Bligh County, New South Wales

Bligh County, New South Wales

Infobox Australian cadastral
name = Bligh
state = New South Wales


caption = Location in New South Wales
near-nw = Napier
near-n = Pottinger
near-ne = Buckland
near-e = Brisbane
near-se = Phillip
near-s = Wellington
near-sw = Gordon
near-w = Lincoln

Bligh 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 Dunedoo. The Cudgegong River and the Goulburn River are its southern boundaries; the Krui River is the eastern boundary, and the Burragundy River the northern boundary. It includes the village of Cassilis.

The county was named after William Bligh, Admiral and Governor of New South Wales (1805-1808). [ [http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/name_search/extract?id=SXqwZxrX Geographical Names Board of NSW] ] The Electoral district of Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh was the first electoral district for the area, between 1856 and 1859.


= 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


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