Cowley County, New South Wales

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Cowley
New South Wales

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Location in New South Wales
Lands administrative divisions around Cowley:
Harden Harden Murray
Buccleuch Cowley Murray
Wallace Wallace Beresford
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. Murrumbidgee river tharwa bridge.jpg
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.
Map showing parishes in the ACT area. Cowley County shown in yellow. Australian Capital Territory parishes.png
Map showing parishes in the ACT area. Cowley County shown in yellow.
The Goodradigbee River in the Brindabella Ranges; the river was the western boundary between Cowley (left) and Buccleuch (right) BrindabellaValleyAndGoodradigbeeRiver.jpg
The Goodradigbee River in the Brindabella Ranges; the river was the western boundary between Cowley (left) and Buccleuch (right)

Cowley County is one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It contains the locality of Cavan. It was originally bordered on the north, east and part of the south by the Murrumbidgee River, and on the west by the Goodradigbee River. A large part of the county was transferred to the Commonwealth to make the Australian Capital Territory in 1909, with the remaining part the area to the north-west of the ACT as far north as the Burrinjuck Dam, and thin strips of land along the western, southern and south-eastern borders of the ACT.

Cavan, New South Wales Town in New South Wales, Australia

Cavan is a rural community situated on the south bank of the Murrumbidgee River in the Yass Valley Shire. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 47. It is situated by road, about 40 kilometres southwest of Yass and 43 northwest of Canberra. It was named after the town of Cavan in Ireland.

Murrumbidgee River river in New South Wales, Australia

Murrumbidgee River, a major tributary of the Murray River within the Murray–Darling basin and the second longest river in Australia. It flows through the Australian state of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. It descends 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) as it flows 1,485 kilometres (923 mi) in a west-northwesterly direction from the foot of Peppercorn Hill in the Fiery Range of the Snowy Mountains towards its confluence with the Murray River near Boundary Bend.

Goodradigbee River river in Australia

Goodradigbee River, a perennial stream that is part of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Snowy Mountains district of New South Wales, Australia.

Cowley County is named in honour of Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, First Earl Cowley (1804-1884). [1]

Henry Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley British diplomat

Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley, known as The Lord Cowley between 1847 and 1857, was a British diplomat. He served as British Ambassador to France between 1852 and 1867.

Parishes within this county

A full list of parishes found within this county including the 15 former parishes which are now part of the ACT; their current LGA and mapping coordinates to the approximate centre of each location is as follows:

Local government in Australia

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Parish LGA Coordinates
Bimberi Snowy Valleys Council 35°34′54″S148°45′04″E / 35.58167°S 148.75111°E / -35.58167; 148.75111 (Bimberi)
Boboyan (former) Australian Capital Territory
Booroomba (former) Australian Capital Territory
Brayshaw (former) Australian Capital Territory
Brindibella Snowy Valleys Council 35°23′54″S148°46′04″E / 35.39833°S 148.76778°E / -35.39833; 148.76778 (Brindibella)
Bumbalong Snowy Monaro Regional Council 35°48′54″S149°07′04″E / 35.81500°S 149.11778°E / -35.81500; 149.11778 (Bumbalong)
Cavan Yass Valley Council 35°03′54″S148°52′04″E / 35.06500°S 148.86778°E / -35.06500; 148.86778 (Cavan)
Cochran Snowy Monaro Regional Council 35°44′54″S148°53′04″E / 35.74833°S 148.88444°E / -35.74833; 148.88444 (Cochran)
Congwarra (former) Australian Capital Territory
Cooleman Snowy Valleys Council 35°39′54″S148°45′04″E / 35.66500°S 148.75111°E / -35.66500; 148.75111 (Cooleman)
Coree Yass Valley Council 35°16′54″S148°46′04″E / 35.28167°S 148.76778°E / -35.28167; 148.76778 (Coree)
Cotter (former) Australian Capital Territory
Cuppacumbalong Snowy Monaro Regional Council 35°36′54″S149°06′04″E / 35.61500°S 149.10111°E / -35.61500; 149.10111 (Cuppacumbalong)
East Goodradigbee Yass Valley Council 35°07′54″S148°44′04″E / 35.13167°S 148.73444°E / -35.13167; 148.73444 (East Goodradigbee)
Fergus (former) Australian Capital Territory
Gibraltar (former) Australian Capital Territory
Greenfield (former) Australian Capital Territory
Gudgenby (former) Australian Capital Territory
Gurrangora Snowy Monaro Regional Council 35°44′54″S148°45′04″E / 35.74833°S 148.75111°E / -35.74833; 148.75111 (Gurrangora)
Long Plain Snowy Monaro Regional Council 35°39′54″S148°37′04″E / 35.66500°S 148.61778°E / -35.66500; 148.61778 (Long Plain)
Micalong Yass Valley Council 35°13′54″S148°45′04″E / 35.23167°S 148.75111°E / -35.23167; 148.75111 (Micalong)
Milligan (former) Australian Capital Territory
Mullion Yass Valley Council 35°07′54″S148°48′04″E / 35.13167°S 148.80111°E / -35.13167; 148.80111 (Mullion)
Murray Snowy Valleys Council 35°36′54″S148°40′04″E / 35.61500°S 148.66778°E / -35.61500; 148.66778 (Murray)
Naas (former) Australian Capital Territory
Narrangullen Yass Valley Council 34°59′54″S148°43′04″E / 34.99833°S 148.71778°E / -34.99833; 148.71778 (Narrangullen)
Nattung Snowy Monaro Regional Council 35°44′54″S148°36′04″E / 35.74833°S 148.60111°E / -35.74833; 148.60111 (Nattung)
Orroral (former) Australian Capital Territory
Pabral Yass Valley Council 35°13′54″S148°48′04″E / 35.23167°S 148.80111°E / -35.23167; 148.80111 (Pabral)
Punyibah (former) Australian Capital Territory
Taemas Yass Valley Council 35°01′54″S148°46′04″E / 35.03167°S 148.76778°E / -35.03167; 148.76778 (Taemas)
Tharwa (former) Australian Capital Territory
Tidbinbilla (former) Australian Capital Territory
Umburra Yass Valley Council 35°08′54″S148°53′04″E / 35.14833°S 148.88444°E / -35.14833; 148.88444 (Umburra)
Urayarra Yass Valley Council 35°14′54″S148°53′04″E / 35.24833°S 148.88444°E / -35.24833; 148.88444 (Urayarra)
Venterman Snowy Valleys Council 35°29′54″S148°45′04″E / 35.49833°S 148.75111°E / -35.49833; 148.75111 (Venterman)
Yaouk Snowy Monaro Regional Council 35°44′54″S148°48′04″E / 35.74833°S 148.80111°E / -35.74833; 148.80111 (Yaouk)
Yarara Snowy Monaro Regional Council 35°44′54″S149°06′04″E / 35.74833°S 149.10111°E / -35.74833; 149.10111 (Yarara)

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References

  1. "Cowley County". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.