Canberra Parish is a former
parish of
Murray County, New South Wales, a
cadastral unit for use on
land titles. It was formed in the nineteenth century, and existed until 1 January 1911, when the
Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910 came into force, after the land was transferred to the Commonwealth government in 1909 to be used to form the
Australian Capital Territory.
It is one of the four former parishes of Murray County which became part of the ACT, along with
Yarrolumla,
Narrabundah
Narrabundah () ( postcode: 2604) is a leafy, medium density suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, located in the inner south of the city.
Narrabundah is an established garden suburb, valued for its equal proximity to both Civic and ...
and
Gigerline. While other parishes lost land to the ACT, these were the only ones to lose all of the land within the parish. It included what is now
Civic, as well as most of
North Canberra. It was bounded to the south by the
Molonglo River (now
Lake Burley Griffin), while on the west the boundary was on the western side of
Black Mountain
Black Mountain may refer to:
Places Australia
* Black Mountain (Australian Capital Territory), a mountain in Canberra
* Black Mountain, New South Wales, a village in Armidale Regional Council, New South Wales
* Black Mountain, Queensland, a loca ...
, and on the east the boundary was on the eastern side of
Mount Ainslie, thus including both mountains. It went as far north as
Gungahlin. The boundary to the east ran between Mount Ainslie and
Mount Majura, so it did not include Mount Majura.
References
Parish of Canberra, County of Murray. National Library of AustraliaMap showing proposed Federal Capital Territory and tenures of land within same, Charles Robt. Scrivener, 22 May 1909
Parishes of Canberra
Parishes of Murray County
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