Bathurst 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 to the south-west of Bathurst to Cowra and Orange. The Lachlan River is the boundary to the south-west, the Belubula River forms part of the northern boundary, with the Fish River on the northeastern boundary. Blayney is located roughly in the middle.
Bathurst County was named in honour of Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl 1762–1834. The Electoral district of Bathurst (County) was the first state electoral district for the area, between 1856 and 1859.
In 1852 it had an area of and population of 6,405. At this time it was described as having some of the best wool in the colony, with excellent farming land., The Land of Gold: the Companion for the Welsh Emigrant to Australia, 1852
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 Aberfoil Cabonne Shire Anson Cabonne Shire Apsley Bathurst Regional Council Arkell Bathurst Regional Council Bangaroo Cowra Shire Bathurst Bathurst Regional Council Beaufort Blayney Shire Belubula Blayney Shire Beneree Cabonne Shire Billimari Cowra Shire Blake Blayney Shire Bracebridge Cowra Shire Bringellet Oberon Shire Byng Cabonne Shire Cadogan Bathurst Regional Council Calvert Blayney Shire Canowindra Cowra Shire Carlton Blayney Shire Chaucer Cowra Shire Clarendon Cabonne Shire Clinton Cabonne Shire Cole Bathurst Regional Council Coleridge Bathurst Regional Council Colville Cabonne Shire Coota Cowra Shire Cowra Cowra Shire Dunleary Cowra Shire Egbert Cowra Shire Errol Blayney Shire Freemantle Cabonne Shire Galbraith Blayney Shire Glenlogan Cowra Shire Graham Blayney Shire Grantham Bathurst Regional Council Hampton Cowra Shire Huntley Cabonne Shire Kenilworth Cowra Shire Lennox Cabonne Shire Lindsay Blayney Shire Lowry Bathurst Regional Council Lucan Blayney Shire Lucan Blayney Shire Lyndhurst Blayney Shire Malmsbury Bathurst Regional Council Malongulli Cowra Shire Milburn Cowra Shire Mount PleasantBathurst Regional Council Napier Blayney Shire Neville Blayney Shire Oakley Bathurst Regional Council Orange City of Orange Osborne Blayney Shire Ponsonby Bathurst Regional Council Purfleet Cowra Shire Roseberg Cowra Shire Shadforth Cabonne Shire Shaw Blayney Shire Somers Blayney Shire St David Bathurst Regional Council Tenandra Cowra Shire Three Brothers Blayney Shire Tintern Cowra Shire Torrens Blayney Shire Vittoria Cabonne Shire Waldegrave Cabonne Shire Walli Cabonne Shire Waugoola Cowra Shire Worcester Cabonne Shire
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