Rous County


Rous County is one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It is located at the north-east tip of the state. It is bordered on the north by the border with Queensland and on the south by the Richmond River. It contains Lismore, Byron Bay and Murwillumbah.
Rous County was named in honour of Admiral Henry John Rous.

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
BabyilKyogle Shire
BallinaBallina Shire
BerwickTweed Shire
BexhillCity of Lismore
BillinudgelTweed Shire
BingalBallina Shire
BlakebrookCity of Lismore
BoorabeeCity of Lismore
BroadwaterCity of Lismore
BrunswickByron Shire
BungabbeeCity of Lismore
BurrellKyogle Shire
ByronByron Shire
ChillinghamKyogle Shire
ClunesCity of Lismore
CondongTweed Shire
CorakiCity of Lismore
CougalKyogle Shire
CudgenTweed Shire
DunbibleTweed Shire
DunoonCity of Lismore
DyraabaKyogle Shire
East GundurimbaCity of Lismore
EttrickKyogle Shire
Fairy MountKyogle Shire
FindonKyogle Shire
GenevaKyogle Shire
GooninbarKyogle Shire
Hanging RockCity of Lismore
JasperByron Shire
JiggiCity of Lismore
KunghurTweed Shire
KynnumboonTweed Shire
Kyogle ShireRichmond Valley Council
LangwellKyogle Shire
LismoreCity of Lismore
LoadstoneKyogle Shire
MeerschaumBallina Shire
MooballTweed Shire
MullumbimbyByron Shire
MummulgumKyogle Shire
MurwillumbahTweed Shire
NewrybarBallina Shire
NimbinCity of Lismore
North CasinoRichmond Valley Council
North CodringtonCity of Lismore
North LismoreCity of Lismore
NullumTweed Shire
PimlicoBallina Shire
QueebunKyogle Shire
RoseberryKyogle Shire
RunnymedeKyogle Shire
RunnymedeKyogle Shire
SherwoodKyogle Shire
South GundurimbaCity of Lismore
South LismoreCity of Lismore
StrathedenKyogle Shire
TeraniaCity of Lismore
TerranoraTweed Shire
TevenByron Shire
TomkiRichmond Valley Council
ToolondTweed Shire
ToonumbarKyogle Shire
TuckombilBallina Shire
TuckurimbaCity of Lismore
TunstallCity of Lismore
TyalgumTweed Shire
TygalgahTweed Shire
UnumgarKyogle Shire
WarrazambilKyogle Shire
Whian WhianCity of Lismore
WiangareeKyogle Shire
WollumbinTweed Shire
WorendoKyogle Shire
WyndhamKyogle Shire

Dunoon dam proposal

The Council, which is the authority responsible for the water supply for most of the Ballina, Byron, Lismore and Richmond Valley council areas, published its draft water strategy in June 2020, which includes a dam at Dunoon about north of Lismore. The council has been aware of Indigenous concerns since the matter was first considered in the 1990s, and was committed to working with local communities to mitigate concerns. An impact assessment of the site had identified various artefacts and burial sites in the area.