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Murray County, Western Australia
Murray
County
was one of the
26
counties of Western Australia
that were
designated
in 1829 as
cadastral divisions
. It was named after
George Murray
,
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
from 1828–1830,
a personal
friend of
Lieutenant-Governor James Stirling
.
It
approximately
corresponds to the
Murray Land District
and part of the
Cockburn Sound Land District
which form the
basis
for
land titles
in the
area
.