Northumberland County, New South Wales 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 included the area to the north of Broken Bay, including Lake Macquarie and Newcastle. 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.
Northumberland County was named after the English Northumberland, and named by Lieutenant Charles Menzies (commandant), commandant at Newcastle, about 1804.1
In 1852 it had an area of 1,498,060 acres and population of 15,207, and was described as being 68 miles long and 53 miles wide and the main coal region of the colony. 2
Between 21st July 1948 and 19 December 1963, the county had a local government, the Northumberland County Council, which was abolished at the same time as the Cumberland County Council.3
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 |
| Allandale |
City of Cessnock |
32°46′54″S 151°23′04″E / -32.78167, 151.38444 |
| Alnwick |
Maitland City Council |
32°44′54″S 151°40′04″E / -32.74833, 151.66778 |
| Auburn |
City of Hawkesbury |
33°10′54″S 150°56′04″E / -33.18167, 150.93444 |
| Awaba |
City of Lake Macquarie |
33°01′54″S 151°35′04″E / -33.03167, 151.58444 |
| Bala |
City of Cessnock |
33°06′54″S 150°56′04″E / -33.115, 150.93444 |
| Belford |
Singleton Shire Council |
32°37′54″S 151°17′04″E / -32.63167, 151.28444 |
| Blaxland |
City of Cessnock |
33°01′54″S 151°03′04″E / -33.03167, 151.05111 |
| Branxton |
Singleton Shire Council |
32°38′54″S 151°22′04″E / -32.64833, 151.36778 |
| Broke |
Singleton Shire Council |
32°27′24″S 151°08′04″E / -32.45667, 151.13444 |
| Burragurra |
City of Cessnock |
33°03′54″S 151°00′04″E / -33.065, 151.00111 |
| Burton |
Singleton Shire Council |
32°51′54″S 150°52′04″E / -32.865, 150.86778 |
| Cessnock |
City of Cessnock |
32°50′54″S 151°22′04″E / -32.84833, 151.36778 |
| City of Gosford |
City of Gosford |
33°22′54″S 151°20′04″E / -33.38167, 151.33444 |
| City of Newcastle |
City of Newcastle |
32°51′54″S 151°43′04″E / -32.865, 151.71778 |
| Congewai |
City of Cessnock |
32°59′54″S 151°15′04″E / -32.99833, 151.25111 |
| Coolamin |
City of Cessnock |
32°51′54″S 151°08′04″E / -32.865, 151.13444 |
| Coorumbung |
City of Lake Macquarie |
33°01′54″S 151°30′04″E / -33.03167, 151.50111 |
| Corrabare |
City of Cessnock |
32°56′24″S 151°11′34″E / -32.94, 151.19278 |
| Cosgrove |
City of Cessnock |
32°57′54″S 150°52′04″E / -32.965, 150.86778 |
| Cowan |
City of Gosford |
33°26′54″S 151°12′04″E / -33.44833, 151.20111 |
| Dalton |
Singleton Shire Council |
32°49′54″S 150°58′04″E / -32.83167, 150.96778 |
| Dora |
City of Cessnock |
32°59′54″S 151°23′04″E / -32.99833, 151.38444 |
| Eglington |
City of Gosford |
33°15′54″S 151°15′04″E / -33.265, 151.25111 |
| Ellalong |
City of Cessnock |
32°55′54″S 151°20′04″E / -32.93167, 151.33444 |
| Finchley |
City of Cessnock |
32°59′54″S 150°59′04″E / -32.99833, 150.98444 |
| Gosforth |
Maitland City Council |
32°41′54″S 151°29′04″E / -32.69833, 151.48444 |
| Harrowby |
Singleton Shire Council |
32°45′54″S 151°03′04″E / -32.765, 151.05111 |
| Hay |
City of Cessnock |
33°05′54″S 151°11′04″E / -33.09833, 151.18444 |
| Heddon |
City of Cessnock |
32°46′54″S 151°27′04″E / -32.78167, 151.45111 |
| Hexham |
City of Newcastle |
32°50′54″S 151°39′04″E / -32.84833, 151.65111 |
| Kahibah |
City of Lake Macquarie |
33°01′54″S 151°40′04″E / -33.03167, 151.66778 |
| Kincumber |
City of Gosford |
