Goulburn Parish

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Goulburn Parish
New South Wales
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Goulburn Parish
Coordinates 34°46′S149°42′E / 34.767°S 149.700°E / -34.767; 149.700 Coordinates: 34°46′S149°42′E / 34.767°S 149.700°E / -34.767; 149.700
LGA(s) Goulburn Mulwaree
County Argyle
Division Eastern
Lands administrative divisions around Goulburn Parish:
Narrangarril Narrangarril Towrang
Bredalbane Goulburn Parish Towrang
Wologorong Gundary Gundary

The Parish of Goulburn is a parish of Argyle County which includes most of the city of Goulburn, New South Wales.

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.

Goulburn, New South Wales Town in New South Wales, Australia

Goulburn is a regional city in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia approximately 195 kilometres (121 mi) south-west of Sydney, Australia, and 90 kilometres (56 mi) north-east of Canberra. It was proclaimed as Australia's first inland city through letters patent by Queen Victoria in 1863. Goulburn had a population of 22,890 at the 2016 census. Goulburn is the seat of Goulburn Mulwaree Council.

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Geography

It is bounded by the Wollondilly River to the north. The central area of Goulburn is in the parish, however some outlying suburbs are not, such as Bradfordville and Kenmore which are in Narrangarril, and North Goulburn which is in Towrang parish. Mulwarree ponds is the eastern boundary near Goulburn, although the parish also includes some land to the east of this river further south, including the airport. Some land to the south and west of the city is also included in the parish, including Brisbane Grove and Tirrannaville. The junction of the Goulburn-Yass and Goulburn-Canberra railway lines is located in this parish, as is the Goulburn railway station. The western boundary is near Coles Lane. The Federal Highway and the Hume Highway, intersection near the southern boundary of the parish, south of Goulburn. The parish is also the seat of both Anglican and Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn.

Wollondilly River river in Australia

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Goulburn Airport airport serving Goulburn, Australia

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Yass, New South Wales Town in New South Wales, Australia

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History

The area was first inhabited by the Gundungurra people, [1] [2] [3] and by the mid 1840s the NSW colonial government had granted numerous land grants in area, beginning white settlement.

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References

  1. ↑ Dharag Neighbours.
  2. ↑ Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia, Goulburn:Aborigines Archived 2006-08-19 at the Wayback Machine ., Archive associated with Australia Street project Archived 2012-10-18 at the Wayback Machine .(University of Technology, Sydney, 2006)
  3. ↑ Norman Tindall,Gandangara (NSW) Aboriginal Tribes of Australia Archived 2005-07-20 at the Wayback Machine ., (South Australian Museum, 2006).

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