Blaxland County is one of the 141
Cadastral divisions of New South Wales
For lands administrative purposes, New South Wales is divided into 141 counties, which are further divided into parishes. The counties were first set down in the Colony of New South Wales, which later became the Australian state of New South Wa ...
. It is bounded to the south by the
Lachlan River
The Lachlan River is an intermittent river that is part of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, located in the Southern Tablelands, Central West, and Riverina regions of New South Wales, Australia.
The Lachlan River ...
and a small part of
Waverley Creek. It includes
Mount Hope and the
Nombinnie Nature Reserve
The Nombinnie Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve in central New South Wales
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Blaxland County was named in honour of
John Blaxland, landowner and merchant.
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:
(*) The Parish of Illewong should not be confused with the former mining village of
Illewong, nearer to Cobar, in the neighbouring
Robinson County
Robinson County is one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It is centred on Cobar
Cobar is a town in central western New South Wales, Australia whose economy is based mainly upon base metals and gold mining. The town is by r ...
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References
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Counties of New South Wales