Parish of Cowan

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The Parish of Cowan, is a civil parish of the County of Cumberland.

Civil parish Territorial designation and lowest tier of local government in England

In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government, they are a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of ecclesiastical parishes which historically played a role in both civil and ecclesiastical administration; civil and religious parishes were formally split into two types in the 19th century and are now entirely separate. The unit was devised and rolled out across England in the 1860s.

The Parish is in the Hundred of Dundas and Hornsby Shire Council. The parish is on the Hawkesbury River. [2]

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Cowan is believed to be an Aboriginal word meaning 'opposite', 'other side' [3] or 'big water'. [4] in the language of the Guringgai tribe, a Sydney Aboriginal Clan of the area.

Today much of the parish is National Park, though the towns of Cowan and Brooklyn, New South Wales are in the Parish.

Brooklyn, New South Wales Town in New South Wales, Australia

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The Sydney to Newcastle Freeway and Central Coast and Sydney to Newcastle Railway Lines pass through the Parish.

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Central Coast & Newcastle Line rail service in New South Wales, Australia

The Central Coast & Newcastle Line is a NSW TrainLink passenger train service that runs along the Main North railway line in New South Wales, connecting the state's two largest cities, Sydney and Newcastle. The service runs from Central through to Broadmeadow on the Main North railway line to Newcastle Interchange on the Newcastle railway line, and services the Hawkesbury River region, the Central Coast and the city of Newcastle.

See also

Cowan, New South Wales Suburb of Hornsby Shire, New South Wales, Australia

Cowan is a small town and suburb near Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Hornsby Shire. It is described by some as part of the loosely defined North Shore region. Cowan shares the postcode of 2081 with Berowra. Brooklyn, which lies 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) to the north-east of Cowan, is considered the northernmost suburb of the Greater Sydney Metropolitan Area.

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References

  1. ↑ John Sands, 1886 map.
  2. ↑ PL Bemi, Map of the Parish of Gidley, 1822 (Surveyor General's Dept of New South Wales (signed) Edward Knapp LS).
  3. ↑ Joan Rowland (2008) ,"Cowan". Dictionary of Sydney. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "PLACE NAMES". The Australian Women's Weekly . National Library of Australia. 13 May 1964. p. 61. Retrieved 22 February 2011.


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