Argyle County

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
New South Wales
Location of Argyle
Argyle
Coordinates34°49′24″S 149°44′04″E
Lands administrative divisions around Argyle:
Georgiana Westmoreland Camden
King Argyle St Vincent
Murray Murray St Vincent
1840s map of the County of Argyle

Argyle County was named by Governor Macquarie after his native county in Scotland.[1] He named it while inspecting the area in 1820.[2]

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.[3] James Byrne was Assistant Surveyor for the County in 1832.[4] In 1835 Argyle had a magistrate and police force.[5]

In 1852 it had an area of 1,248,600 acres (5,053 km2) and population of 5,565.[6] It was also described as having productive land and inexhaustible water.

In 1857, Charles Cowper was a major landowner in the area, and held 19,720 acres (79.8 km2) in the county.[7] The Electoral district of Argyle was the former state electoral district for the area between 1856 and 1904. The 1911 Britannica mentions Goulburn as being in the county.[8]

The Greater Argyle Council was formed in 2004 after a proposal[9] 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.[10]

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:

ParishLGACoordinates
BannabyUpper Lachlan(34°23′54″S 149°59′04″E)
Baw BawGoulburn Mulwaree Council(34°42′54″S 149°38′04″E)
BillyrambijaGoulburn Mulwaree Council(34°40′54″S 149°56′04″E)
BoroGoulburn Mulwaree Council(35°07′54″S 149°45′04″E)
BourkeUpper Lachlan(34°21′54″S 150°02′04″E)
BreadalbaneGoulburn Mulwaree Council(34°47′04″S 149°30′03″E)
BungoniaGoulburn Mulwaree Council(34°52′54″S 149°55′04″E)
CollectorUpper Lachlan(34°54′54″S 149°25′04″E)
CookbundoonUpper Lachlan(34°33′54″S 149°56′04″E)
CovanGoulburn Mulwaree Council(34°59′54″S 149°37′04″E)
CullullaGoulburn Mulwaree Council(35°03′54″S 149°51′04″E)
CurrawangPalerang(34°59′54″S 149°30′04″E)
Eden ForestUpper Lachlan(34°33′54″S 150°00′04″E)
GoulburnGoulburn Mulwaree Council(34°45′54″S 149°42′04″E)
GuineacorUpper Lachlan(34°23′20″S 149°47′19″E)
GundaryGoulburn Mulwaree Council(34°50′54″S 149°46′04″E)
GurrundahUpper Lachlan(34°41′54″S 149°30′04″E)
InveraryGoulburn Mulwaree Council(34°54′54″S 150°02′04″E)
JerralongGoulburn Mulwaree Council(35°06′54″S 149°58′04″E)
JerraraGoulburn Mulwaree Council(34°47′54″S 150°00′04″E)
KerrawaryUpper Lachlan(34°27′54″S 150°00′04″E)
MangamoreGoulburn Mulwaree Council(34°54′54″S 149°40′04″E)
MarulanGoulburn Mulwaree Council(34°44′54″S 150°00′04″E)
MilbangUpper Lachlan(34°49′54″S 149°26′04″E)
MullengullengaGoulburn Mulwaree Council(35°00′54″S 149°45′04″E)
MulwareeGoulburn Mulwaree Council(35°05′54″S 149°40′04″E)
MummelGoulburn Mulwaree Council(34°40′54″S 149°33′04″E)
MutmutbillyUpper Lachlan(34°45′54″S 149°28′04″E)
NadgigomarGoulburn Mulwaree Council(35°08′54″S 149°47′04″E)
NarrangarrilGoulburn Mulwaree Council(34°41′54″S 149°44′04″E)
NatteryGoulburn Mulwaree Council(34°44′54″S 149°52′04″E)
NerrimungaGoulburn Mulwaree Council(34°58′54″S 150°03′04″E)
NorrongGoulburn Mulwaree Council(34°39′54″S 149°52′04″E)
OallenGoulburn Mulwaree Council(35°10′54″S 149°53′04″E)
PejarUpper Lachlan(34°30′54″S 149°32′04″E)
PomeroyUpper Lachlan(34°36′54″S 149°30′04″E)
QuialigoGoulburn Mulwaree Council(34°56′54″S 149°46′04″E)
RhyanaGoulburn Mulwaree Council(34°35′54″S 149°44′04″E)
StrathairdUpper Lachlan(34°27′54″S 149°53′04″E)
TaragoGoulburn Mulwaree Council(34°52′54″S 149°33′04″E)
TarloUpper Lachlan(34°34′54″S 149°48′04″E)
TerrannaGoulburn Mulwaree Council(34°51′54″S 149°40′04″E)
TowrangGoulburn Mulwaree Council(34°44′54″S 149°45′04″E)
TurralloUpper Lachlan(34°30′54″S 149°46′04″E)
Upper TarloUpper Lachlan(34°30′54″S 149°38′04″E)
UringallaGoulburn Mulwaree Council(34°38′54″S 150°02′04″E)
WayoUpper Lachlan(34°35′54″S 149°38′04″E)
WillerooGoulburn Mulwaree Council(34°59′54″S 149°33′04″E)
WologorongGoulburn Mulwaree Council(34°49′54″S 149°33′04″E)
YarralawGoulburn Mulwaree Council(34°59′54″S 149°52′04″E)

References

  1. "Argyle". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.
  2. Richlands Homestead via Taralga, NSW Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Archives investigator, Courts of General and Quarter Sessions Archived September 3, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  4. Greenwich Meadows-Farms for sale Archived August 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  5. Police NSW, history docs, Argyle Police Force Archived August 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  6. "Old Welsh Books with English Translations", The Land of Gold: the Companion for the Welsh Emigrant to Australia, 1852
  7. "Sir Charles Cowper (1807-1875)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  8. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Goulburn" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 11 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 284.
  9. Proposal Greater Argyle City Council Archived September 26, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  10. Goulburn Mulwaree Council meeting, Nov. 2004 Renaming of Argyle to Goulburn Mulwaree Archived August 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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