Argyle 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 includes the area around Goulburn. It is bounded by Lake George in the south-west, the Shoalhaven River in the east, and the Wollondilly River in the north-east.
Argyle County was named by Governor Macquarie after his native county in Scotland. He named it while inspecting the area in 1820.Richlands Homestead via Taralga, NSW
In 1829 the Act for Instituting and regulating Courts of General and Quarter Sessions in New South Wales established courts in the county at Cookbundoon, Goulburn Plains and Inverary.Archives investigator, Courts of General and Quarter Sessions James Byrne was Assistant Surveyor for the County in 1832.Greenwich Meadows-Farms for sale In 1835 Argyle had a magistrate and police force.Police NSW, history docs, Argyle Police Force
In 1852 it had an area of and population of 5,565., The Land of Gold: the Companion for the Welsh Emigrant to Australia, 1852 It was also described as having productive land and inexhaustible water.
In 1857, Charles Cowper was a major landowner in the area, and held in the county. The Electoral district of Argyle was the former state electoral district for the area between 1856 and 1904. The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition mentions Goulburn as being in the county.
The Greater Argyle Council was formed in 2004 after a proposalProposal Greater Argyle City Council to make a new local government area to focus on the County of Argyle, formed from an amalgamation of the former City of Goulburn and parts of Mulwaree Shire. It was renamed the Goulburn Mulwaree Council in October 2004.Goulburn Mulwaree Council meeting, Nov. 2004 Renaming of Argyle to Goulburn Mulwaree
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 Bannaby Upper Lachlan () Baw Baw Goulburn Mulwaree Council () Billyrambija Goulburn Mulwaree Council () Boro Goulburn Mulwaree Council () Bourke Upper Lachlan () Breadalbane Goulburn Mulwaree Council () Bungonia Goulburn Mulwaree Council () Collector Upper Lachlan () Cookbundoon Upper Lachlan () Covan Goulburn Mulwaree Council () Cullulla Goulburn Mulwaree Council () Currawang Palerang () Eden Forest Upper Lachlan () Goulburn Goulburn Mulwaree Council () Guineacor Upper Lachlan () Gundary Goulburn Mulwaree Council () Gurrundah Upper Lachlan () Inverary Goulburn Mulwaree Council () Jerralong Goulburn Mulwaree Council () Jerrara Goulburn Mulwaree Council () Kerrawary Upper Lachlan () Mangamore Goulburn Mulwaree Council () Marulan Goulburn Mulwaree Council () Milbang Upper Lachlan () Mullengullenga Goulburn Mulwaree Council () Mulwaree Goulburn Mulwaree Council () Mummel Goulburn Mulwaree Council () Mutmutbilly Upper Lachlan () Nadgigomar Goulburn Mulwaree Council () Narrangarril Goulburn Mulwaree Council () Nattery Goulburn Mulwaree Council () Nerrimunga Goulburn Mulwaree Council () Norrong Goulburn Mulwaree Council () Oallen Goulburn Mulwaree Council () Pejar Upper Lachlan () Pomeroy Upper Lachlan () Quialigo Goulburn Mulwaree Council () Rhyana Goulburn Mulwaree Council () Strathaird Upper Lachlan () Tarago Goulburn Mulwaree Council () Tarlo Upper Lachlan () Terranna Goulburn Mulwaree Council () Towrang Goulburn Mulwaree Council () Turrallo Upper Lachlan () Upper Tarlo Upper Lachlan () Uringalla Goulburn Mulwaree Council () Wayo Upper Lachlan () Willeroo Goulburn Mulwaree Council () Wologorong Goulburn Mulwaree Council () Yarralaw Goulburn Mulwaree Council ()
References
External links 1840s map of Argyle County at the National Library Argylecounty.com.au