Bligh County


Bligh 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. The Cudgegong River and the Goulburn River are its southern boundaries; the Krui River is the eastern boundary, and the Burragundy River the northern boundary. It includes the villages of Cassilis and Dunedoo.
The county was named after William Bligh, Admiral and Governor of New South Wales. The electoral district of Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh was the first electoral district for the area, between 1856 and 1859.

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
BellaleppaUpper Hunter Shire
BerenderryUpper Hunter Shire
BlighMid-Western Regional Council
BobadeenMid-Western Regional Council
BooyamurnaWarrumbungle Shire
BorambilUpper Hunter Shire
BowmanWarrumbungle Shire
BulgaUpper Hunter Shire
BungabaMid-Western Regional Council
CollaroyUpper Hunter Shire
CollieblueWarrumbungle Shire
CollierWarrumbungle Shire
CopeMid-Western Regional Council
CunnaUpper Hunter Shire
CurryallUpper Hunter Shire
DoulagunmalaUpper Hunter Shire
DurridgereMid-Western Regional Council
GoodimanMid-Western Regional Council
GoolmaMid-Western Regional Council
GurobaDubbo Regional Council
LorimerUpper Hunter Shire
MerotherieMid-Western Regional Council
MoanUpper Hunter Shire
MunmurraMid-Western Regional Council
NagoraUpper Hunter Shire
NandouraWarrumbungle Shire
NanimaDubbo Regional Council
NarragambaMid-Western Regional Council
PuggoonMid-Western Regional Council
RotherwoodWarrumbungle Shire
RotherwoodWarrumbungle Shire
RouseMid-Western Regional Council
StubboMid-Western Regional Council
TalbragarWarrumbungle Shire
TallawangMid-Western Regional Council
TerrabanWarrumbungle Shire
TomimbilUpper Hunter Shire
TureeWarrumbungle Shire
TurillUpper Hunter Shire
UarbryWarrumbungle Shire
UlanMid-Western Regional Council
WargundyWarrumbungle Shire
WarungWarrumbungle Shire
WondabyDubbo Regional Council
WorobilMid-Western Regional Council
WuulumanDubbo Regional Council
YarragalDubbo Regional Council
YarrobilMid-Western Regional Council