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 Shoalhaven River in the east, and the Wollondilly River in the north-east.
Argyle County was named by Governor Macquarie after his native county in Scotland. He named it while inspecting the area in 1820.
In 1829 the Act for Instituting and regulating Courts of General and Quarter Sessions in New South Wales established courts in the county at Cookbundoon, Goulburn Plains and Inverary. James Byrne was Assistant Surveyor for the County in 1832. In 1835 Argyle had a magistrate and police force.
In 1852 it had an area of and population of 5,565. It was also described as having productive land and inexhaustible water.
In 1857, Charles Cowper was a major landowner in the area, and held in the county. The Electoral district of Argyle was the former state electoral district for the area between 1856 and 1904. The 1911 Britannica mentions Goulburn as being in the county.
The Greater Argyle Council was formed in 2004 after a proposal to make a new local government area to focus on the County of Argyle, formed from an amalgamation of the former City of Goulburn and parts of Mulwaree Shire. It was renamed the Goulburn Mulwaree Council in October 2004.

Parishes within this county

A full list of parishes found within this county; their current LGA and mapping coordinates to the approximate centre of each location is as follows:
ParishLGACoordinates
BannabyUpper Lachlan
Baw BawGoulburn Mulwaree Council
BillyrambijaGoulburn Mulwaree Council
BoroGoulburn Mulwaree Council
BourkeUpper Lachlan
BreadalbaneGoulburn Mulwaree Council
BungoniaGoulburn Mulwaree Council
CollectorUpper Lachlan
CookbundoonUpper Lachlan
CovanGoulburn Mulwaree Council
CullullaGoulburn Mulwaree Council
CurrawangPalerang
Eden ForestUpper Lachlan
GoulburnGoulburn Mulwaree Council
GuineacorUpper Lachlan
GundaryGoulburn Mulwaree Council
GurrundahUpper Lachlan
InveraryGoulburn Mulwaree Council
JerralongGoulburn Mulwaree Council
JerraraGoulburn Mulwaree Council
KerrawaryUpper Lachlan
MangamoreGoulburn Mulwaree Council
MarulanGoulburn Mulwaree Council
MilbangUpper Lachlan
MullengullengaGoulburn Mulwaree Council
MulwareeGoulburn Mulwaree Council
MummelGoulburn Mulwaree Council
MutmutbillyUpper Lachlan
NadgigomarGoulburn Mulwaree Council
NarrangarrilGoulburn Mulwaree Council
NatteryGoulburn Mulwaree Council
NerrimungaGoulburn Mulwaree Council
NorrongGoulburn Mulwaree Council
OallenGoulburn Mulwaree Council
PejarUpper Lachlan
PomeroyUpper Lachlan
QuialigoGoulburn Mulwaree Council
RhyanaGoulburn Mulwaree Council
StrathairdUpper Lachlan
TaragoGoulburn Mulwaree Council
TarloUpper Lachlan
TerrannaGoulburn Mulwaree Council
TowrangGoulburn Mulwaree Council
TurralloUpper Lachlan
Upper TarloUpper Lachlan
UringallaGoulburn Mulwaree Council
WayoUpper Lachlan
WillerooGoulburn Mulwaree Council
WologorongGoulburn Mulwaree Council
YarralawGoulburn Mulwaree Council