Bathurst County, New South Wales

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Bathurst County, New South Wales 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 includes the area to the south west of Bathurst to Cowra and Orange. The Lachlan River is the boundary to the south-west, the Belubula River forms part of the northern boundary, with the Fish River on the north-eastern boundary. Blayney is located roughly in the middle.

Bathurst County was named in honour of Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl between (1762-1834).^[1]. The Electoral district of Bathurst (County) was the first state electoral district for the area, between 1856 and 1859.

In 1852 it had an area of 1,196,400 acres and population of 6,405. At this time it was described as having some of the best wool in the colony, with excellent farming land. ^[2]

[edit] Parishes within this county

A full list of parishes found within this county; their current LGA and mapping coordinates to the approximate centre of each location is as follows:

Parish	LGA	Coordinates
Aberfoil	Cabonne Shire Council	33°06′54″S 149°19′04″E / -33.115, 149.31778
Anson	Cabonne Shire Council	33°19′54″S 149°13′04″E / -33.33167, 149.21778
Apsley	Bathurst Regional Council	33°30′54″S 149°34′04″E / -33.515, 149.56778
Arkell	Bathurst Regional Council	33°38′54″S 149°35′04″E / -33.64833, 149.58444
Bangaroo	Cowra Shire Council	33°36′54″S 148°33′04″E / -33.615, 148.55111
Bathurst	Bathurst Regional Council	33°25′54″S 149°34′04″E / -33.43167, 149.56778
Beaufort	Blayney Shire Council	33°31′54″S 149°06′04″E / -33.53167, 149.10111
Belubula	Blayney Shire Council	33°34′54″S 149°03′04″E / -33.58167, 149.05111
Beneree	Cabonne Shire Council	33°25′54″S 149°05′04″E / -33.43167, 149.08444
Billimari	Cowra Shire Council	33°39′54″S 148°38′04″E / -33.665, 148.63444
Blake	Blayney Shire Council	33°31′54″S 148°59′04″E / -33.53167, 148.98444
Bracebridge	Cowra Shire Council	33°48′54″S 148°58′04″E / -33.815, 148.96778
Bringellet	Oberon Council	33°39′54″S 149°30′04″E / -33.665, 149.50111
Byng	Cabonne Shire Council	33°20′54″S 149°18′04″E / -33.34833, 149.30111
Cadogan	Bathurst Regional Council	33°21′54″S 149°22′04″E / -33.365, 149.36778
Calvert	Blayney Shire Council	33°30′54″S 149°06′04″E / -33.515, 149.10111
Canowindra	Cowra Shire Council	33°36′54″S 148°40′04″E / -33.615, 148.66778
Carlton	Blayney Shire Council	33°31′54″S 148°56′04″E / -33.53167, 148.93444
Chaucer	Cowra Shire Council	33°35′54″S 148°47′04″E / -33.59833, 148.78444
Clarendon	Cabonne Shire Council	33°27′54″S 148°58′04″E / -33.465, 148.96778
Clinton	Cabonne Shire Council	33°14′54″S 149°11′04″E / -33.24833, 149.18444
Cole	Bathurst Regional Council	33°29′54″S 149°24′04″E / -33.49833, 149.40111
Coleridge	Bathurst Regional Council	33°09′54″S 149°27′04″E / -33.165, 149.45111
Colville	Cabonne Shire Council	33°23′54″S 149°16′04″E / -33.39833, 149.26778
Coota	Cowra Shire Council	33°49′54″S 148°46′04″E / -33.83167, 148.76778
Cowra	Cowra Shire Council	33°46′54″S 148°44′04″E / -33.78167, 148.73444
Dunleary	Cowra Shire Council	33°55′54″S 148°57′04″E / -33.93167, 148.95111
Egbert	Cowra Shire Council	33°45′54″S 149°10′04″E / -33.765, 149.16778
Errol	Blayney Shire Council	33°33′54″S 149°11′04″E / -33.565, 149.18444
