150.40889°E / -33.51472; 150.40889 (Cook County)
Cooper 1862 76 34°15′28″S 146°25′53″E / 34.25778°S 146.43139°E / -34.25778; 146.43139 (Cooper County)
Courallie 1862 54 29°37′11″S 149°53′20″E / 29.61972°S 149.88889°E / -29.61972; 149.88889 (Courallie County)
Cowley 1848 23 35°26′20″S 148°48′38″E / 35.43889°S 148.81056°E / -35.43889; 148.81056 (Cowley County)
Cowper 1862 117 30°34′23″S 146°17′54″E / 30.57306°S 146.29833°E / -30.57306; 146.29833 (Cowper County)
Culgoa 1884 46 29°14′57″S 146°23′50″E / 29.24917°S 146.39722°E / -29.24917; 146.39722 (Culgoa County)
Cumberland 1788 57 33°48′54″S 150°57′59″E / 33.81500°S 150.96639°E / -33.81500; 150.96639 (Cumberland County)
Cunningham 1862 59 32°56′3″S 147°15′6″E / 32.93417°S 147.25167°E / -32.93417; 147.25167 (Cunningham County)
Dampier 1848 41 36°7′47″S 149°49′57″E / 36.12972°S 149.83250°E / -36.12972; 149.83250 (Dampier County)
Darling 1850 36 30°35′17″S 150°42′11″E / 30.58806°S 150.70306°E / -30.58806; 150.70306 (Darling County)
Delalah 1884 23 29°16′45″S 143°10′7″E / 29.27917°S 143.16861°E / -29.27917; 143.16861 (Delalah County)
Denham 1862 44 29°56′2″S 148°33′22″E / 29.93389°S 148.55611°E / -29.93389; 148.55611 (Denham County)
Denison 1862 31 35°34′35″S 145°51′21″E / 35.57639°S 145.85583°E / -35.57639; 145.85583 (Denison County)
Dowling 1862 51 33°27′22″S 146°22′18″E / 33.45611°S 146.37167°E / -33.45611; 146.37167 (Dowling County)
Drake 1850 39 29°11′51″S 152°31′41″E / 29.19750°S 152.52806°E / -29.19750; 152.52806 (Drake County)
Dudley 1848 37 30°54′2″S 152°35′23″E / 30.90056°S 152.58972°E / -30.90056; 152.58972 (Dudley County)
Durham 1829 63 32°19′30″S 151°17′59″E / 32.32500°S 151.29972°E / -32.32500; 151.29972 (Durham County)
Evelyn 1884 41 30°4′37″S 141°32′55″E / 30.07694°S 141.54861°E / -30.07694; 141.54861 (Evelyn County)
Ewenmar 1862 53 31°40′59″S 148°18′50″E / 31.68306°S 148.31389°E / -31.68306; 148.31389 (Ewenmar County)
Farnell 1884 34 31°4′23″S 141°21′18″E / 31.07306°S 141.35500°E / -31.07306; 141.35500 (Farnell County)
Finch 1875 120 29°31′6″S 148°4′2″E / 29.51833°S 148.06722°E / -29.51833; 148.06722 (Finch County)
Fitzgerald 1884 31 30°22′18″S 143°37′35″E / 30.37167°S 143.62639°E / -30.37167; 143.62639 (Fitzgerald County)
Fitzroy 1862 46 30°5′18″S 152°46′56″E / 30.08833°S 152.78222°E / -30.08833; 152.78222 (Fitzroy County)
Flinders 1862 71 31°57′51″S 146°48′33″E / 31.96417°S 146.80917°E / -31.96417; 146.80917 (Flinders County)
Forbes 1862 38 33°42′5″S 148°14′10″E / 33.70139°S 148.23611°E / -33.70139; 148.23611 (Forbes County)
Franklin 1862 44 33°25′25″S 145°12′3″E / 33.42361°S 145.20083°E / -33.42361; 145.20083 (Franklin County)
Georgiana 1829 59 34°1′42″S 149°29′6″E / 34.02833°S 149.48500°E / -34.02833; 149.48500 (Georgiana County)
Gipps 1862 71 33°30′57″S 147°12′45″E / 33.51583°S 147.21250°E / -33.51583; 147.21250 (Gipps County)
Gloucester 1829 79 32°15′3″S 151°59′38″E / 32.25083°S 151.99389°E / -32.25083; 151.99389 (Gloucester County)
Gordon 1850 39 32°39′37″S 148°39′2″E / 32.66028°S 148.65056°E / -32.66028; 148.65056 (Gordon County)
Gough 1862 63 29°38′30″S 151°39′0″E / 29.64167°S 151.65000°E / -29.64167; 151.65000 (Gough County)
