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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