Currawang Parish

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Currawang Parish
New South Wales

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Currawang area from space, November 1985
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Currawang Parish
Location in New South Wales
Coordinates 34°59′57″S149°30′02″E / 34.99917°S 149.50056°E / -34.99917; 149.50056 Coordinates: 34°59′57″S149°30′02″E / 34.99917°S 149.50056°E / -34.99917; 149.50056
LGA(s) Goulburn Mulwaree
County Argyle
Division Eastern
Lands administrative divisions around Currawang Parish:
Collector Tarago Willeroo
Collector Currawang Parish Willeroo
Lake George (Murray) Lake George (Murray) Werriwa (Murray)

The Parish of Currawang is a parish of Argyle County located to the north of Lake George. The parish was formerly known as the parish of Currowang, the former name discontinued on 14 November 1980 [1] [2] and the present name assigned. [3]

Argyle County Cadastral in New South Wales, Australia

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.

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The parish is roughly equivalent to the locality of Currawang. [4]

Currawang Cadastral in New South Wales, Australia

Currawang is a locality in the Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council, on the edges of Upper Lachlan Shire and Goulburn-Mulwaree Council, in New South Wales, Australia. It is located to the north of Lake George. It shares its name with the Currawang Parish of Argyle County, in which it is located. This was formerly known as the parish of Currowang. Both names derive from an Aboriginal word for the spearwood tree.

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Lake George (New South Wales) Town in New South Wales, Australia

Lake George is an endorheic lake in south-eastern New South Wales, Australia. It is approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) north-east of Canberra located adjacent to the Federal Highway en route to Goulburn and Sydney. Lake George is also the name of a locality on the western and southern edges of the lake, within the area of the Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council.

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References

  1. "Currowang". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  2. https://www.maplover.me/maps/nsw-parishes
  3. "Currawang". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  4. Robert McLean, The New atlas of Australia : the complete work containing over one hundred maps and full descriptive geography of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia, together with numerous illustrations and copious indices (Sydney :J. Sands, [1886) Map 11.