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Roxburgh County was one of the original Nineteen Counties in
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and is now one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It includes the area to the north east of Bathurst, lying to the north and east of the Fish River to the junction of the
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. It includes
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. The Gudgegong River is the border to the north. Roxburgh County named after the
Scottish county The shires of Scotland ( gd, Siorrachdan na h-Alba), or counties of Scotland, are historic subdivisions of Scotland established in the Middle Ages and used as administrative divisions until 1975. Originally established for judicial purposes (bei ...
of the same name. It was named in 1829.


Parishes within this county

A full list of parishes found within this county; their current
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and mapping coordinates to the approximate centre of each location is as follows:


References

{{GeoGroup Counties of New South Wales