Northumberland County, New South Wales

Northumberland County is one of the original Nineteen Counties in New South Wales, now one of the 141 cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It included the area to the north of Broken Bay, which compasses the Central Coast region and Lake Macquarie as well as Newcastle (Greater Newcastle) in the Hunter region. It was bounded by the part of the Hawkesbury River to the south, the Macdonald River to the south-west, and the Hunter River to the north. Note that Northumberland County should not be confused with the former Northumberland County Council, a county council which existed between 21 July 1948 and 19 December 1963, and which despite the shared name was a legally distinct entity, with a distinct (albeit partially overlapping) territory, the Northumberland county district.Archives Investigator NSW

Northumberland County was named after the English Northumberland, and named by Lieutenant Charles Menzies, commandant at Newcastle, about 1804.

In 1852 it had an area of and population of 15,207, and was described as being long and wide and the main coal region of the colony., The Land of Gold: the Companion for the Welsh Emigrant to Australia, 1852

Parishes Northumberland County contains the following parishes:

Parish LGA Coordinates Suburbs Allandale Cessnock Alnwick Maitland Beresfield, Tarro, Morpeth Auburn Hawkesbury Awaba Lake Macquarie Awaba, Coal Point, Toronto Bala Cessnock Belford Singleton Belford Blaxland Cessnock Branxton Cessnock Branxton, Greta Broke Singleton Broke Burragurra Cessnock Burton Singleton Cessnock Cessnock Cessnock, Aberdare Congewai Cessnock Coolamin Cessnock Coorumbung Lake Macquarie Cooranbong, Dora Creek Corrabare Cessnock Wollombi Cosgrove Cessnock Cowan Central Coast Mooney Mooney Dalton Singleton Dora Cessnock Martinsville Eglington Central Coast Ellalong Cessnock Ellalong Finchley Cessnock Gosford Central Coast Gosford, Narara, Niagara Park Gosforth Maitland Lochinvar, Rutherford, Telarah Harrowby Singleton Hay Cessnock Heddon Cessnock Kurri Kurri, Abermain, Heddon Greta Hexham Newcastle Hexham, Minmi, Shortland Kahibah Lake Macquarie Belmont, Cardiff, Charlestown, Glendale, Kahibah, Wallsend Kincumber Central Coast Erina, Kincumber, Terrigal Lockyer Hawkesbury Maitland Maitland Maitland, Ashtonfield, Bolwarra, Tenambit, Metford Mandolong Lake Macquarie Mandalong Mangrove Central Coast Milbrodale Singleton Milbrodale Millfield Cessnock Morisset Lake Macquarie Morisset, Sunshine, Wyee Moruben Cessnock Mulbring Cessnock Mulbring Munmorah Central Coast Gorokan, Lake Haven, Warnervale, Wyong Narara Central Coast Somersby Newcastle Newcastle Newcastle, Hamilton, Kotara, Mayfield, Waratah Olney Central Coast Ourimbah Central Coast Ourimbah Ovingham Cessnock Patonga Central Coast Woy Woy, Kariong, Patonga, Point Clare Pokolbin Cessnock Pokolbin Popran Central Coast Central Mangrove Quorrobolong Cessnock Quorrobolong Rothbury Cessnock Rothbury Rugby Central Coast Spencer Central Coast Spencer St Albans Hawkesbury St Albans Stanford Cessnock Stanford Merthyr, Kearsley Stockrington Cessnock Buchanan Stowe Central Coast Kulnura Teralba Lake Macquarie Cameron Park, Killingworth, Teralba, Edgeworth Tuggerah Central Coast Bateau Bay, The Entrance, Tuggerah Vere Singleton Wallambine Hawkesbury Wallarah Central Coast Budgewoi, Caves Beach, Swansea, Toukley Warkworth Singleton Warkworth Werong Singleton Whittingham Singleton Whittingham Wollombi Singleton Wyong Central Coast Dooralong, Jilliby Yango Cessnock

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