Camden County, New South Wales
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Camden County was one of the original Nineteen Counties in
New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...
and is now one of the 141
cadastral divisions of New South Wales For lands administration purposes, New South Wales is divided into 141 County#Australia, 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 St ...
. It included the coastal area near
Wollongong Wollongong ( ; Dharawal: ''Woolyungah'') is a city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The name is believed to originate from the Dharawal language, meaning either 'five islands/clouds', 'ground near water' or 'sound ...
south to the
Shoalhaven River The Shoalhaven River is a perennial stream, perennial river that rises from the Southern Tablelands and flows into an open mature wind wave, wave dominated estuary#Lagoon-type or bar-built, barrier estuary near Nowra on the South Coast, New Sou ...
, and also inland encompassing Berrima and Picton. Its western boundary was the
Wollondilly River The Wollondilly River, an Australian perennial river that is part of the Hawkesbury Nepean catchment, is located in the Southern Tablelands and Southern Highlands regions of New South Wales. The river meanders from its western slopes near Cr ...
. The first settlement in the area was Camden Park, established by John Macarthur in 1806, just across the
Nepean River The Nepean River (Darug language, Darug: Yandhai), is a Perennial stream, major perennial river, located in the south-west and west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Nepean River, and, continuing by its downstream name, the Hawkesbury ...
from
Cumberland County Cumberland County may refer to: Australia * Cumberland County, New South Wales * the former name of Cumberland Land District, Tasmania, Australia Canada *Cumberland County, Nova Scotia United Kingdom * Cumberland, historic county *Cumberl ...
. It was the first land across the Nepean to be settled. Camden is a present-day suburb of Sydney in the same area, although parts of it are in Cumberland. Camden County is named in honour of
John Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden (11 February 17598 October 1840), styled Viscount Bayham from 1786 to 1794 and known as the 2nd Earl Camden from 1794 to 1812, was a British politician. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in the revol ...
(1759–1840). The Electoral district of Western Division of Camden and the Electoral district of Eastern Division of Camden were the first electoral districts for the area, between 1856 and 1859. In 1852 it had an area of and population of 9,663. "Old Welsh Books with English Translations"
''The Land of Gold: the Companion for the Welsh Emigrant to Australia'', 1852


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

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