Auckland County, New South Wales

Auckland County, New South Wales

Infobox Australian cadastral
name = Auckland
state = New South Wales


caption = Location in New South Wales
near-nw = Beresford
near-n = Dampier
near-ne = Pacific Ocean
near-w = Wellesley
near-e = Pacific Ocean
near-sw = Croajingolong (Vic)
near-s = Croajingolong (Vic)
near-se = Pacific Ocean

Auckland County, New South Wales is one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It is at the extreme south-east of the state, with the Victorian border to the south, and the area to the north of the Brogo River the boundary to the north. It includes Bega, Eden and Merimbula

Auckland County was named in honour of George Eden, who was the First Earl of Auckland between (1784-1849). [ [http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/name_search/extract?id=TRKqjz Geographical Names Board of NSW] ]

In 1852 it had an area of convert|1536000|acre|km2 and was described as being mountainous with fertile plains. [ [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:

References


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