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Auckland New South Wales
Location in New South Wales
Lands administrative divisions around Auckland: Beresford Dampier Pacific Ocean Wellesley Auckland Pacific Ocean Croajingolong (Vic) Croajingolong (Vic) Pacific Ocean

Auckland County is one of the 141 cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It is at the extreme south-east of the state, with the Victorian border to the south, and the area to the north of the Brogo River the boundary to the north. It includes Bega, Eden and Merimbula.

The county was named after George Eden, who was the First Earl of Auckland between (1784-1849). (Coincidentally, the county has the same latitude as the city of Auckland, New Zealand - which was also named for George Eden.) In 1852, the county had an area of 1,536,000 acres (6,220 km) and was described as being mountainous with fertile plains.

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:

References

1. "Auckland County". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.
2. "Old Welsh Books with English Translations", The Land of Gold: the Companion for the Welsh Emigrant to Australia, 1852

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