The Parish of Bherwerre is a
parish of the
County of St Vincent
St Vincent 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 included the south coast area encompassing Batemans Bay, Ulladulla, Jervis Bay and inland to Br ...
in
New South Wales which formerly included the area that is now the
Jervis Bay Territory, which was transferred to the
Commonwealth of Australia in 1915. Because of this, the parish is now less than half the size it was in the nineteenth century. The ''Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act of 1915'' mentions that of the parish were transferred to the Commonwealth. The ''
Seat of Government Acceptance Act of 1909'' mentions that three separate parcels in the parish were planned to be transferred to the Commonwealth from Bherwerre, along with land in other nearby parishes, although the actual land transfer in 1915 was only made up of land in the Parish of Bherwerre. The land mentioned in the 1909 act was a portion, a portion, and the of Bowen Island.
Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909
Austlii At the time, the parish was located in Clyde Shire.
The parish now includes the towns of Sanctuary Point
Sanctuary Point is a town in New South Wales, Australia, under the jurisdiction of the City of Shoalhaven, on the shores of St Georges Basin. It is roughly 25 km south of Nowra, and approximately 200 km south of Sydney. At the , the ...
and Vincentia, and also the village of Hyams Beach. The parish is bounded by St Georges Basin at Erowal Bay in the south, the Jervis Bay Territory in the south-east, Jervis Bay in the east and Moona Moona creek in the north.
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New South Wales Parish maps preservation project
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Parishes of St. Vincent County