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County of Heytesbury

Coordinates: 38°30′S 143°00′E / 38.500°S 143.000°E / -38.500; 143.000
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Heytesbury
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Lands administrative divisions around Heytesbury:
Villiers Hampden Grenville
Bass Strait Heytesbury Polwarth
Bass Strait Bass Strait Polwarth

The County of Heytesbury 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 Gellibrand River in the east and the Hopkins River in the west. In the north, the county was bounded approximately by the existing road, now the Princes Highway. Larger towns include Camperdown and Cobden. The county was proclaimed in 1849.

Parishes

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Parishes within the county:

  • Brucknell
  • Carpendeit
  • Cooirejong
  • Coradjil
  • Ecklin
  • Elingamite
  • Jancourt
  • Laang
  • La Trobe (part in the County of Polwarth)
  • Mepunga
  • Narrawaturk
  • Nirranda
  • Nullwarre
  • Paaratte
  • Panmure (part in the County of Hampden)
  • Pomborneit
  • Purrumbete South
  • Tallangatta
  • Tandarook
  • Timboon
  • Waarre
  • Wiridjil[1]

References

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  1. ^ Rootsweb Genealogy, Victorian Counties, retrieved 20 September 2008

38°30′S 143°00′E / 38.500°S 143.000°E / -38.500; 143.000