Nineteen Counties - The Nineteen Counties

The Nineteen Counties

1. Gloucester: northern-most boundary was the Manning River; the county incorporated Port Stephens
2. Durham: west of Gloucestor, southern Boundary was the Hunter River
3. Northumberland: northern boundary was the Hunter River and the southern boundary was formed by the Hawkesbury River
4. Cumberland: incorporated Sydney, Windsor, Parramatta, Liverpool and Appin to the south
5. Camden: included Camden, Picton and Berrima with the southern-most border defined by the Shoalhaven River
6. St Vincent: from the Shoalhaven River south to the Moruya River, included Jervis Bay, Batemans Bay and Braidwood
7. Hunter County: west of the county of Northumberland, bounded by the Hunter River to the north
8. Cook: west of Cumberland county and south of the county of Hunter
9. Westmoreland: west of the counties of Cook and Camden
10. Georgiana: west of the county of Westmoreland
11. King: north of the county of Murray and west of the counties of Argyle and Georgiana
12. Murray: incorporating the Limestone Plains and Lake George, bounded by the Murrumbidgee River to the west, the south western extent of limits of settlement
13. Argyle: west of Camden county, included Goulburn, bounded by the Shoalhaven River to the south east
14. Roxburgh: north east of the county of Bathurst, west of the counties of Cook and Hunter
15. Bathurst: bounded by the Lachlan River to the south west, incorporating the town of Bathurst, west of the counties of Roxburgh and Westmoreland
16. Brisbane: north of the Hunter River, west of the county of Durham, one of the northern-most counties
17. Phillip: west of the county of Hunter and north of Roxburgh
18. Wellington: north of Bathurst, the town of Wellington was in the northwest of the county and the Macquarie River flowed through the middle
19. Bligh: the north-westernmost county, north of the county of Phillip and west of the county of Brisbane