33°26′54″S 151°25′04″E / -33.44833, 151.41778 |
| Lockyer |
City of Hawkesbury |
33°08′54″S 151°02′04″E / -33.14833, 151.03444 |
| Lockyer |
City of Hawkesbury |
33°08′54″S 151°03′04″E / -33.14833, 151.05111 |
| Maitland |
Maitland City Council |
32°44′54″S 151°35′04″E / -32.74833, 151.58444 |
| Mandolong |
City of Lake Macquarie |
33°08′54″S 151°26′04″E / -33.14833, 151.43444 |
| Mangrove |
City of Gosford |
33°22′24″S 151°05′04″E / -33.37333, 151.08444 |
| Milbrodale |
Singleton Shire Council |
32°58′54″S 150°45′04″E / -32.98167, 150.75111 |
| Millfield |
City of Cessnock |
32°48′54″S 151°15′04″E / -32.815, 151.25111 |
| Morisset |
City of Lake Macquarie |
33°06′54″S 151°30′04″E / -33.115, 151.50111 |
| Moruben |
City of Cessnock |
33°02′54″S 150°53′04″E / -33.04833, 150.88444 |
| Mulbring |
City of Cessnock |
32°55′54″S 151°28′04″E / -32.93167, 151.46778 |
| Munmorah |
Wyong Shire |
33°19′54″S 151°25′04″E / -33.33167, 151.41778 |
| Narara |
City of Gosford |
33°20′54″S 151°22′34″E / -33.34833, 151.37611 |
| Olney |
Wyong Shire |
33°07′54″S 151°20′04″E / -33.13167, 151.33444 |
| Ourimbah |
Wyong Shire |
33°19′54″S 151°20′04″E / -33.33167, 151.33444 |
| Ovingham |
City of Cessnock |
32°45′54″S 151°13′04″E / -32.765, 151.21778 |
| Ovingham |
Singleton Shire Council |
32°41′54″S 151°13′04″E / -32.69833, 151.21778 |
| Patonga |
City of Gosford |
33°28′54″S 151°15′04″E / -33.48167, 151.25111 |
| Pokolbin |
City of Cessnock |
32°48′54″S 151°18′04″E / -32.815, 151.30111 |
| Popran |
City of Gosford |
33°19′54″S 151°11′04″E / -33.33167, 151.18444 |
| Quorrobolong |
City of Cessnock |
32°55′54″S 151°22′04″E / -32.93167, 151.36778 |
| Rothbury |
City of Cessnock |
32°45′54″S 151°18′04″E / -32.765, 151.30111 |
| Rugby |
City of Gosford |
33°09′54″S 151°09′04″E / -33.165, 151.15111 |
| Spencer |
City of Gosford |
33°25′24″S 151°06′04″E / -33.42333, 151.10111 |
| St Albans |
City of Hawkesbury |
33°18′54″S 151°02′04″E / -33.315, 151.03444 |
| Stanford |
City of Cessnock |
32°50′54″S 151°27′04″E / -32.84833, 151.45111 |
| Stockrington |
City of Cessnock |
32°49′54″S 151°34′04″E / -32.83167, 151.56778 |
| Stowe |
Wyong Shire |
33°10′54″S 151°14′04″E / -33.18167, 151.23444 |
| Teralba |
City of Lake Macquarie |
32°54′54″S 151°34′04″E / -32.915, 151.56778 |
| Tuggerah |
Wyong Shire |
33°19′54″S 151°30′04″E / -33.33167, 151.50111 |
| Vere |
Singleton Shire Council |
32°41′54″S 151°09′04″E / -32.69833, 151.15111 |
| Wallambine |
City of Hawkesbury |
33°13′54″S 151°00′04″E / -33.23167, 151.00111 |
| Wallarah |
City of Lake Macquarie |
33°09′54″S 151°36′04″E / -33.165, 151.60111 |
| Warkworth |
Singleton Shire Council |
32°35′54″S 151°03′04″E / -32.59833, 151.05111 |
| Werong |
Singleton Shire Council |
32°54′54″S 150°57′04″E / -32.915, 150.95111 |
| Whittingham |
Singleton Shire Council |
32°36′54″S 151°10′04″E / -32.615, 151.16778 |
| Wollombi |
Singleton Shire Council |
32°40′54″S 151°04′04″E / -32.68167, 151.06778 |
| Wyong |
Wyong Shire |
33°14′54″S 151°22′04″E / -33.24833, 151.36778 |
| Yango |
City of Cessnock |
32°55′54″S 151°05′04″E / -32.93167, 151.08444 |
References
- ^ Geographical Names Board of NSW
- ^ "Old Welsh Books with English Translations", The Land of Gold: the Companion for the Welsh Emigrant to Australia, 1852
- ^ Archives Investigator NSW
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