Dampier 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 Sou ...
. The
Deua River is the northern boundary, with land slightly to the north of the
Brogo River the southern boundary. It includes
Bermagui,
Narooma,
Bodalla, and most of the
Deua National Park
Deua is a national park located in New South Wales, Australia, south of Sydney, and east of Canberra. The nearest towns on the coast are Batemans Bay, Moruya and Narooma.
A remote wilderness area of escarpments and gullies, waterfalls, limesto ...
and
Wadbilliga National Park
Wadbilliga National Park is a national park that is located in high country spanning the Monaro and South Coast regions of south-eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Location and features
Wadbilliga National Park is located southwest of Sydney ...
.
Dampier County was named in honour of seaman
William Dampier
William Dampier (baptised 5 September 1651; died March 1715) was an English explorer, pirate, privateer, navigator, and naturalist who became the first Englishman to explore parts of what is today Australia, and the first person to circumnav ...
(1651-1715).
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:
References
{{Counties of New South Wales
Counties of New South Wales