Counties of New South Wales - Land Divisions, Boards and Districts

Land Divisions, Boards and Districts

The Crown Lands Act of 1884 further divided New South Wales into three land divisions; Western, Central and Eastern; as well as Land Boards and Land Districts. This 1890 map shows 14 land boards and 95 land districts; while a 1907 map shows 13 land boards and 103 land districts. The new land districts were different to the previous land districts which had mostly been used in the western areas of the state before counties were proclaimed there. The land boards were named after the location of the head office. The table below shows the land districts used in 1890 and 1907 (some of the locations of the land boards changed and there were new land districts), with the land boards and land divisions:

Land District Land Board (1890) Land Board (1907) Land Division
Albury Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga Eastern
Armidale Armidale Armidale Eastern
Balranald South Hay Hay Central
Balranald Hay Western Western
Barmedman East Forbes Central
Barmedman Forbes Central
Bathurst Orange Orange Eastern
Bega Cooma Goulburn Eastern
Bellingen Grafton Eastern
Berrima Sydney Eastern Eastern
Bingara Moree Moree Central
Bombala Cooma Goulburn Eastern
Boorowa Goulburn Goulburn Eastern
Bourke Bourke Western Western
Braidwood Goulburn Goulburn Eastern
Breewarrina Bourke Western Western
Breewarrina East Bourke Central
Campbelltown Sydney Eastern
Carcoar Orange Orange Eastern
Casino Grafton Grafton Eastern
Cassillis Maitland Eastern
Cobar Bourke Western Western
Cobar East Bourke Central
Condobolin Forbes Forbes Central
Cooma Cooma Goulburn Eastern
Coonabarrabran Tamworth Tamworth Central
Coonamble Dubbo Dubbo Eastern
Cootamundry Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga Eastern
Cootamundry Central Wagga Wagga Eastern
Corowa Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga Central
Cowra Orange Orange Eastern
Deniliquin Hay Hay Central
Dubbo Dubbo Dubbo Eastern
Dungog Maitland Maitland Eastern
Eden Cooma Goulburn Eastern
Forbes Forbes Forbes Central
Glen Innes Armidale Armidale Eastern
Gosford Sydney Maitland Eastern
Goulburn Goulburn Goulburn Eastern
Grafton Grafton Grafton Eastern
Grenfell Forbes Forbes Central
Gundagai Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga Eastern
Gunnedah Tamworth Tamworth Central
Gunning Goulburn Goulburn Eastern
Hay North Hay Western Western
Hay Hay Hay Central
Hillston North Hay Western Western
Hillston Hay Hay Central
Inverell Armidale Armidale Eastern
Kempsey Grafton Grafton Eastern
Kiama Sydney Sydney Eastern
Lismore Grafton Grafton Eastern
Lithgow Sydney Orange Eastern
Liverpool Sydney Eastern
Maitland Maitland Maitland Eastern
Metropolitan Sydney Sydney Eastern
Milton Sydney Sydney Eastern
Molong Orange Orange Eastern
Moree Moree Moree Central
Moruya Sydney Eastern
Mudgee Orange Orange Eastern
Murrurundi Tamworth Tamworth Eastern
Murwillumbah Grafton Grafton Eastern
Muswellbrook Maitland Maitland Eastern
Narrabri Tamworth Moree Central
Narrandera Wagga Wagga Hay Central
Newcastle Maitland Maitland Eastern
Nowra Sydney Sydney Eastern
Nyngan Dubbo Eastern
Orange Orange Orange Eastern
Parkes Forbes Forbes Central
Parramatta Sydney Sydney Eastern
Paterson Maitland Eastern
Penrith Sydney Sydney Eastern
Picton Sydney Sydney Eastern
Port Macquarie Maitland Grafton Eastern
Queanbeyan Cooma Goulburn Eastern
Raymonod Terrace Maitland Eastern
Rylstone Orange Orange Eastern
Scone Maitland Maitland Eastern
Singleton Maitland Maitland Eastern
Stroud Maitland Maitland Eastern
Tamworth Tamworth Tamworth Eastern
Taree Maitland Maitland Eastern
Tenterfield Armidale Armidale Eastern
Tumbarumba North Wagga Wagga Eastern
Tumbarumba Wagga Wagga Eastern
Tumut Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga Eastern
Urana Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga Central
Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga Central
Walcha Armidale Armidale Eastern
Walgett North Moree Western Western
Walgett Moree Moree Central
Warialda Moree Moree Central
Warren Dubbo Eastern
Wellington Orange Orange Eastern
Wentworth Hay Western Western
Wilcannia Bourke Western Western
Windsor Sydney Sydney Eastern
Wollombi Maitland Eastern
Wollongong Sydney Sydney Eastern
Wyalong Forbes Central
Yass Goulburn Goulburn Eastern
Young Goulburn Wagga Wagga Eastern

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