Argyle County was one of the original
Nineteen Counties in
New South Wales and is now one of the 141
Cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It includes the area around
Goulburn. It is bounded by
Lake George in the south-west, the
Shoalhaven River
The Shoalhaven River is a perennial river that rises from the Southern Tablelands and flows into an open mature wave dominated barrier estuary near Nowra on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia.
Location and features
The Shoalhaven ...
in the east, and the
Wollondilly River in the north-east.
Argyle County was named by Governor Macquarie after his native county in Scotland. He named it while inspecting the area in 1820.
In 1829 the Act for Instituting and regulating Courts of General and Quarter Sessions in New South Wales established courts in the county at Cookbundoon, Goulburn Plains and Inverary. James Byrne was Assistant Surveyor for the County in 1832. In 1835 Argyle had a magistrate and police force.
In 1852 it had an area of and population of 5,565. It was also described as having productive land and inexhaustible water.
In 1857,
Charles Cowper
Sir Charles Cowper (), (26 April 1807 – 19 October 1875) was an Australian politician and the Premier of New South Wales on five occasions from 1856 to 1870.
Cowper did useful work but does not rank among the more distinguished Australian ...
was a major landowner in the area, and held in the county.
The
Electoral district of Argyle was the former state electoral district for the area between 1856 and 1904. The
''Encyclopædia Britannica'' Eleventh Edition mentions Goulburn as being in the county.
The Greater Argyle Council was formed in 2004 after a proposal to make a new local government area to focus on the County of Argyle, formed from an amalgamation of the former City of Goulburn and parts of Mulwaree Shire. It was renamed the
Goulburn Mulwaree Council in October 2004.
Goulburn Mulwaree Council meeting, Nov. 2004 Renaming of Argyle to Goulburn Mulwaree
Parishes within this county
A full list of parishes found within this county; their current LGA
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and mapping coordinates to the approximate centre of each location is as follows:
References
External links
1840s map of Argyle County at the National Library
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Counties of New South Wales