Camden County, New South Wales
Camden 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 included the coastal area near Wollongong south to the Shoalhaven River, and also inland encompassing Berrima and Picton. Its western boundary was the Wollondilly River. The first settlement in the area was Camden Park, established by John Macarthur in 1806, just across the Nepean River from Cumberland County. It was the first land across the Nepean to be settled. Camden is a present-day suburb of Sydney in the same area, although parts of it are in Cumberland.
Camden County is named in honour of John Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden. The Electoral district of Western Division of Camden was one of the first electoral districts for the area, between 1856 and 1859.
In 1852 it had an area of and population of 9,663.
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 |
Bangadilly | Wingecarribee Shire | |
Banksia | Wingecarribee Shire | |
Bargo | Wollondilly Shire | |
Belanglo | Wingecarribee Shire | |
Berrima | Wingecarribee Shire | |
Bong Bong | Wingecarribee Shire | |
Broughton | City of Shoalhaven | |
Bugong | City of Shoalhaven | |
Bullio | Wingecarribee Shire | |
Bumballa | Goulburn Mulwaree Council | |
Bunberra | City of Shoalhaven | |
Bundanoon | Wingecarribee Shire | |
Burke | Wingecarribee Shire | |
Burragorang | Wollondilly Shire | |
Burrawang | Wingecarribee Shire | |
Calderwood | City of Wollongong | |
Cambewarra | City of Shoalhaven | |
Camden | Camden Council | |
Caoura | Goulburn Mulwaree Council | |
Colo | Wingecarribee Shire | |
Coolangatta | City of Shoalhaven | |
Cordeaux | City of Wollongong | |
Couridjah | Wollondilly Shire | |
Cumbertine | Wingecarribee Shire | |
Dendrobium | City of Wollongong | |
Illaroo | City of Shoalhaven | |
Jamberoo | Municipality of Kiama | |
Jellore | Wingecarribee Shire | |
Joadja | Wingecarribee Shire | |
Kangaloon | Wingecarribee Shire | |
Kembla | City of Wollongong | |
Kiama | Municipality of Kiama | |
Killawarrah | Wollondilly Shire | |
Meryla | Wingecarribee Shire | |
Mittagong | Wingecarribee Shire | |
Moollattoo | City of Shoalhaven | |
Murrimba | Wingecarribee Shire | |
Nattai | Wollondilly Shire | |
Nundialla | Wingecarribee Shire | |
Picton | Wollondilly Shire | |
Sutton Forest | Wingecarribee Shire | |
Terragong | Shellharbour City Council | |
Wallandoola | City of Wollongong | |
Wallaya | City of Shoalhaven | |
Wanganderry | Wingecarribee Shire | |
Warragamba | Wollondilly Shire | |
Weromba | Wollondilly Shire | |
Werriberri | Wollondilly Shire | |
Wilton | Wollondilly Shire | |
Wingello | Wingecarribee Shire | |
Wollongong | City of Wollongong | |
Wongawilli | Wingecarribee Shire | |
Woonona | City of Wollongong | |
Yarrawa | Wingecarribee Shire | |
Yarrunga | Wingecarribee Shire | |
Yarrunga | City of Shoalhaven |