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County Of Polwarth
The County of Polwarth is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. The county is in the Western District of Victoria and includes the Cape Otway area, bounded by the Gellibrand River in the west and the Anglesea River and Barwon River in the east, in the north by a line from Winchelsea Winchelsea () is a small town in the non-metropolitan county of East Sussex, within the historic county of Sussex, England, located between the High Weald and the Romney Marsh, approximately south west of Rye and north east of Hastings. The ..., through Colac to Larpent, and by Bass Strait to the south. The largest town is Colac. The county was proclaimed in 1849. Parishes Parishes within the county: *Aire *Angahook *Bambra *Barongarook *Barramunga *Barwon Downs *Barwongemoong *Birregurra (part in the County of Grenville) *Boonah *Colac *Elliminyt *Gerangamete *Irrewarra *Irrewillipe *Kaangl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Of Hampden, Victoria
The County of Hampden is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. The county is in the Western District, Victoria, Western District of Victoria bounded by Lake Corangamite in the east and the Hopkins River in the west. In the north and south the county was bounded approximately by the existing roads, now the Glenelg Highway and the Princes Highway. Larger towns include Terang, Victoria, Terang and Skipton, Victoria, Skipton . The county was proclaimed in 1849. Parishes Parishes within the county: *Borriyalloak *Caramballuc South *Chatsworth (part in the County of Villiers) *Cobra Killuc *Colongulac *Connewarren *Corangamite *Darlington *Darlington West *Dunnawalla *Eilyar *Ellerslie *Ettrick *Framlingham East *Galla *Garvoc *Geelengla *Glenormiston *Gnarkeet *Hexham East *Jellalabad *Kariah *Keilambete *Kilnoorat *Kolara *Koort-koort-nong *Kornong *Ligar *Lismore *Marida Yallock *Mortlake *Nerrin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gellibrand River
The Gellibrand River is a perennial river of the Lake Corangamite, Corangamite catchment, located in the Otway Ranges, Otways region of the Australian state of Victoria (Australia), Victoria. Location and features The Gellibrand River rises in the Otway Ranges in southwest Victoria, near the locality of Gellibrand, Victoria, Upper Gellibrand in the Beech Forest, Victoria, Beech Forest. The river flows in a highly meandering watercourse, course generally west, and then south by west through the Great Otway National Park and Port Campbell National Park, joined by fourteen tributaries including the Carlisle River, before reaching its mouth (river), river mouth and emptying into the Great Australian Bight, at the locality of . From its highest point, the river descends over its course. In its upper reaches, the river is impounded by the West Gellibrand Dam. Etymology The river was named after Joseph Gellibrand, a solicitor and colonist from England. In 1844 George Allan, a pione ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parishes
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or more curates, and who operates from a parish church. Historically, a parish often covered the same geographical area as a manor. Its association with the parish church remains paramount. By extension the term ''parish'' refers not only to the territorial entity but to the people of its community or congregation as well as to church property within it. In England this church property was technically in ownership of the parish priest ''ex-officio'', vested in him on his institution to that parish. Etymology and use First attested in English in the late, 13th century, the word ''parish'' comes from the Old French ''paroisse'', in turn from la, paroecia, the latinisation of the grc, παροικία, paroikia, "sojourning in a foreign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larpent, Victoria
Larpent is a locality in south west Victoria, Australia. The locality is in the Colac Otway Shire, south west of the state capital, Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met .... At the , Larpent had a population of 194. References External links Towns in Victoria (Australia) {{VictoriaAU-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colac, Victoria
Colac is a small city in the Western District of Victoria, Australia, approximately 150 kilometres south-west of Melbourne on the southern shore of Lake Colac. History For thousands of years clans of the Gulidjan people occupied the region of Colac.Ian D. Clark, pp 135–139, ''Scars on the Landscape. A Register of Massacre sites in Western Victoria 1803–1859'', Aboriginal Studies Press, 1995 British colonisation The British first entered the region in March 1837, when several land-holders came upon Lake Colac while searching for the missing colonist Joseph Gellibrand. Another larger search party, which was acting on information that local Gulidjan had killed Gellibrand, arrived in April. This group returned to Geelong after two Gulidjan people were killed by Aboriginal trackers accompanying the party. Colonisation of the area began in September 1837 with the arrival of grazier Hugh Murray (died 1869) who selected 34,000 acres of land and established three sheep stations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winchelsea, Victoria
Winchelsea is a town in Victoria, Australia. The town is located in the Surf Coast Shire local government area, the suburb or locality of Winchelsea is predominantly within Surf Coast Shire with a small section within the Colac Otway Shire. Winchelsea is located on the Barwon River 115 km south-west of Melbourne and close to Geelong Geelong ( ) ( Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the south eastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon ... (37 km north-east). History The first Europeans to reside in the area were squatters (Lomas's) who established grazing runs there c. 1837. Thomas Austin (pastoralist), Thomas Austin migrated from Tasmania and occupied the present day site of Winchelsea in 1837. The area was then called Austin's Ford. Austin built up his estate of Barwon Park to , including a mansion which still stands t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barwon River (Victoria)