Goulburn 1850 38 35°46′21″S 147°17′9″E / 35.77250°S 147.28583°E / -35.77250; 147.28583 (Goulburn County)
Gowen 1850 51 31°28′54″S 148°59′55″E / 31.48167°S 148.99861°E / -31.48167; 148.99861 (Gowen County)
Gregory 1862 91 31°7′26″S 147°36′11″E / 31.12389°S 147.60306°E / -31.12389; 147.60306 (Gregory County)
Gresham 1850 33 29°49′14″S 152°24′11″E / 29.82056°S 152.40306°E / -29.82056; 152.40306 (Gresham County)
Gunderbooka 1875 45 29°51′35″S 145°53′17″E / 29.85972°S 145.88806°E / -29.85972; 145.88806 (Gunderbooka County)
Harden 1850 42 34°40′34″S 148°16′43″E / 34.67611°S 148.27861°E / -34.67611; 148.27861 (Harden County)
Hardinge 1862 45 30°11′51″S 151°12′52″E / 30.19750°S 151.21444°E / -30.19750; 151.21444 (Hardinge County)
Hawes 1848 39 31°33′16″S 151°44′8″E / 31.55444°S 151.73556°E / -31.55444; 151.73556 (Hawes County)
Hume 1862 43 35°42′16″S 146°39′40″E / 35.70444°S 146.66111°E / -35.70444; 146.66111 (Hume County)
Hunter 1829 64 32°52′35″S 150°38′53″E / 32.87639°S 150.64806°E / -32.87639; 150.64806 (Hunter County)
Inglis 1850 22 30°53′59″S 151°3′38″E / 30.89972°S 151.06056°E / -30.89972; 151.06056 (Inglis County)
Irrara 1884 47 29°22′21″S 145°2′40″E / 29.37250°S 145.04444°E / -29.37250; 145.04444 (Irrara County)
Jamison 1862 64 30°2′14″S 149°24′15″E / 30.03722°S 149.40417°E / -30.03722; 149.40417 (Jamison County)
Kennedy 1862 61 32°34′20″S 147°35′17″E / 32.57222°S 147.58806°E / -32.57222; 147.58806 (Kennedy County)
Kilfera 1884 15 33°50′32″S 143°42′4″E / 33.84222°S 143.70111°E / -33.84222; 143.70111 (Kilfera County)
Killara 1875 53 30°53′50″S 144°1′36″E / 30.89722°S 144.02667°E / -30.89722; 144.02667 (Killara County)
King 1829 48 34°30′50″S 149°3′59″E / 34.51389°S 149.06639°E / -34.51389; 149.06639 (King County)
Landsborough 1875 25 30°24′44″S 144°46′26″E / 30.41222°S 144.77389°E / -30.41222; 144.77389 (Landsborough County)
Leichhardt 1862 105 30°41′54″S 148°17′48″E / 30.69833°S 148.29667°E / -30.69833; 148.29667 (Leichhardt County)
Lincoln 1850 52 32°8′20″S 148°58′55″E / 32.13889°S 148.98194°E / -32.13889; 148.98194 (Lincoln County)
Livingstone 1862 54 32°19′38″S 143°5′3″E / 32.32722°S 143.08417°E / -32.32722; 143.08417 (Livingstone County)
Macquarie 1830 62 31°31′1″S 152°30′47″E / 31.51694°S 152.51306°E / -31.51694; 152.51306 (Macquarie County)
Manara 1884 43 33°6′55″S 143°49′9″E / 33.11528°S 143.81917°E / -33.11528; 143.81917 (Manara County)
Menindee 1862 29 32°30′27″S 141°45′53″E / 32.50750°S 141.76472°E / -32.50750; 141.76472 (Menindee County)
Mitchell 1862 40 35°9′31″S 146°57′11″E / 35.15861°S 146.95306°E / -35.15861; 146.95306 (Mitchell County)
Monteagle 1850 35 34°9′23″S 148°24′22″E / 34.15639°S 148.40611°E / -34.15639; 148.40611 (Monteagle County)
Mootwingee 1884 39 30°59′2″S 142°4′36″E / 30.98389°S 142.07667°E / -30.98389; 142.07667 (Mootwingee County)
Mossgiel 1884 87 32°46′55″S 144°55′34″E / 32.78194°S 144.92611°E / -32.78194; 144.92611 (Mossgiel County)
Mouramba 1884 64 32°4′39″S 146°1′16″E / 32.07750°S 146.02111°E / -32.07750; 146.02111 (Mouramba County)
Murchison 1862 48 29°59′19″S 150°34′20″E / 29.98861°S 150.57222°E / -29.98861; 150.57222 (Murchison County)
