Gregory County, New South Wales
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Gregory 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 bordered by
Bogan River Bogan River, a perennial river that is part of the Macquarie– Barwon catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the central west and Orana regions of New South Wales, Australia. From its origin near Parkes, the Bogan River ...
in the west, and includes the area to the northeast of Nyngan. It includes the Macquarie Marshes Nature Reserve, and the town of Quambone. Gregory County was named in honour of surveyor-general and explorer, Sir
Augustus Charles Gregory Sir Augustus Charles Gregory (1 August 1819 – 25 June 1905) was an English-born Australian explorer and surveyor. Between 1846 and 1858 he undertook four major expeditions. He was the first Surveyor-General of Queensland. He was appointed a ...
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Parishes within this county


References

{{reflist Counties of New South Wales