The Barwon River is a perennial river of the Corangamite catchment, located in The Otways and the Bellarine Peninsula regions of the Australian state of Victoria. Location and features Fed by the confluence of the East and West Branches of the river, the Barwon River rises in the Otway Ranges and flows generally north by east and then east, joined by thirteen tributaries including the Leigh and Moorabool rivers and flowing through Lake Connewarre, before reaching its mouth and emptying into Bass Strait at Barwon Heads. The river flows adjacent to the settlement of Winchelsea and the city of Greater Geelong. The estuarine section of the river forms part of the Port Phillip Bay (Western Shoreline) and Bellarine Peninsula Ramsar Site as a wetland of international importance, as well as of the Bellarine Wetlands Important Bird Area. From its highest point including its source confluence, the river descends over its course. The river is crossed by a number of bridges in Geelon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglesea River
The Anglesea River is a perennial river of the Lake Corangamite, Corangamite catchment, located in Otway Ranges, The Otways region of the Australian state of Victoria (Australia), Victoria. Location and features The Anglesea River rises in the Otway Ranges east of and flows generally east by south before reaching its Mouth (river), mouth and emptying into Bass Strait near the town of the Anglesea, Victoria, same name. Etymology In the Australian Aboriginal languages, Australian Aboriginal Wathawurrung language the name for the river is ''Kuarka-dorla'', meaning "place to catch Mullet (fish), mullet". The river was named after Anglesey, an island in Wales. See also * List of rivers of Australia#Vicotira, List of rivers of Victoria References External links * * Rivers of Victoria (Australia) Corangamite catchment Rivers of Barwon South West (region) Otway Ranges {{VictoriaAU-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Otway
Cape Otway is a cape and a bounded locality of the Colac Otway Shire in southern Victoria, Australia on the Great Ocean Road; much of the area is enclosed in the Great Otway National Park. History Cape Otway was originally inhabited by the Gadubanud people; evidence of their campsites is contained in the middens throughout the region. The traditional Gadubanud name for the cape is ''Bangurac''. The cape was charted by the British when Lieutenant James Grant sailed through Bass Strait in in December 1800. Grant named it Cape Albany Otway after Captain William Albany Otway. This was later shortened to Cape Otway. The British started to colonise the region in 1837 when Joseph Gellibrand and George Hesse became lost in the Otways on an expedition. It was found that Hesse probably died of exposure, while Gellibrand was initially cared for by a local Aboriginal clan but later killed by members of another clan visiting from the Apollo Bay area. The ship ''Joanna'' was wrecked near t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Of Grenville, Victoria
The County of Grenville is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. It is located to the north-east of Lake Corangamite and includes Cressy. Ballarat is on its north-eastern edge. The boundary to the east is the Yarrowee River, and to the south part of the Barwon River. Colac is on its southern edge. The county was proclaimed in 1849. Parishes Parishes within the county: * Argyle, Victoria * Ballaarat, Victoria * Bungaree, Victoria * Cardigan, Victoria * Carngham, Victoria * Clarkesdale, Victoria * Commeralghip, Victoria * Corindhap, Victoria * Cressy, Victoria * Cundare, Victoria * Dereel, Victoria * Doroq, Victoria * Dreeite, Victoria * Enfield, Victoria * Gellibrand, Victoria * Haddon, Victoria * Hesse, Victoria * Karngun, Victoria * Kurac-a-ruc, Victoria * Lawaluk, Victoria * Lynchfield, Victoria * Mannibadar, Victoria * Mindai, Victoria * Mirnee, Victoria * Mortchup, Victoria * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western District, Victoria
The Western District comprises western regions of the Australian state of Victoria. It is said to be an illdefined district, sometimes incorrectly referred to as an economic region,. The district is located within parts of the Barwon South West and the Grampians regions; extending from the south-west corner of the state to Ballarat in the east and as far north as Ararat. The district is bounded by the Wimmera district in the north, by the Goldfields district in the east, by Bass Strait and the Southern Ocean in the south, and by the South Australian border in the west. The district is well known for the production of wool. The most populated city in the Western District is the Ballarat region, with 96,940 inhabitants. The principal centres of the district are: Warrnambool, Hamilton, Colac, Portland, Casterton, Port Fairy, Camperdown, and Terang. Other cities and towns in or on the edge of the district include: Coleraine, Merino, Heywood, Dunkeld, Penshurst, Macarthur, Kor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cadastral Divisions Of Australia
Lands administrative divisions of Australia are the cadastral divisions of Australia for the purposes of identification of land to ensure security of land ownership. Most states term these divisions as counties, parishes, hundreds, and other terms. The eastern states of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania were divided into counties and parishes in the 19th century, although the Tasmanian counties were renamed land districts in the 20th century. Parts of South Australia (south-east) and Western Australia (south-west) were similarly divided into counties, and there were also five counties in a small part of the Northern Territory. However South Australia has subdivisions of hundreds instead of parishes, along with the Northern Territory, which was part of South Australia when the hundreds were proclaimed. There were also formerly hundreds in Tasmania. There have been at least 600 counties, 544 hundreds and at least 15,692 parishes in Australia, but there are none ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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