New South Wales Counties
Pages in category counties of new south wales the following 142 pages are in this category out of 142 total.
New south wales counties. Westmoreland county was one of the original nineteen counties in new south wales and is now one of the 141 cadastral divisions of new south wales it is to the west of sydney in the blue mountains. The county of cumberland in which sydney is located has the largest population. The counties of new south wales were loosely defined on several occasions between 1788 and 1835 including the 19 counties beyond which settlement was officially prohibited. Legal documents describe the lot number deposited plan number parish and county.
This list may not reflect recent changes. The seventeen counties proclaimed in the letters patent dated 26 november 1835 were final proclamations of the counties and descriptions of their boundaries. Coxs river is the border to the north and the wollondilly river to the east. Campbells river is the border in the north east where the county extends to near bathurst with the fish river part of.
They were defined by the governor of new south wales ralph darling in 1826 in accordance with a government order from lord bathurst the secretary of state. County maps have a scale of 4 miles to an inch. The maps show the division of counties into parishes major physical features and large portions with their numbers. Wallace county was named in honour of sir john alexander dunlop agnew wallace 1775 1857 sixth baronet.
Camden county was one of the original nineteen counties in new south wales and is now one of the 141 cadastral divisions of new south wales it included the coastal area near wollongong south to the shoalhaven river and also inland encompassing berrima and picton its western boundary was the wollondilly river the first settlement in the area was camden park established by john macarthur in. Each county has an area of about 40 square miles. It includes the area around jindabyne. The original nineteen counties were the limits of settlement in the early part of the 19th century.
The lands administrative divisions of new south wales refers to the 141 counties within the colony of new south wales that later became the australian state of new south wales. Bridgend blaenau gwent merthyr tydfil and newport have joined caerphilly and rhondda cynon taf. The nineteen counties were the limits of location in the colony of new south wales australia settlers were permitted to take up land only within the counties due to the dangers in the wilderness. There are 141 counties in new south wales.
Wallace county is one of the 141 cadastral divisions of new south wales the snowy river is the boundary to the south and south east and the murrumbidgee river is the northern boundary. New restrictions have come into effect in much of south wales as covid 19 cases continue to rise. There are 141 counties and 7 459 parishes within new south wales. This document is the original signed parchment.