Buckingham Land District is one of the twenty land districts of

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which are part of the Lands administrative divisions of Tasmania. It was formerly Buckingham County, one of the 18 counties of Tasmania and one of the first eleven proclaimed in 1836 and is bordered to the north by the River Derwent, and to the south by the

Huon River The Huon River is a perennial river located in the south-west and south-east regions of Tasmania, Australia. At in length, the Huon River is the fifth-longest in the state, with its course flowing east through the fertile Huon Valley and empt ...

. It includes

Bruny Island Bruny Island ( Nuenonne: Lunawanna-alonnah) is a island located off the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia. The island is separated from the Tasmanian mainland by the D'Entrecasteaux Channel, and its east coast lies within the Tasman S ...

Hobart Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...

is located in the county. It was named after the then county of England. An earlier Buckingham County existed from 24 September 1804 until 1813 as an administrative division whilst

Van Diemen's Land Van Diemen's Land was the colonial name of the island of Tasmania used by the British during the European exploration of Australia in the 19th century. A British settlement was established in Van Diemen's Land in 1803 before it became a sepa ...

was administered as two units. It was defined as all of Van Diemen's Land south of the 42nd parallel (between

Trial Harbour Trial Harbour is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of West Coast in the North-west and west LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about south-west of the town of Zeehan. The 2016 census has a population of 24 for the state ...

and Friendly Beaches, and governed by

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. Cornwall County occupied the remainder of the island.

The original parishes

On 15 January 1836 George Arthur, the Lieutenant Governor of the Island of

proclaimed, via

The Hobart Town Courier ''The Courier'' is a newspaper founded in 1827 in Hobart, Tasmania, as ''The Hobart Town Courier''. It changed its name to ''The Hobart Town Courier and Van Diemen's Land Advertiser'' in 1839, settling on ''The Courier'' in 1840. By 1830 the n ...

, the first counties and parishes to be surveyed in the colony.

The County of Buckingham, bounded on the north by the river Derwent from its confluence with river Florentine to the sea; on the west by the river Florentine to its source, and thence by a line to the source of the river Huon, and by that river to the sea. This county to include Bruni island, the Egg islands, Huon island, Garden island, Partridge island, Penguin island, Satellite island, Green island, Snake island, Arch island, Actaeon island, and all other islands in D'Entrecasteaux channel.

Hundreds and parishes proclaimed at this time were: * The hundred of New Norfolk **Anglesea parish **Uxbridge **New Norfolk **Wellington * The hundred of Rugby **Sutherland **Argyle **''unnamed'' **''unnamed'' * The hundred of Hobarton **Hobart parish **Glenorchy **Kingboro' **Queenboro' * The hundred of Bruni **Coningham **Bruni **D'Entrecasteaux **''unnamed''

Parishes

The parishes are: *Anglesea *Argyle *Bagot *Bedford *Bethune *Buckingham *Camden *Champ *Conningham *Glenorchy *Hobart Town *Kingborough *Longley *Lonna *Molesworth *Neena *New Norfolk *North Bruny *Pedder *Punna *Queenborough *Ranelagh *Rinadena *South Bruny *Sutherland *Throckmorton *Trinity *Tyenna *Uxbridge *Wellington

References

{{Australian cadastral capitals Land Districts of Tasmania