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
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 ...
in the west and the
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 ...
and
Barwon River in the east, in the north by a line from
Winchelsea, through
Colac to
Larpent, and by
Bass Strait
Bass Strait () is a strait separating the island state of Tasmania from the Australian mainland (more specifically the coast of Victoria, with the exception of the land border across Boundary Islet). The strait provides the most direct waterwa ...
to the south. The largest town is Colac. The county was proclaimed in 1849.
Parishes
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 m ...
within the county:
*Aire
*Angahook
*Bambra
*Barongarook
*Barramunga
*Barwon Downs
*Barwongemoong
*Birregurra (part in the
County of Grenville)
*Boonah
*Colac
*Elliminyt
*Gerangamete
*Irrewarra
*Irrewillipe
*Kaanglang
*Krambruk
*La Trobe (part in the
County of Heytesbury
The County of Heytesbury 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 the Gellibrand R ...
)
*Lorne
*Moomowroong
*Moorbanool
*Murroon
*Nalangil
*Natte Murrang
*Newlingrook
*Olangolah
*Otway
*Pirron Yaloak
*Wangerrip
*Warrion (part in the County of Grenville)
*Weeaproinah
*Wensleydale
*Whoorel
*Wongarra
*Wyelangta
*Yan Yan Gourt
*Yaugher
*Yeo
References
External links
Research aids, Victoria 1910 Map of the counties of Talbot, Dalhousie, Anglesey, Bourke, Grenville, Grant, Mornington, Polwarth / John Sands
{{Counties of Victoria
Counties of Victoria (Australia)
Otway Ranges