Finch County, New South Wales
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Finch County is 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 is bounded by the
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in the west, the Barwon River to the south and east, and the
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border to the north. It includes
Lightning Ridge Lightning Ridge is a small outback town in north-western New South Wales, Australia. Part of Walgett Shire, Lightning Ridge is situated near the southern border of Queensland, about east of the Castlereagh Highway. The Lightning Ridge area is ...
. Finch County was named in honour of surveyor Heneage Finch, the grandson of Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Aylesford., citing Atchison, J.F. (1980). 'The Counties of New South Wales'. ''The Australian Surveyor'', Vol. 30, No. 1, pp.30-43. Not available online in July 2015 from the publishers
Taylor & Francis Online
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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

{{reflist Counties of New South Wales