The County of Polwarth is one of the 37

counties of Victoria Cadastral divisions in Victoria are called counties, which are further subdivided into parishes and townships, for cadastral or land administration purposes. Cadastral divisions of county, parish and township form the basis for formal identific ...

which are part of the

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, used for land titles. The county is in the Western District of Victoria and includes the

Cape Otway Cape Otway is a cape and a bounded locality of the Colac Otway Shire in southern Victoria, Australia on the Great Ocean Road; much of the area is enclosed in the Great Otway National Park. The cape marks the boundary between the Southern Ocea ...

area, bounded by the Gellibrand River in the west and the Anglesea River and Barwon River in the east, in the north by a line from

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, through Colac to Larpent, and by

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to the south. The largest town is Colac. The county was proclaimed in 1849.

Parishes

Parishes A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or ...

within the county: *Aire *Angahook *Bambra *Barongarook *Barramunga *Barwon Downs *Barwongemoong *Birregurra (part in the County of Grenville) *Boonah *Colac *Elliminyt *Gerangamete *Irrewarra *Irrewillipe *Kaanglang *Krambruk *La Trobe (part in the County of Heytesbury) *Lorne *Moomowroong *Moorbanool *Murroon *Nalangil *Natte Murrang *Newlingrook *Olangolah *Otway *Pirron Yaloak *Wangerrip *Warrion (part in the County of Grenville) *Weeaproinah *Wensleydale *Whoorel *Wongarra *Wyelangta *Yan Yan Gourt *Yaugher *Yeo

References

External links

Research aids, Victoria 1910 Map of the counties of Talbot, Dalhousie, Anglesey, Bourke, Grenville, Grant, Mornington, Polwarth / John Sands
{{Counties of Victoria Counties of Victoria (state) Barwon South West (region) Otway Ranges