Argyle County

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FieldValue
typecadastral
nameArgyle
statensw
imageArgyle NSW.PNG
captionLocation of Argyle
near-nwGeorgiana
near-nWestmoreland
near-neCamden
near-wKing
near-eSt Vincent
near-swMurray
near-sMurray
near-seSt Vincent
coordinates
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| type = cadastral | name = Argyle | state = nsw | image = Argyle NSW.PNG | caption = Location of Argyle | near-nw = Georgiana | near-n = Westmoreland | near-ne = Camden | near-w = King | near-e = St Vincent | near-sw = Murray | near-s = Murray | near-se = St Vincent | coordinates =

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Argyle 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 includes the area around Goulburn. It is bounded by Lake George in the south-west, the Shoalhaven River in the east, and the Wollondilly River in the north-east.

Argyle County was named by Governor Macquarie after his native county in Scotland. He named it while inspecting the area in 1820.

In 1829 the Act for Instituting and regulating Courts of General and Quarter Sessions in New South Wales established courts in the county at Cookbundoon, Goulburn Plains and Inverary. James Byrne was Assistant Surveyor for the County in 1832. In 1835 Argyle had a magistrate and police force.

In 1852 it had an area of 1248600 acre and population of 5,565. It was also described as having productive land and inexhaustible water.

In 1857, Charles Cowper was a major landowner in the area, and held 19720 acre in the county. The Electoral district of Argyle was the former state electoral district for the area between 1856 and 1904. The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition mentions Goulburn as being in the county.

The Greater Argyle Council was formed in 2004 after a proposal to make a new local government area to focus on the County of Argyle, formed from an amalgamation of the former City of Goulburn and parts of Mulwaree Shire. It was renamed the Goulburn Mulwaree Council in October 2004.

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: ::data[format=table]

ParishLGACoordinates
BannabyUpper Lachlan()
Baw BawGoulburn Mulwaree Council()
BillyrambijaGoulburn Mulwaree Council()
BoroGoulburn Mulwaree Council()
BourkeUpper Lachlan()
BreadalbaneGoulburn Mulwaree Council()
BungoniaGoulburn Mulwaree Council()
CollectorUpper Lachlan()
CookbundoonUpper Lachlan()
CovanGoulburn Mulwaree Council()
CullullaGoulburn Mulwaree Council()
CurrawangPalerang()
Eden ForestUpper Lachlan()
GoulburnGoulburn Mulwaree Council()
GuineacorUpper Lachlan()
GundaryGoulburn Mulwaree Council()
GurrundahUpper Lachlan()
InveraryGoulburn Mulwaree Council()
JerralongGoulburn Mulwaree Council()
JerraraGoulburn Mulwaree Council()
KerrawaryUpper Lachlan()
MangamoreGoulburn Mulwaree Council()
MarulanGoulburn Mulwaree Council()
MilbangUpper Lachlan()
MullengullengaGoulburn Mulwaree Council()
MulwareeGoulburn Mulwaree Council()
MummelGoulburn Mulwaree Council()
MutmutbillyUpper Lachlan()
NadgigomarGoulburn Mulwaree Council()
NarrangarrilGoulburn Mulwaree Council()
NatteryGoulburn Mulwaree Council()
NerrimungaGoulburn Mulwaree Council()
NorrongGoulburn Mulwaree Council()
OallenGoulburn Mulwaree Council()
PejarUpper Lachlan()
PomeroyUpper Lachlan()
QuialigoGoulburn Mulwaree Council()
RhyanaGoulburn Mulwaree Council()
StrathairdUpper Lachlan()
TaragoGoulburn Mulwaree Council()
TarloUpper Lachlan()
TerrannaGoulburn Mulwaree Council()
TowrangGoulburn Mulwaree Council()
TurralloUpper Lachlan()
Upper TarloUpper Lachlan()
UringallaGoulburn Mulwaree Council()
WayoUpper Lachlan()
WillerooGoulburn Mulwaree Council()
WologorongGoulburn Mulwaree Council()
YarralawGoulburn Mulwaree Council()
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References

References

  1. "Argyle".
  2. [http://www.heritage.gov.au/ourhouse/essay4.html Richlands Homestead via Taralga, NSW] {{webarchive. link. (2007-09-28)
  3. link. (September 3, 2007)
  4. [http://www.greenwichpark.com.au/greenwich-meadows.html Greenwich Meadows-Farms for sale] {{webarchive. link. (August 28, 2007)
  5. [http://www.policensw.com/info/historydocs/argyle.html Police NSW, history docs, Argyle Police Force] {{webarchive. link. (August 30, 2007)
  6. [https://archive.today/20070629072600/http://www.oldwelshbooks.net/hlc/ga/ga06.html "Old Welsh Books with English Translations"], ''The Land of Gold: the Companion for the Welsh Emigrant to Australia'', 1852
  7. {{cite NSW Parliament
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  9. [http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/Files/CommissionsTribunals/BC_Proposal_Greater_Argyle_City_Council.pdf Proposal Greater Argyle City Council] {{webarchive. link. (September 26, 2007)
  10. [http://www.goulburn.nsw.gov.au/files/1985/File/MINUTES16November04.pdf Goulburn Mulwaree Council meeting, Nov. 2004 Renaming of Argyle to Goulburn Mulwaree] {{webarchive. link. (August 29, 2007)

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