Murray 1829 54 35°18′20″S 149°17′40″E / 35.30556°S 149.29444°E / -35.30556; 149.29444 (Murray County)
Nandewar 1862 33 30°32′44″S 150°10′28″E / 30.54556°S 150.17444°E / -30.54556; 150.17444 (Nandewar County)
Napier 1850 29 31°39′35″S 149°33′12″E / 31.65972°S 149.55333°E / -31.65972; 149.55333 (Napier County)
Narran 1875 97 29°29′51″S 147°10′51″E / 29.49750°S 147.18083°E / -29.49750; 147.18083 (Narran County)
Narromine 1862 46 32°16′44″S 148°1′16″E / 32.27889°S 148.02111°E / -32.27889; 148.02111 (Narromine County)
Nicholson 1862 70 33°46′0″S 145°33′6″E / 33.76667°S 145.55167°E / -33.76667; 145.55167 (Nicholson County)
Northumberland 1804 68 33°0′13″S 151°15′39″E / 33.00361°S 151.26083°E / -33.00361; 151.26083 (Northumberland County)
Oxley 1862 43 31°46′43″S 147°29′57″E / 31.77861°S 147.49917°E / -31.77861; 147.49917 (Oxley County)
Parry 1848 35 31°14′2″S 151°2′19″E / 31.23389°S 151.03861°E / -31.23389; 151.03861 (Parry County)
Perry 1862 58 33°8′12″S 142°50′18″E / 33.13667°S 142.83833°E / -33.13667; 142.83833 (Perry County)
Phillip 1829 45 32°31′21″S 149°57′6″E / 32.52250°S 149.95167°E / -32.52250; 149.95167 (Phillip County)
Poole 1884 12 29°22′5″S 141°20′7″E / 29.36806°S 141.33528°E / -29.36806; 141.33528 (Poole County)
Pottinger 1850 64 31°13′23″S 150°1′30″E / 31.22306°S 150.02500°E / -31.22306; 150.02500 (Pottinger County)
Raleigh 1848 31 30°35′17″S 152°46′46″E / 30.58806°S 152.77944°E / -30.58806; 152.77944 (Raleigh County)
Rankin 1875 36 31°18′27″S 144°35′27″E / 31.30750°S 144.59083°E / -31.30750; 144.59083 (Rankin County)
Richmond 1848 36 29°4′31″S 153°4′36″E / 29.07528°S 153.07667°E / -29.07528; 153.07667 (Richmond County)
Robinson 1884 46 31°24′2″S 145°46′48″E / 31.40056°S 145.78000°E / -31.40056; 145.78000 (Robinson County)
Rous 1848 74 28°36′46″S 153°12′27″E / 28.61278°S 153.20750°E / -28.61278; 153.20750 (Rous County)
Roxburgh 1829 48 33°9′22″S 149°49′39″E / 33.15611°S 149.82750°E / -33.15611; 149.82750 (Roxburgh County)
Sandon 1850 44 30°33′4″S 151°41′4″E / 30.55111°S 151.68444°E / -30.55111; 151.68444 (Sandon County)
Selwyn 1862 48 36°0′21″S 148°9′17″E / 36.00583°S 148.15472°E / -36.00583; 148.15472 (Selwyn County)
St Vincent 1829 76 35°19′44″S 150°10′21″E / 35.32889°S 150.17250°E / -35.32889; 150.17250 (St Vincent County)
Stapylton 1862 57 29°0′8″S 150°5′59″E / 29.00222°S 150.09972°E / -29.00222; 150.09972 (Stapylton County)
Sturt 1862 42 34°13′53″S 145°39′17″E / 34.23139°S 145.65472°E / -34.23139; 145.65472 (Sturt County)
Taila 1862 42 34°18′50″S 142°54′21″E / 34.31389°S 142.90583°E / -34.31389; 142.90583 (Taila County)
Tandora 1884 27 31°58′31″S 142°20′37″E / 31.97528°S 142.34361°E / -31.97528; 142.34361 (Tandora County)
Tara 1862 54 33°39′52″S 141°25′32″E / 33.66444°S 141.42556°E / -33.66444; 141.42556 (Tara County)
Thoulcanna 1884 19 29°17′52″S 144°5′32″E / 29.29778°S 144.09222°E / -29.29778; 144.09222 (Thoulcanna County)
Tongowoko 1884 20 29°18′19″S 142°15′42″E / 29.30528°S 142.26167°E / -29.30528; 142.26167 (Tongowoko County)
Townsend 1862 111 35°17′23″S 145°0′23″E / 35.28972°S 145.00639°E / -35.28972; 145.00639 (Townsend County)
Ularara 1884 29 29°49′31″S 143°38′3″E / 29.82528°S 143.63417°E / -29.82528; 143.63417 (Ularara County)
