County of Normanby
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The County of Normanby in Victoria, is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. The county is in the Western District of Victoria bounded by the Glenelg River in the west and the Eumeralla River in the east, by a line through Casterton and Hamilton in the north, and by Bass Strait (Portland Bay) to the south. Larger towns include Hamilton, Portland and Heywood. The county was proclaimed in 1853,[citation needed] but it was known earlier since the 1849 proclamation of Follett County and Dundas County referred to its boundaries.[1]
Parishes
[edit]Parishes within the county:
- Annya
- Ardonachie
- Audley
- Balrook
- Bessiebelle
- Bolwarra
- Bramburra
- Branxholme
- Byaduk
- Byambynee
- Cobboboonee
- Condah
- Croxton West
- Curracurt
- Dartmoor (part in the County of Follett)
- Digby
- Drik Drik
- Drumborg
- Dunmore
- Eumeralla
- Glenaulin
- Glenelg (part in the County of Follett)
- Gorae
- Grassdale
- Greenhills
- Heywood
- Homerton
- Hotspur
- Kentbruck
- Killara
- Macarthur
- Merino
- Mocamboro
- Monivae
- Mouzie
- Murndal
- Myamyn
- Myaring
- Napier
- Narrawong
- Portland
- Sandford
- South Hamilton
- Tahara
- Tarragal
- Trewalla
- Tyrendarra
- Warrabkook
- Warrain
- Wataepoolan
- Weecurra
- Weerangourt
- Winyayung
- Yatchew West
- Yulecart
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ NSW Government Gazette for the Port Philip District, 1 January 1849
- ^ Rootsweb Genealogy, Victorian Counties, retrieved 20 September 2008
- Research aids, Victoria 1910
- Map of the counties of Follett, Dundas, Ripon, Normanby, Villiers, Hampden, Heytesbury / John Sands
External links
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