Northumberland County, New South Wales

Northumberland 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 included the area to the north of Broken Bay, including Lake Macquarie and Newcastle. It was bounded by the part of the Hawkesbury River to the south, the Macdonald River to the south-west, and the Hunter River to the north.

Northumberland
New South Wales
Location in New South Wales
Lands administrative divisions around Northumberland:
Hunter Durham Gloucester
Hunter Northumberland Pacific Ocean
Cook Cumberland Pacific Ocean

Northumberland County was named after the English Northumberland, and named by Lieutenant Charles Menzies, commandant at Newcastle, about 1804.[1]

In 1852 it had an area of 1,498,060 acres (6,062.4 km2) and population of 15,207, and was described as being 68 miles (109 km) long and 53 miles (85 km) wide and the main coal region of the colony.[2]

Between 21 July 1948 and 19 December 1963, the county had a local government, the Northumberland County Council, which was abolished at the same time as the Cumberland County Council.[3]

Parishes

Northumberland County contains the following parishes:

ParishLGACoordinatesSuburbs
AllandaleCessnock32°46′54″S 151°23′04″E
AlnwickMaitland32°44′54″S 151°40′04″EBeresfield, Tarro, Morpeth
AuburnHawkesbury33°10′54″S 150°56′04″E
AwabaLake Macquarie33°01′54″S 151°35′04″EAwaba, Coal Point, Toronto
BalaCessnock33°06′54″S 150°56′04″E
BelfordSingleton32°37′54″S 151°17′04″EBelford
BlaxlandCessnock33°01′54″S 151°03′04″E
BranxtonCessnock32°38′54″S 151°22′04″EBranxton, Greta
BrokeSingleton32°27′24″S 151°08′04″EBroke
BurragurraCessnock33°03′54″S 151°00′04″E
BurtonSingleton32°51′54″S 150°52′04″E
CessnockCessnock32°50′54″S 151°22′04″ECessnock, Aberdare
CongewaiCessnock32°59′54″S 151°15′04″E
CoolaminCessnock32°51′54″S 151°08′04″E
CoorumbungLake Macquarie33°01′54″S 151°30′04″ECooranbong, Dora Creek
CorrabareCessnock32°56′24″S 151°11′34″EWollombi
CosgroveCessnock32°57′54″S 150°52′04″E
CowanCentral Coast33°26′54″S 151°12′04″EMooney Mooney
DaltonSingleton32°49′54″S 150°58′04″E
DoraCessnock32°59′54″S 151°23′04″EMartinsville
EglingtonCentral Coast33°15′54″S 151°15′04″E
EllalongCessnock32°55′54″S 151°20′04″EEllalong
FinchleyCessnock32°59′54″S 150°59′04″E
GosfordCentral Coast33°22′54″S 151°20′04″EGosford, Narara, Niagara Park
GosforthMaitland32°41′54″S 151°29′04″ELochinvar, Rutherford, Telarah
HarrowbySingleton32°45′54″S 151°03′04″E
HayCessnock33°05′54″S 151°11′04″E
HeddonCessnock32°46′54″S 151°27′04″EKurri Kurri, Abermain, Heddon Greta
HexhamNewcastle32°50′54″S 151°39′04″EHexham, Minmi, Shortland
KahibahLake Macquarie33°01′54″S 151°40′04″EBelmont, Cardiff, Charlestown, Glendale, Kahibah, Wallsend
KincumberCentral Coast33°26′54″S 151°25′04″EErina, Kincumber, Terrigal
LockyerHawkesbury33°08′54″S 151°02′04″E
MaitlandMaitland32°44′54″S 151°35′04″EMaitland, Ashtonfield, Bolwarra, Tenambit, Metford
MandolongLake Macquarie33°08′54″S 151°26′04″EMandalong
MangroveCentral Coast33°22′24″S 151°05′04″E
MilbrodaleSingleton32°58′54″S 150°45′04″EMilbrodale
MillfieldCessnock32°48′54″S 151°15′04″E
MorissetLake Macquarie33°06′54″S 151°30′04″EMorisset, Sunshine, Wyee
MorubenCessnock33°02′54″S 150°53′04″E
MulbringCessnock32°55′54″S 151°28′04″EMulbring
MunmorahCentral Coast33°19′54″S 151°25′04″EGorokan, Lake Haven, Warnervale, Wyong
NararaCentral Coast33°20′54″S 151°22′34″ESomersby
NewcastleNewcastle32°51′54″S 151°43′04″ENewcastle, Hamilton, Kotara, Mayfield, Waratah
OlneyCentral Coast33°07′54″S 151°20′04″E
OurimbahCentral Coast33°19′54″S 151°20′04″EOurimbah
OvinghamCessnock32°45′54″S 151°13′04″E
PatongaCentral Coast33°28′54″S 151°15′04″EWoy Woy, Kariong, Patonga, Point Clare
PokolbinCessnock32°48′54″S 151°18′04″EPokolbin
PopranCentral Coast33°19′54″S 151°11′04″ECentral Mangrove
QuorrobolongCessnock32°55′54″S 151°22′04″EQuorrobolong
RothburyCessnock32°45′54″S 151°18′04″ERothbury
RugbyCentral Coast33°09′54″S 151°09′04″E
SpencerCentral Coast33°25′24″S 151°06′04″ESpencer
St AlbansHawkesbury33°18′54″S 151°02′04″ESt Albans
StanfordCessnock32°50′54″S 151°27′04″EStanford Merthyr, Kearsley
StockringtonCessnock32°49′54″S 151°34′04″EBuchanan
StoweCentral Coast33°10′54″S 151°14′04″EKulnura
TeralbaLake Macquarie32°54′54″S 151°34′04″ECameron Park, Killingworth, Teralba, Edgeworth
TuggerahCentral Coast33°19′54″S 151°30′04″EBateau Bay, The Entrance, Tuggerah
VereSingleton32°41′54″S 151°09′04″E
WallambineHawkesbury33°13′54″S 151°00′04″E
WallarahCentral Coast33°09′54″S 151°36′04″EBudgewoi, Caves Beach, Swansea, Toukley
WarkworthSingleton32°35′54″S 151°03′04″EWarkworth
WerongSingleton32°54′54″S 150°57′04″E
WhittinghamSingleton32°36′54″S 151°10′04″EWhittingham
WollombiSingleton32°40′54″S 151°04′04″E
WyongCentral Coast33°14′54″S 151°22′04″EDooralong, Jilliby
YangoCessnock32°55′54″S 151°05′04″E

References

  1. "Northumberland County". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.
  2. "Old Welsh Books with English Translations", The Land of Gold: the Companion for the Welsh Emigrant to Australia, 1852
  3. Archives Investigator NSW Archived September 7, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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