Naming of The Counties
The majority of the counties proclaimed prior to 1871 were named after conservative and titled English politicians. The counties formed from the Gipps Land District, Loddon Land District, Murray Land District and Wimmera Land District proclaimed in 1871 were all given aboriginal names.
Earlier maps of Gippsland area in the eastern part of the state show proposed counties of Douro (a title of the Duke of Wellington), Bass, Haddington, Bruce, Abinger, Combermere and Howe with approximate boundaries. These counties are shown on several early maps such as 1845 map and 1848 map. They were presumably changed in the mid 1860s, as they appear on maps up until 1864, but the new counties appear on an 1865 map. This was during the period of the liberal Government (1863-1868) of Premier James McCulloch.
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