The Parish of Goulburn is a

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Argyle County Argyle County was one of the original Nineteen Counties in New South Wales and is now one of the 141 cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It includes the area around Goulburn. It is bounded by Lake George in the south-west, the Shoalhave ...

which includes most of the city of

Goulburn, New South Wales Goulburn ( ) is a regional city in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, approximately south-west of Sydney and north-east of Canberra. It was proclaimed as Australia's first inland city through letters patent by Queen Victor ...

Geography

It is bounded by the Wollondilly River to the north. The central area of Goulburn is in the parish, however some outlying suburbs are not, such as Bradfordville and Kenmore which are in Narrangarril, and North Goulburn which is in Towrang parish. Mulwarree ponds is the eastern boundary near Goulburn, although the parish also includes some land to the east of this river further south, including the

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. Some land to the south and west of the city is also included in the parish, including Brisbane Grove and Tirrannaville. The junction of the Goulburn- Yass and Goulburn-

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railway lines is located in this parish, as is the

Goulburn railway station Goulburn railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Southern line, serving the Southern Tablelands city of Goulburn. Opened on 19 May 1869, it was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1 ...

. The western boundary is near Coles Lane. The Federal Highway and the

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, intersection near the southern boundary of the parish, south of

Goulburn Goulburn ( ) is a regional city in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, approximately south-west of Sydney and north-east of Canberra. It was proclaimed as Australia's first inland city through letters patent by Queen Victor ...

. The parish is also the seat of both

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and Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn.

History

The area was first inhabited by the Gundungurra

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, Norman Tindallbr>Gandangara (NSW) Aboriginal Tribes of Australia
, ( South Australian Museum, 2006). and by the mid-1840s the NSW colonial government had granted numerous land grants in area, beginning white settlement.

References

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New South Wales Parish maps preservation project
Parishes of Argyle County Southern Tablelands {{SouthernTablelands-geo-stub