Parish of Goulburn
| Goulburn Parish New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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  Goulburn Parish | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°46′S 149°42′E / 34.767°S 149.700°E | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Goulburn Mulwaree | ||||||||||||||
| County | Argyle | ||||||||||||||
| Division | Eastern | ||||||||||||||
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The Parish of Goulburn is a parish of Argyle County which includes most of the city of Goulburn, New South Wales.
Geography
It is bounded by the Wollondilly River to the north. The central area of Goulburn is in the parish, however some outlying suburbs are not, such as Bradfordville and Kenmore which are in Narrangarril, and North Goulburn which is in Towrang parish. Mulwarree ponds is the eastern boundary near Goulburn, although the parish also includes some land to the east of this river further south, including the airport. Some land to the south and west of the city is also included in the parish, including Brisbane Grove and Tirrannaville. The junction of the Goulburn-Yass and Goulburn-Canberra railway lines is located in this parish, as is the Goulburn railway station. The western boundary is near Coles Lane. The Federal Highway and the Hume Highway, intersection near the southern boundary of the parish, south of Goulburn. The parish is also the seat of both Anglican and Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn.
History
The area was first inhabited by the Gundungurra people,[1][2][3] and by the mid 1840s the NSW colonial government had granted numerous land grants in area, beginning white settlement.
References
- ^ Dharag Neighbours.
- ^ Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia, Goulburn:Aborigines, Archive associated with Australia Street project(University of Technology, Sydney, 2006)
- ^ Norman Tindall,Gandangara (NSW) Aboriginal Tribes of Australia, (South Australian Museum, 2006).
- "Goulburn Parish". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.
