Parish of Lake George

Lake George Parish
Lake George Parish; New South Wales
	Parish looking from the north
LGA(s)	Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council
County	Murray
Division	Eastern
	Lands administrative divisions around Lake George Parish:

Last updated April 30, 2019

The Parish of Lake George is an Australian parish of the County of Murray which covers Lake George and part of the surrounding area. It is at the northern boundary of the county, with Argyle to the north-east. The Federal Highway runs through the parish where it runs to the west of the lake. Some parish maps of the area just record it as a lake and not as a parish,^[1] however it does have separate parish maps.

Murray County was one of the original Nineteen Counties in New South Wales and is now one of the 141 Lands administrative divisions of New South Wales. It included the area which is now part of Canberra and as far north as Lake George and Yass. It was originally bounded on the west by the Murrumbidgee River, on the east by the Shoalhaven River and on the north by the Yass River. A large area of the county was transferred to the Commonwealth government in 1909 in the Seat of Government Acceptance Act to make part of the Australian Capital Territory, along with land in Cowley County. Since then, the ACT border is now part of the western boundary. Part of the ACT border is determined by property boundaries in the Parish of Keewong, in the County of Murray; specifically the southern end of portions 177, 218, 211, 36, and 38. This is mentioned in the Seat of Government Acceptance Act of 1909.

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.

The Federal Highway is a highway in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. It is a part of a motorway standard link between Sydney and Canberra, and is also the main thoroughfare between those cities.

Gearys Gap lookout, where the federal highway meets Lake George in the south, is just in the parish, on the very edge. From this point for about a mile northward the boundary of the parish is near the road, then further northward the parish includes the Lake George Range to the west of the road as well.

Old parish maps show the area was divided between Yarrowlumla Shire in the south, Gunning Shire in the west and Mulwaree Shire in the north-east. They also note the area was in the Pastures Protection Districts of Braidwood and Goulburn, and a Sanctuary for birds and animals was proclaimed for part of the area on 12 September 1919.

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Majura Parish is a parish of Murray County, New South Wales, a cadastral unit for use on land titles. It is located to the east of the extreme eastern tip of the ACT. The Queanbeyan-Bungendore railway line and the Kings Highway pass through the parish. About a quarter of the original nineteenth-century parish was transferred to the ACT in 1909. The land transferred was the area between the railway line in the south and the watershed of the Molonglo River in the north. This cut off part of portion 210 of Majura Parish from the rest, giving the parish a small exclave.

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The Parish of Collector is a parish of Argyle County located to the north of Lake George.

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The Parish of Nattery is a parish of Argyle County located between Goulburn and Marulan in New South Wales. It is just east of the village of Towrang and includes the locality of Carrick. The Wollondilly River is the boundary in the north-west. Jerraba creek is part of the boundary in the south-east. The Southern Highlands railway line runs through the northern end of the parish, to the east of the Wollondilly river. The Hume Highway passes through the middle of the parish.

References

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"Lake George". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 August 2013.

The Geographical Names Board of New South Wales, a statutory authority of the Land and Property Information division, Department of Finance and Services in the Government of New South Wales, is the official body for naming and recording details of places and geographical names in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

↑ Map showing proposed Federal Capital Territory and tenures of land within same, Charles Robt. Scrivener, 22 May 1909

Coordinates: 35°05′S149°25′E / 35.083°S 149.417°E / -35.083; 149.417

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[1] Map showing proposed Federal Capital Territory and tenures of land within same, Charles Robt. Scrivener, 22 May 1909