Freemantle	Cabonne Shire Council	33°14′54″S 149°20′04″E / -33.24833, 149.33444
Galbraith	Blayney Shire Council	33°33′54″S 149°22′04″E / -33.565, 149.36778
Glenlogan	Cowra Shire Council	33°46′54″S 148°39′04″E / -33.78167, 148.65111
Graham	Blayney Shire Council	33°27′54″S 149°12′04″E / -33.465, 149.20111
Grantham	Bathurst Regional Council	33°29′54″S 149°30′04″E / -33.49833, 149.50111
Hampton	Cowra Shire Council	33°36′54″S 148°57′04″E / -33.615, 148.95111
Huntley	Cabonne Shire Council	33°22′54″S 149°07′04″E / -33.38167, 149.11778
Kenilworth	Cowra Shire Council	33°45′54″S 148°50′04″E / -33.765, 148.83444
Lennox	Cabonne Shire Council	33°11′54″S 149°17′04″E / -33.19833, 149.28444
Lindsay	Blayney Shire Council	33°30′54″S 149°13′04″E / -33.515, 149.21778
Lowry	Bathurst Regional Council	35°33′54″S 149°27′04″E / -35.565, 149.45111
Lucan	Blayney Shire Council	33°42′54″S 149°01′04″E / -33.715, 149.01778
Lucan	Blayney Shire Council	33°45′54″S 148°00′04″E / -33.765, 148.00111
Lyndhurst	Blayney Shire Council	33°37′54″S 149°01′04″E / -33.63167, 149.01778
Malmsbury	Bathurst Regional Council	33°26′54″S 149°25′04″E / -33.44833, 149.41778
Malongulli	Cowra Shire Council	33°35′54″S 148°53′04″E / -33.59833, 148.88444
Milburn	Cowra Shire Council	33°53′54″S 148°49′04″E / -33.89833, 148.81778
Mount Pleasant	Bathurst Regional Council	33°25′54″S 149°31′04″E / -33.43167, 149.51778
Napier	Blayney Shire Council	33°33′54″S 149°17′04″E / -33.565, 149.28444
Neville	Blayney Shire Council	33°40′54″S 149°14′04″E / -33.68167, 149.23444
Oakley	Bathurst Regional Council	33°37′54″S 149°40′04″E / -33.63167, 149.66778
Orange	City of Orange	33°18′42″S 149°07′07″E / -33.31167, 149.11861
Osborne	Blayney Shire Council	33°36′54″S 149°15′04″E / -33.615, 149.25111
Ponsonby	Bathurst Regional Council	33°36′54″S 149°33′04″E / -33.615, 149.55111
Purfleet	Cowra Shire Council	33°51′54″S 149°00′04″E / -33.865, 149.00111
Roseberg	Cowra Shire Council	33°50′54″S 149°05′04″E / -33.84833, 149.08444
Shadforth	Cabonne Shire Council	33°23′54″S 149°12′04″E / -33.39833, 149.20111
Shaw	Blayney Shire Council	33°37′54″S 149°10′04″E / -33.63167, 149.16778
Somers	Blayney Shire Council	33°40′54″S 149°07′04″E / -33.68167, 149.11778
St David	Bathurst Regional Council	33°11′54″S 149°24′04″E / -33.19833, 149.40111
Tenandra	Cowra Shire Council	33°39′54″S 148°47′04″E / -33.665, 148.78444
Three Brothers	Blayney Shire Council	33°38′54″S 149°21′04″E / -33.64833, 149.35111
Tintern	Cowra Shire Council	33°49′54″S 148°53′04″E / -33.83167, 148.88444
Torrens	Blayney Shire Council	33°28′54″S 149°19′04″E / -33.48167, 149.31778
Vittoria	Cabonne Shire Council	33°24′54″S 149°22′04″E / -33.415, 149.36778
Waldegrave	Cabonne Shire Council	33°24′54″S 149°00′04″E / -33.415, 149.00111
Walli	Cabonne Shire Council	33°40′54″S 148°52′04″E / -33.68167, 148.86778
Waugoola	Cowra Shire Council	33°46′54″S 148°56′04″E / -33.78167, 148.93444
Worcester	Cabonne Shire Council	33°15′54″S 149°14′04″E / -33.265, 149.23444

[edit] References

1. ^ Geographical Names Board of NSW
2. ^ "Old Welsh Books with English Translations", The Land of Gold: the Companion for the Welsh Emigrant to Australia, 1852

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