Parish of Tarago

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Tarago Parish
New South Wales
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Tarago Parish from Space Shuttle 2005.
LGA(s) Goulburn Mulwaree
County Argyle
Division Eastern
Lands administrative divisions around Tarago Parish:
Milbang Wologorong Wologorong
Collector Tarago Parish Mangamore
Collector Currowang Willeroo

The Parish of Tarago is a parish of Argyle County. It does not actually contain the town of Tarago, which is located further to the southeast in the Parish of Mulwaree. [1] [2] The Parish was established by the Department of Lands in New South Wales. [3]

The Federal Highway passes through the Parish of Tarago to the north of Rowes Lagoon. Currawang Road is another major road in the area.

The Tarago area was first inhabited by the Gundungurra people. [4] [5] [6] In the mid-1840s, the NSW colonial government granted numerous land grants in the area, marking the beginning of white settlement on this land.

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References

  1. "Tarago (Locality)". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 August 2013. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 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.
  3. "Parish of Tarago, County of Argyle [cartographic material] : Land District of Goulburn, Eastern Division N.S.W., Mulwaree & Gunning Shires". nla.gov.au. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  4. Dharag Neighbours Archived 8 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine .
  5. Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia, cited in "Goulburn:Aborigines". Archive associated with Australia Street project. University of Technology, Sydney. Archived from the original on 19 August 2006. Retrieved 11 July 2006.
  6. Norman Tindall, http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/archives/hdms/aa338/tindaletribes/gandangara.htm Archived 20 July 2005 at the Wayback Machine |title=Gandangara (NSW) Aboriginal Tribes of Australia (South Australian Museum, 2006).

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