Bathurst County, New South Wales

Infobox Australian cadastral
name = Bathurst
state = New South Wales


caption = Location in New South Wales
near-nw = Ashburnham
near-n = Wellington
near-ne = Roxburgh
near-w = Forbes
near-e = Westmoreland
near-sw = Monteagle
near-s = King
near-se = Georgiana

Bathurst 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 to the south west of Bathurst to Cowra and Orange. The Lachlan River is the boundary to the south-west, the Belubula River forms part of the northern boundary, with the Fish River on the north-eastern boundary. Blayney is located roughly in the middle.

Bathurst County was named in honour of Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl between (1762-1834). [ [http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/name_search/extract?id=KWQloeKmMn Geographical Names Board of NSW] ] . The Electoral district of Bathurst (County) was the first state electoral district for the area, between 1856 and 1859.

In 1852 it had an area of 1,196,400 acres and population of 6,405. At this time it was described as having some of the best wool in the colony, with excellent farming land. [ [http://www.oldwelshbooks.net/hlc/ga/ga07.html "Old Welsh Books with English Translations"] , "The Land of Gold: the Companion for the Welsh Emigrant to Australia", 1852 ]

= 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:

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