Murray County, New South Wales

Murray County was one of the original Nineteen Counties in New South Wales and is now one of the 141 Lands administrative divisions of New South Wales. It included the area which is now part of Canberra and as far north as Lake George and Yass. It was originally bounded on the west by the Murrumbidgee River, on the east by the Shoalhaven River and on the north by the Yass River. A large area of the county was transferred to the Commonwealth government in 1909 in the Seat of Government Acceptance Act to make part of the Australian Capital Territory, along with land in Cowley County. Since then, the ACT border is now part of the western boundary. Part of the ACT border is determined by property boundaries in the Parish of Keewong, in the County of Murray; specifically the southern end of portions 177, 218, 211, 36, and 38. This is mentioned in the Seat of Government Acceptance Act of 1909.[1]

Murray
New South Wales
Location in New South Wales
Lands administrative divisions around Murray:
Harden King Argyle
Cowley Murray St Vincent
Cowley Beresford Dampier
Map of Murray County in 1886
Map showing parishes (labelled in red) in the ACT area. Murray County shown in green.
Looking south near the Tharwa Bridge; the Murrumbidgee River formed the boundary between Murray, on the left and Cowley on the right. This land is now part of the Australian Capital Territory and not in any county.
Bridge over the Shoalhaven River, near Braidwood; the river is the boundary between Murray and St Vincent.
1909 cadastral map showing the small part of the ACT-NSW border near 35°35′14″S 149°7′0″E determined by property boundaries in the parishes of Keewong, County of Murray and Cuppacumbalong, County of Cowley

Murray County is named in honour of Lieutenant-Governor, Sir George Murray (1772–1846).[2] The electoral district of United Counties of Murray and St Vincent was the first electoral district for the area, between 1856 and 1859.

Parishes within this county

The four parishes of Canberra, Yarrolumla, Narrabundah and Gigerline became part of the Australian Capital Territory in 1911. Some of the other parishes are smaller than they were in the nineteenth century, due to land being taken out of them for the ACT; this includes Tuggeranong, Queanbeyan, Amungula, Pialligo, Goorooyarroo, Ginninderra and Weetangera.

Alterations to parishes on the ACT/NSW border, listed clockwise from the north-west:[3]

Parish list

A full list of parishes found within this county (including the four former parishes of Canberra, Yarrolumla, Narrabundah and Gigerline which are now wholly in the ACT [4]); their current LGA and mapping coordinates to the approximate centre of each location is as follows:

ParishLGACoordinates
AmungulaQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council35°16′54″S 149°18′04″E
BallallabaQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council35°33′54″S 149°28′04″E
BarnetQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council35°13′54″S 149°42′04″E
BedulluckYass Valley Council35°03′54″S 149°05′04″E
BoamboloYass Valley Council34°59′54″S 148°54′04″E
BullongongQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council35°34′54″S 149°24′04″E
BurraQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council35°31′54″S 149°13′04″E
ButmarooQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council35°22′54″S 149°30′04″E
BywongQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council35°09′54″S 149°20′04″E
Canberra (former)Australian Capital Territory35°14′20″S 149°5′49″E
CarwoolaQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council35°22′54″S 149°18′04″E
CurrandoolyQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council35°14′54″S 149°30′04″E
EllendenQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council35°07′54″S 149°30′04″E
Fairy MeadowQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council35°14′54″S 149°37′04″E
Gigerline (former)Australian Capital Territory35°29′00″S 149°06′00″E
GinninderraYass Valley Council35°09′54″S 149°04′04″E
GoogongQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council35°25′54″S 149°14′04″E
GoorooyarrooQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council35°10′54″S 149°14′04″E
GundarooYass Valley Council35°01′54″S 149°20′04″E
HumeYass Valley Council34°53′54″S 148°55′04″E
JeirYass Valley Council35°02′54″S 148°59′04″E
JineroQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council35°31′54″S 149°36′04″E
JinglemoneyQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council35°25′54″S 149°39′04″E
JinjeraQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council35°41′54″S 149°29′04″E
KeewongQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council35°35′54″S 149°12′04″E
KrawarreeQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council35°41′54″S 149°37′04″E
Lake GeorgeQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council35°05′54″S 149°25′04″E
LarbertQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council35°14′54″S 149°47′04″E
MajuraQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council35°18′54″S 149°25′04″E
MeriganGoulburn Mulwaree Council35°07′54″S 149°37′04″E
MolongloQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council35°24′54″S 149°29′04″E
MonkellanSnowy Monaro Regional Council35°39′54″S 149°12′04″E
MulloonQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council35°19′54″S 149°36′04″E
MurrumbatemanYass Valley Council34°53′54″S 149°01′04″E
NanimaYass Valley Council34°57′54″S 149°02′04″E
Narrabundah (former)Australian Capital Territory35°19′51″S 149°05′46″E
OllalullaQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council35°38′54″S 149°33′04″E
OronmearQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council35°46′54″S 149°33′04″E
PalerangQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council35°25′54″S 149°34′04″E
PialligoQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council35°13′22″S 149°12′29″E
PurrorumbaYass Valley Council35°04′54″S 149°20′04″E
QueanbeyanQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council35°20′54″S 149°15′04″E
TalagandraYass Valley Council35°04′54″S 149°12′04″E
TantangeraSnowy Monaro Regional Council35°38′54″S 149°17′04″E
ThurralillyQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council35°28′54″S 149°31′04″E
ToualYass Valley Council34°59′54″S 149°11′04″E
TuggeranongQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council35°25′54″S 149°10′04″E
UriallaQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council35°33′54″S 149°18′04″E
WallarooYass Valley Council35°08′54″S 148°58′04″E
WamboinQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council35°14′59″S 149°22′04″E
WarriQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council35°21′54″S 149°40′04″E
WarrooYass Valley Council34°52′54″S 148°49′04″E
WeetangeraYass Valley Council35°12′54″S 148°59′04″E
WerriwaQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council35°04′54″S 149°31′04″E
YanununbeyanQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council35°29′54″S 149°24′04″E
Yarrolumla (former)Australian Capital Territory35°19′00″S 148°59′13″E
YarrowQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council35°27′54″S 149°19′04″E
YassYass Valley Council34°50′14″S 148°53′44″E

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