Yarrolumla Parish is a former

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, a cadastral unit for use on

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. It was formed in the nineteenth century, and existed until 1 January 1911, when the

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came into force, after the land was transferred to the Commonwealth government in 1909 to be used to form the

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. It is one of the four former parishes of Murray County which became part of the ACT, along with

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and Gigerline. While other parishes lost land to the ACT, these were the only ones to lose all of the land within the parish. It was bounded to the north by the

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, and to the west and south by the

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. It includes the area around

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, and the north-western part of

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, including

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. It does not actually include the present day suburb of Yarralumla, which was in Narrabundah parish, but it was close to it.

References

Parish of Yarrolumla, County of Murray, NLAMap showing proposed Federal Capital Territory and tenures of land within same, Charles Robt. Scrivener, 22 May 1909
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