Glamorgan Land District is one of the twenty land districts of
Tasmania which are part of the
Cadastral divisions of Tasmania. It was formerly one of the 18
counties of Tasmania. It is located along the eastern edge of Tasmania, from
Seymour
Seymour may refer to:
Places Australia
*Seymour, Victoria, a township
*Electoral district of Seymour, a former electoral district in Victoria
*Rural City of Seymour, a former local government area in Victoria
*Seymour, Tasmania, a locality
...
in the north, to
Pontypool
Pontypool ( cy, Pont-y-pŵl ) is a town and the administrative centre of the county borough of Torfaen, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire in South Wales. It has a population of 28,970.
Location
It is situated on the Afon Lwyd ri ...
in the south. It includes
Swansea
Swansea (; cy, Abertawe ) is a coastal city and the second-largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Swansea ( cy, links=no, Dinas a Sir Abertawe).
The city is the twenty-fifth largest in ...
,
Bicheno,
Cranbrook, and
Lisdillon. It also includes the area around
Great Oyster Bay, the
Freycinet Peninsula
The Freycinet Peninsula is a large peninsula located on the eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia. The peninsula is located north of Schouten Island and is contained within the Freycinet National Park.
The locality of Freycinet is in the local go ...
and
Schouten Island. The LGA of
Glamorgan Spring Bay Council
, HQ = Cardiff
, Government = Glamorgan County Council (1889–1974)
, Origin=
, Code = GLA
, CodeName = Chapman code
, Replace =
* West Glamorgan
* Mid Glamorgan
* South Glamorgan
, Motto ...
is in a similar region.
The original parishes
On 15 January 1836 George Arthur, the Lieutenant Governor of the Island of
Van Diemen's Land
proclaimed, via
The Hobart Town Courier, the first counties and parishes to be surveyed in the colony.
The County of Glamorgan, bounded on the north by a portion of the county of Cornwall; on the east by the Pacific ocean; on the south by Little Swanport river, and on the west by the county of Somerset. This county to include all islands on the east coast thereof, and the Schoutens and all islands in Oyster bay not lying further southward than the Schoutens.
Only 1 hundred and two parishes were proclaimed at this time:
*The hundred of Eastbourne
**Eastbourne parish
**Glastonbury
**''unnamed''
**''unnamed''
The townships of
Eastbourne,
Avoca (portion of) were proclaimed as being within the county.
References
{{coord missing, Tasmania
Land Districts of Tasmania