Bherwerre Parish, St. Vincent

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

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caption = 1912 cadastral map with highlights: legend|#130eff|Boundary of the parish since 1915 legend|#e5151a|Parts of the parish which were transferred to the Commonwealth for the Jervis Bay Territory in 1915.
county = St. Vincent
land district = Nowra
division = Eastern
lga = Shoalhaven
region =
est =
area =
near-nw = Currambene
near-n = "Jervis Bay"
near-ne = "Pacific Ocean"
near-e = "Pacific Ocean"
near-se = "Pacific Ocean"
near-s = "Pacific Ocean"
near-sw = Farnham
near-w = Wandrawandian

The Parish of Bherwerre is a parish of the County of St. Vincent in New South Wales which formerly included the area that is now the Jervis Bay Territory, which was transferred to the Commonwealth of Australia in 1915. Because of this, the parish is now less than half the size it was in the nineteenth century. The "Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act of 1915" mentions that convert|18000|acre|km2 of the parish were transferred to the Commonwealth. [ [http://austlii.law.uts.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/jbtaa1915323/s5.html Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915] , Austlii] The "Seat of Government Acceptance Act of 1909" mentions that three separate parcels in the parish were planned to be transferred to the Commonwealth from Bherwerre, along with land in other nearby parishes, although the actual land transfer in 1915 was only made up of land in the Parish of Bherwerre. The land mentioned in the 1909 act was a convert|2|sqmi|km2|sing=on portion, a convert|412|acre|km2|sing=on portion, and the convert|132|acre|km2 of Bowen Island. [ [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/sogaa1909265/sch1.html Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909] , Austlii] . At the time, the parish was located in Clyde Shire.

The parish now includes the towns of Sanctuary Point and Vincentia, and also the village of Hyams Beach. The parish is bounded by St Georges Basin at Erowal Bay in the south, the Jervis Bay Territory in the south-east, Jervis Bay in the east and Moona Moona creek in the north.

References

* [http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/name_search/extract?id=ujYbBKsE Geographic Names Board of New South Wales]
*Maps available at the [http://www.lands.nsw.gov.au/survey_maps/maps_and_imagery/parish_maps New South Wales Parish maps preservation project]