Murray County, New South Wales

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Map of Murray County in 1886
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Map showing parishes (labelled in red) in the ACT area. Murray County shown in green.
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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.
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Bridge over the Shoalhaven River, near Braidwood; the river is the boundary between Murray and St Vincent.
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1909 cadastral map showing the small part of the ACT-NSW border near Script error: No such module "Coordinates". determined by property boundaries in the parishes of Keewong, County of Murray and Cuppacumbalong, County of Cowley

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 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]

  • Nearly all of the Parish of Weetangera becomes part of the ACT except for the small section near Ginninderra falls at Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
  • A small portion of the Parish of Wallaroo becomes part of the ACT at Script error: No such module "Coordinates". (located to the north-west of Ginninderra Creek)
  • About half of the Parish of Ginninderra joins the ACT (including Hall)
  • A minuscule portion of the Parish of Bedulluck joins the ACT, near the northern tip of the territory.
  • Two non-continuous parts of the Parish of Goorooyarroo join the ACT, which make up about two fifths of the parish area in total. (Northern Gungahlin area)
  • Nearly all of the Parish of Pialligo becomes part of the ACT (includes the current airport and land to the east of Mount Majura), except for a small point at Script error: No such module "Coordinates". (located between the two parts of Goorooyarroo that became part of the territory.
  • Most of the Parish of Amungula joins the ACT, leaving two non-contiguous segments on either side of the "arm" of the territory in the north-east; the northern section around Script error: No such module "Coordinates".; the southern around Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
  • About a quarter of the Parish of Majura becomes part of the ACT, this leaves a tiny area separate from the main part of the parish, at Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
  • A small section of the Parish of Carwoola becomes part of the ACT, this is located between the Molonglo River and the Goulburn-Queanbeyan railway line at Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
  • About half of the Parish of Queanbeyan joins the ACT (modern Fyshwick Hume)
  • A small portion of the Parish of Keewong which is to the east of the Murrumbidgee River at Script error: No such module "Coordinates". joins the ACT.

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:

Parish LGA Coordinates
Amungula Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Ballallaba Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Barnet Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Bedulluck Yass Valley Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Boambolo Yass Valley Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Bullongong Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Burra Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Butmaroo Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Bywong Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Canberra (former) Australian Capital Territory Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Carwoola Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Currandooly Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Ellenden Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Fairy Meadow Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Gigerline (former) Australian Capital Territory Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Ginninderra Yass Valley Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Googong Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Goorooyarroo Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Gundaroo Yass Valley Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Hume Yass Valley Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Jeir Yass Valley Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Jinero Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Jinglemoney Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Jinjera Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Keewong Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Krawarree Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Lake George Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Larbert Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Majura Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Merigan Goulburn Mulwaree Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Molonglo Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Monkellan Snowy Monaro Regional Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Mulloon Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Murrumbateman Yass Valley Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Nanima Yass Valley Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Narrabundah (former) Australian Capital Territory Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Ollalulla Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Oronmear Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Palerang Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Pialligo Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Purrorumba Yass Valley Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Queanbeyan Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Talagandra Yass Valley Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Tantangera Snowy Monaro Regional Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Thurralilly Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Toual Yass Valley Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Tuggeranong Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Urialla Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Wallaroo Yass Valley Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Wamboin Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Warri Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Warroo Yass Valley Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Weetangera Yass Valley Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Werriwa Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Yanununbeyan Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Yarrolumla (former) Australian Capital Territory Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Yarrow Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Yass Yass Valley Council Script error: No such module "Coordinates".

References

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  1. ↑ Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909, Austlii
  2. ↑ Template:NSW GNR
  3. ↑ Information from maps available at the NSW Dept. of Lands Parish map preservation project Template:Webarchive
  4. ↑ Map showing proposed Federal Capital Territory and tenures of land within same [cartographic material 1909

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