Keewong Parish, Murray

Infobox Australian cadastral
name = Keewong Parish
state = New South Wales


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lga = Palerang Council
county = Murray
land district = Queanbeyan
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est =
near-nw = Gigerline
near-n = Burra
near-ne = Urialla
near-e = Urialla
near-se = Tantangera
near-s = Monkellan
near-sw = Monkellan
near-w = Cuppacumbalong (Cowley)

Keewong Parish, Murray County is a parish of Murray County, New South Wales, a cadastral unit for use on land titles. A small part of the north-western end of the parish around coord|35|34|40|S|149|07|28|E|type:city between the Murrumbidgee River and the Queanbeyan-Cooma railway line was transferred to the Australian Capital Territory in 1909. The southern ends of portions 177, 218, 211, 36, and 38 in the Parish of Keewong form part of the border of the ACT with New South Wales, which is mentioned in the "Seat of Government Acceptance Act of 1909" [ [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/sogaa1909265.txt/cgi-bin/download.cgi/download/au/legis/cth/consol_act/sogaa1909265.txt Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909] , Austlii]

Part of the parish still is located on the eastern side of the Murrumbidgee. Waterhole creek is the south-western boundary, and Burra Creek the eastern boundary. Guise's Creek and Lobb's Hole creek were originally the boundaries in the north-west, before that part of the land was transferred to the Commonwealth.

References

* [http://www.nla.gov.au/cdview/nla.map-gmod83-sd&mode=moreinfo Map showing proposed Federal Capital Territory and tenures of land within same, Charles Robt. Scrivener, 22nd May, 1909]
* [http://www.lands.nsw.gov.au/survey_mapping/maps_and_imagery/parish_maps NSW Dept. of Lands Parish map preservation project]
* [http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/name_search/extract?id=MalplMxOSX Geographic names board of New South Wales]