Urana 1862 73 35°14′53″S 146°9′42″E / 35.24806°S 146.16167°E / -35.24806; 146.16167 (Urana County)
Vernon 1848 44 31°4′29″S 151°48′14″E / 31.07472°S 151.80389°E / -31.07472; 151.80389 (Vernon County)
Wakool 1862 98 35°9′0″S 143°59′38″E / 35.15000°S 143.99389°E / -35.15000; 143.99389 (Wakool County)
Waljeers 1862 60 33°42′5″S 144°30′1″E / 33.70139°S 144.50028°E / -33.70139; 144.50028 (Waljeers County)
Wallace 1848 65 36°16′20″S 148°40′27″E / 36.27222°S 148.67417°E / -36.27222; 148.67417 (Wallace County)
Waradgery 1862 83 34°28′25″S 144°40′55″E / 34.47361°S 144.68194°E / -34.47361; 144.68194 (Waradgery County)
Wellesley 1848 49 36°46′53″S 149°1′52″E / 36.78139°S 149.03111°E / -36.78139; 149.03111 (Wellesley County)
Wellington 1829 59 32°50′50″S 149°16′1″E / 32.84722°S 149.26694°E / -32.84722; 149.26694 (Wellington County)
Wentworth 1862 71 33°47′41″S 142°21′48″E / 33.79472°S 142.36333°E / -33.79472; 142.36333 (Wentworth County)
Werunda 1875 33 31°44′23″S 143°51′51″E / 31.73972°S 143.86417°E / -31.73972; 143.86417 (Werunda County)
Westmoreland 1814 46 33°49′12″S 149°59′13″E / 33.82000°S 149.98694°E / -33.82000; 149.98694 (Westmoreland County)
White 1862 47 30°44′0″S 149°22′45″E / 30.73333°S 149.37917°E / -30.73333; 149.37917 (White County)
Windeyer 1862 47 33°2′49″S 141°52′7″E / 33.04694°S 141.86861°E / -33.04694; 141.86861 (Windeyer County)
Woore 1884 32 32°12′12″S 144°25′39″E / 32.20333°S 144.42750°E / -32.20333; 144.42750 (Woore County)
Wynyard 1850 53 35°20′19″S 147°50′5″E / 35.33861°S 147.83472°E / -35.33861; 147.83472 (Wynyard County)
Yancowinna 1884 50 31°54′35″S 141°27′55″E / 31.90972°S 141.46528°E / -31.90972; 141.46528 (Yancowinna County)
Yanda 1875 55 30°52′32″S 145°25′4″E / 30.87556°S 145.41778°E / -30.87556; 145.41778 (Yanda County)
Yantara 1884 33 29°58′33″S 142°31′6″E / 29.97583°S 142.51833°E / -29.97583; 142.51833 (Yantara County)
Young 1875 58 31°30′35″S 143°1′4″E / 31.50972°S 143.01778°E / -31.50972; 143.01778 (Young County)
Yungnulgra 1884 39 30°52′59″S 142°57′31″E / 30.88306°S 142.95861°E / -30.88306; 142.95861 (Yungnulgra County)

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Parish and historical maps". Land & Property Information. Government of New South Wales. 2012. Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Albury" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 01 (11th ed.). 1911.
  3. ^ "Broken Hill" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 04 (11th ed.). 1911.
  4. ^ "Wagga-Wagga" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). 1911.
  5. ^ The Parish Map
  6. ^ NSW Archives in Brief 93 - Background to conditional Purchase of Crown land Archived 2007-01-03 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h Map of a portion of Australia showing the area of the twenty located counties of New South Wales, National Library of Australia, 1841.
  8. ^ a b c d e "Old Welsh Books with English Translations" Archived 2007-05-27 at archive.today
  9. ^ J. F. Atchison, 1980, ‘The counties of New South Wales’, in “The Australian Surveyor”, v.30, no.1, pp.32-43.

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