Camden County, New South Wales

Camden
New South Wales

Location in New South Wales
Lands administrative divisions around Camden
Westmoreland Cook Cumberland
Argyle Camden Pacific Ocean
Argyle St Vincent Pacific Ocean

Camden 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 coastal area near Wollongong south to the Shoalhaven River, and also inland encompassing Berrima and Picton. Its western boundary was the Wollondilly River. The first settlement in the area was Camden Park, established by John Macarthur in 1806, just across the Nepean River from Cumberland County. It was the first land across the Nepean to be settled. Camden is a present day suburb of Sydney in the same area, although parts of it are in Cumberland.

Camden County is named in honour of the Second Earl and First Marquis of Camden (1759-1840).[1] The Electoral district of Western Division of Camden was one of the first electoral districts for the area, between 1856 and 1859.

In 1852 it had an area of 1,403,320 acres (5,679.0 km2) and population of 9,663.[2]

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:

Parish LGA Coordinates
Bangadilly Wingecarribee Shire
Banksia Wingecarribee Shire
Bargo Wollondilly Shire
Belanglo Wingecarribee Shire
Berrima Wingecarribee Shire
Bong Bong Wingecarribee Shire
Broughton City of Shoalhaven
Bugong City of Shoalhaven
Bullio Wingecarribee Shire
Bumballa Goulburn Mulwaree Council
Bunberra City of Shoalhaven
Bundanoon Wingecarribee Shire
Burke Wingecarribee Shire
Burragorang Wollondilly Shire
Burrawang Wingecarribee Shire
Calderwood City of Wollongong
Cambewarra City of Shoalhaven
Camden Camden Council
Caoura Goulburn Mulwaree Council
Colo Wingecarribee Shire
Coolangatta City of Shoalhaven
Cordeaux City of Wollongong
Couridjah Wollondilly Shire
Cumbertine Wingecarribee Shire
Dendrobium City of Wollongong
Illaroo City of Shoalhaven
Jamberoo Municipality of Kiama
Jellore Wingecarribee Shire
Joadja Wingecarribee Shire
Kangaloon Wingecarribee Shire
Kembla City of Wollongong
Kiama Municipality of Kiama
Killawarrah Wollondilly Shire
Meryla Wingecarribee Shire
Mittagong Wingecarribee Shire
Moollattoo City of Shoalhaven
Murrimba Wingecarribee Shire
Nattai Wollondilly Shire
Nundialla Wingecarribee Shire
Picton Wollondilly Shire
Sutton Forest Wingecarribee Shire
Terragong Shellharbour City Council
Wallandoola City of Wollongong
Wallaya City of Shoalhaven
Wanganderry Wingecarribee Shire
Warragamba Wollondilly Shire
Weromba Wollondilly Shire
Werriberri Wollondilly Shire
Wilton Wollondilly Shire
Wingello Wingecarribee Shire
Wollongong City of Wollongong
Wongawilli Wingecarribee Shire
Woonona City of Wollongong
Yarrawa Wingecarribee Shire
Yarrunga Wingecarribee Shire
Yarrunga City of Shoalhaven

References

  1. ^ Geographical Names Board of NSW
  2. ^ "Old Welsh Books with English Translations", The Land of Gold: the Companion for the Welsh Emigrant to Australia, 1852