Argyle County, New South Wales

Infobox Australian cadastral
name = Argyle
state = New South Wales


caption = Location of Argyle
near-nw = Georgiana
near-n = Westmoreland
near-ne = Camden
near-w = King
near-e = St.Vincent
near-sw = Murray
near-s = Murray
near-se = St.Vincent

Argyle County, New South Wales 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.

Argyle County was named by Governor Macquarie after his native county in Scotland. [ [http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/name_search/extract?id=Itckwp Geographical Names Board of NSW] ] . He named it while inspecting the area in 1820. [ [http://www.heritage.gov.au/ourhouse/essay4.html Richlands Homestead via Taralga, NSW] ]

In 1829 the Act for Instituting and regulating Courts of General and Quarter Sessions in New South Wales established courts in the county at Cookbundoon, Goulburn Plains and Inverary. [ [http://investigator.records.nsw.gov.au/Details/Agency_Detail.asp?Id=36 Archives investigator, Courts of General and Quarter Sessions] ] James Byrne was Assistant Surveyor for the County in 1832. [ [http://www.greenwichpark.com.au/greenwich-meadows.html Greenwich Meadows-Farms for sale] ] In 1835 Argyle had a magistrate and police force. [ [http://www.policensw.com/info/historydocs/argyle.html Police NSW, history docs, Argyle Police Force] ]

In 1852 it had an area of 1,248,600 acres and population of 5,565. [ [http://www.oldwelshbooks.net/hlc/ga/ga06.html "Old Welsh Books with English Translations"] , "The Land of Gold: the Companion for the Welsh Emigrant to Australia", 1852 ] It was also described as having productive land and inexhaustible water.

In 1857, Charles Cowper was a major landowner in the area, and held 19,720 acres in the county. [ [http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/1fb6ebed995667c2ca256ea100825164/37bcb6759798dbd7ca256cb500809a7b?OpenDocument NSW Parliament] , Sir Charles Cowper (1807-1875)] The Electoral district of Argyle was the former state electoral district for the area between 1856 and 1904. The 1911 Britannica mentions Goulburn as being in the county. [ [http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Goulburn 1911 encyclopedia, Goulburn] ]

The Greater Argyle Council was formed in 2004 after a proposal [ [http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/Files/CommissionsTribunals/BC_Proposal_Greater_Argyle_City_Council.pdf Proposal Greater Argyle City Council] ] to make a new local government area to focus on the County of Argyle, formed from an amalgamation of the former City of Goulburn and parts of Mulwaree Shire. It was renamed the Goulburn Mulwaree Council in October 2004. [ [http://www.goulburn.nsw.gov.au/files/1985/File/MINUTES16November04.pdf Goulburn Mulwaree Council meeting, Nov. 2004 Renaming of Argyle to Goulburn Mulwaree] ]

= Parishes within this county=

A full list of parishes found within this county; their current LGA and mapping coordinates to the approximate centre of each location is as follows:

References

External links

* [http://www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview?pi=nla.map-raa8-s5-sd 1840s map of Argyle County at the National Library]
* [http://www.argylecounty.com.au/aboutus/index.html Argylecounty.com.au]