St Vincent County


St Vincent 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 included the south coast area encompassing Batemans Bay, Ulladulla, Jervis Bay and inland to Braidwood. The Shoalhaven River is the boundary to the north and west, and the Deua River the boundary to the south.
St. Vincent County was named in honour of John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, Admiral of the Fleet. The electoral district of United Counties of Murray and St Vincent and the electoral district of St Vincent were the first electoral districts for the area, between 1856 and 1859.
In 1852 it had an area of and population of 2,572.

Parishes within this county

Land in the Parishes of Bherwerre, Beecroft, Farnham and Nowra was transferred to the Commonwealth government in 1915 to become the Jervis Bay Territory, as specified in the Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909. 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
AlbertCity of Shoalhaven
AraluenQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council
BatemanEurobodalla Shire
BeecroftCity of Shoalhaven
BenandarahEurobodalla Shire
BendouraQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council
BettowyndQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council
BherwerreCity of Shoalhaven
BolaroEurobodalla Shire
BoolijahCity of Shoalhaven
BorimbadalCity of Shoalhaven
BoyleQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council
BoyneCity of Shoalhaven
BraidwoodQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council
BrouleeEurobodalla Shire
BruceQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council
BuanglaCity of Shoalhaven
BuckenbowraEurobodalla Shire
BudawangCity of Shoalhaven
BuleeCity of Shoalhaven
BurrillCity of Shoalhaven
ClydeEurobodalla Shire
CoghillQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council
ConjolaCity of Shoalhaven
CoolumburraCity of Shoalhaven
CorangQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council
CroobyarCity of Shoalhaven
CudmirrahCity of Shoalhaven
CurrambeneCity of Shoalhaven
CurrockCity of Shoalhaven
CurrowanEurobodalla Shire
DanjeraCity of Shoalhaven
Durran DurraQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council
East NelligenEurobodalla Shire
ElringtonQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council
EndrickCity of Shoalhaven
EttremaCity of Shoalhaven
FarnhamCity of Shoalhaven
GobaEurobodalla Shire
JerrawangalaCity of Shoalhaven
JerricknorraQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council
KioloaCity of Shoalhaven
Little ForestCity of Shoalhaven
MarloweQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council
MeangoraQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council
MiloEurobodalla Shire
MogendouraEurobodalla Shire
MogoodCity of Shoalhaven
MongaQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council
MongarloweQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council
MullendareeEurobodalla Shire
MurrengenburgCity of Shoalhaven
NowraCity of Shoalhaven
NumbaaCity of Shoalhaven
PercyQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council
QuieraCity of Shoalhaven
SassafrasCity of Shoalhaven
SeymourQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council
St. GeorgeCity of Shoalhaven
TallagandaQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council
TallowalCity of Shoalhaven
TermeilCity of Shoalhaven
TianjaraCity of Shoalhaven
TomagaEurobodalla Shire
TomboyeQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council
TomerongCity of Shoalhaven
TougaCity of Shoalhaven
UlladullaCity of Shoalhaven
WandrawandianCity of Shoalhaven
West NelligenEurobodalla Shire
Wog WogQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council
WollumboolaCity of Shoalhaven
WoodburnCity of Shoalhaven
YadboroCity of Shoalhaven
YalwalCity of Shoalhaven
YerriyongCity of Shoalhaven