Early Districts
Some early maps of Van Diemen's Land show 36 divisions, not covering the whole island. These were used since the 1820s. These were known as districts and preceded the survey of counties and parishes. The announcement in 1822 of a Muster (Census) mentions 32 districts or towns by name: Hobart Town, Argyle, Queenborough, Kingborough, Glenorchy, New Norfolk, Sorell, Clarence Plains, York, Cambridge, Ulva, Ormaig, Staffa, Caledon, Gloucester, Sussex, Harrington, Melville, Drummond, Strangford, Jarvis, Forbes, Green Ponds, Bath, Methven, Murray, Amherst, Lennox, Richmond, Norfolk Plains, Bathurst and Launceston.
This 1846 map shows the eleven counties thus far surveyed outlined, with parishes where existing. J. Archer's 1855 map shows a similar situation but with more bounded smaller subdivisions (including parishes) and the old unbounded district names superimposed, where appropriate. Subdivisions of counties include:
- Georgetown
- Launceston
- South Esk
- North Esk
- Norfolk Plains
- Western River
- Lake River
- Bathurst
- Lennox
- Richmond
- Methven
- Amherst
- Staffa
- Bath
- Murray
- Sorell
- Green Ponds
- Ormaig
- Harrington
- Gloucester
- Caledon
- Ulva
- Jarvis
- Strangford
- Macquarie
- New Norfolk
- Melville
- Drummond
- Queenboro
- Sussex
- Clarence Plains
- Cambridge
- Forbes
- Glenorchy
- Argyle
- Kingboro
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