Westmoreland 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 is to the west of Sydney in the Blue Mountains. Coxs River is the border to the north, and the Wollondilly River to the east. Campbells River is the border in the north-east, where the county extends to near Bathurst, with the Fish River part of the border. It includes the town of Oberon, and the Kanangra-Boyd National Park.
Westmoreland County is named in honour of John Fane, Tenth Earl of Westmorland (1759–1841). The Electoral district of Cook and Westmoreland was the first state electoral district for the area, between 1856 and 1859. The extra "e" in Westmoreland is a play on "west more land", referring to the extra farming opportunities this newly discovered country provided for settlers at the time.
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:
Parish LGA Coordinates Abercorn Oberon Council Adderley Oberon Council Antonio City of Lithgow Balfour Oberon Council Banshea Oberon Council Baring Oberon Council Bimlow Wollondilly Shire Bindo City of Lithgow Blenheim Oberon Council Bolton Oberon Council Bouverie Upper Lachlan Shire Bulgarres Oberon Council Colong Wollondilly Shire Crete Oberon Council Cyclops Wollondilly Shire Drogheda Oberon Council Duckmaloi Oberon Council Ganbenang City of Lithgow Gangerang Oberon Council Guineacor Wingecarribee Shire Irene Oberon Council Jenolan Oberon Council Jocelyn Oberon Council Jooriland Wollondilly Shire Kendale Oberon Council Konangaroo Oberon Council Kowmung Oberon Council Langdale Oberon Council Leibnitz Wollondilly Shire Lowther City of Lithgow Merlin Wollondilly Shire Mozart Oberon Council Murruin Shire Norway Oberon Council Oberon Oberon Council Oldbuck Shire Speedwell Wollondilly Shire St Columba Shire Swatchfield Oberon Council Tartarus Oberon Council Terni Wollondilly Shire The Peaks Wollondilly Shire Thornshope City of Lithgow Thurat Oberon Council Vulcan Oberon Council Wingecarribee Wollondilly Shire
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