The Parish of Tarago is a parish of Argyle County. It does not actually contain the town of Tarago, which is located further to the southeast in the Parish of Mulwaree.Robert McLean, The New atlas of Australia : the complete work containing over one hundred maps and full descriptive geography of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia, together with numerous illustrations and copious indices (Sydney :J. Sands, [1886) Map 11. The Parish was established by the Department of Lands in New South Wales.
The Federal Highway passes through the Parish of Tarago to the north of Rowes Lagoon. Currawang Road is another major road in the area.
The Tarago area was first inhabited by the Gundungurra people.Dharag Neighbours .Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia, cited in Norman Tindall, http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/archives/hdms/aa338/tindaletribes/gandangara.htm |title=Gandangara (NSW) Aboriginal Tribes of Australia (South Australian Museum, 2006). In the mid-1840s, the NSW colonial government granted numerous land grants in the area, marking the beginning of white settlement on this land.
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External links New South Wales Parish maps preservation project