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This list shows the names and locations of the principal counties, districts, towns, rivers, and mountains of Australia as they were known in 1858.

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  • Abbotsbury – County of Cumberland.
  • Aberbaldie – District of New England
  • Aberdeen – County of Brisbane, between Muswell – brook and Scone, 62 miles from Maitland.
  • Aberglasslyn – County of Durham, on the Hunter, 3 miles from West Maitland.
  • Adelong Creek – Murrumbidgee District.
  • Aellalong – District of Wolombi.
  • Ailsa – County of Brisbane, on the Crui River.
  • Airds – District of Cumberland, between the Nepean and Georges Rivers.
  • Albans, St. – See St. Albans.
  • Albert River – Flowing into the Gulf of Carpentaria.
  • Alberton – County of Douro, Victoria, the capital of Gipps Land.
  • Albury (post town) – County of Goulburn, on the Great South Road, 360 miles from Sydney on the river Murray, the boundary of New South Wales and Victoria.
  • Aldinghame – Near Sofala, about 20 miles from Bathurst.
  • Alexander Mount – 65 miles north of Melbourne, a rich gold field.
  • Allyn River – County of Durham, falling into the Paterson.
  • Annandale – County of Cumberland, about 3½ miles from Sydney.
  • Appin (post town) – County of Cumberland, 41 miles south of Sydney.
  • Apsley River – Branch of the Macleay, District of New England.
  • Araluen River – County of St. Vincent, the locality in which Gold was first discovered, in what are called the Southern Gold Fields. Bell’s and Major Creeks are at the head of this River.
  • Argyle County of – Bounded on the north by Georgiana and Westmoreland, west by King, south by Murray, east by St. Vincent and Camden.
  • Armidale (post town) – County of Sandon, New England, on the North Road, 213 miles from Maitland.
  • Arthur, Mount – County of Durham.
  • Ashburnham, County of – Southern Districts, south of Gordon.
  • Ashfield Village (post town) – County of Cumberland, 6½ miles from Sydney.
  • Aubigny, County of – Northern Districts, west from Cavendish.
  • Aukland, County of – Extreme southern boundary on the Coast, south of County of Dampier.
  • Avisford (post town) – On the Western Road, near Bathurst.

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  • Bacchus Marsh – County of Grant, Victoria, 28 miles west of Melbourne.
  • Badger Brush – On Road to Bathurst, 100 miles from Sydney.
  • Ballan – County of Grant, Victoria, 40 miles west of Melbourne.
  • Ballaarat – Gold was first discovered in Victoria at this locality, it is near Mount Buninyong, 60 miles west of Melbourne.
  • Balranald (post town) – ls situated on the river Murray, 570 miles from Sydney.
  • Balone – River of Northern Australia, described by Sir T. L. Mitchell, in 1846 falling into the Darling.
  • Balmain (post town) – Suburb of Sydney, called after Dr. Balmain, surgeon to the Alexander, one of the first fleet, being part of his property.
  • Banks, Cape – The northern head of Botany Bay.
  • Baraba (post town) – County of Darling, on the river Manila between Tamworth and Bingera, 195 miles from Maitland.
  • Bargo – County of Camden, on the Great South Road, 61 miles from Sydney.
  • Barber’s Creek – Falling into the Shoalhaven River, and separating Counties of Argyle and Camden.
  • Bass’s Straits – Separating Van Diemen’s Land from Australia.
  • Bateman’s Bay – County of St. Vincent, 170 miles from Sydney.
  • Bathurst, County of – Bounded on the north by counties Roxburgh and Wellington, west by Ashburnham and Monteagle, south by King and Georgiana, east by Westmoreland. Named after Earl Bathurst.
  • Bathurst (post town) – The capital of the county of that name, 121 miles west of Sydney, 2100 feet above the level of the Sea.
  • Bathurst, Mount – Lat. 31.5 long. 51.50 4000 feet above the level of the sea.
  • Bathurst Cataract – New England, 235 feet above the level of the sea.
  • Baulkham Hills (post town) – County of Cumberland, 5 miles from Parramatta.
  • Beckett’s Cataract – New England, 150 feet above the level of the sea.
  • Bega (post town) – On River of that name 25 miles north of Twofold Bay.
  • Belubulu River – County of Bathurst, falling into the Lachlan.
  • Belambi – District of Illawarra, County of Camden.
  • Belfast – At Port Fairy, County of Villiers, Victoria, 168 miles from Melbourne.
  • Bell’s Creek – County of St. Vincent, 8 miles from Braidwood, a gold field.
  • Bell’s Paddock – Adjoining the above.
  • Bellinger River – District of Macleay.
  • Bendemeer (post town) – County of Inglis, on the North Road 25 miles from Tamworth.
  • Bendigo – A Creek, the location of a gold field, 85 miles from Melbourne.
  • Bentinck, County of – Northern Districts, west from Bellu.
  • Beresford, County of – Southern Districts, south of the Murray, east of Wallace.
  • Berrima (post town) – County of Camden, on the Great South Road, 86 miles from Sydney, 2096 feet above the level of the sea.
  • Binalong (post town) – County of Harden, 25 miles from Yass.
  • Binda (post town) – County of Georgiana, on the river Crookwell, 40 miles from Goulburn.
  • Bingera (post town) – County of Darling, on the River Gwydir, the locality of a gold field 230 miles from Maitland.
  • Bingham – County of Georgiana, on the Isabella river.
  • Billebong Creek – In the Murrumbidgee District.
  • Billy Blue’s Point – A point of land on the North Shore of Sydney, opposite Dawes’ Point.
  • Black Bob’s Creek – Camden, at the crossing on the road to Goulburn.
  • Blackwattle Swamp – County of Cumberland, Suburbs of Sydney.
  • Blackheath – County of Cook, on the Great Western Road, 69 miles from Sydney.
  • Blayney – County of Bathurst, 136 miles from Bathurst.
  • Bligh, County of – Bounded principally by the Liverpool Range and Macquarie river, and on the south and east by Wellington, Phillip and Brisbane.
  • Blue Mountains, – Nearly north and south through the whole length of the colony.
  • Bogan River – ln the Wellington District, having its source between the Lachlan and the Macquarie, and emptying into the Darling.
  • Bogalong – County of Harden, 206 miles from Sydney.
  • Bolong River – County of Georgiana, flowing into the Abercrombie.
  • Bomballo (post town) – County of Wellesley, on the river of that name, 50 miles from Twofold Bay.
  • Bong Bong – County of Camden, on the Wingecarribbee river
  • Bookham – County of Harden, on the Great South Road, 20 miles from Yass.
  • Boorel – County of Gloucester, on the Karnah river, 35 miles north of Raymond Terrace.
  • Booro – On the river of that name, County of Murray.
  • Bow Creek – County of Argyle.
  • Botany Bay – County of Cumberland, it receives the waters of Cook’s and George’s rivers, and celebrated as being the place where Captain Cook first touched Post Office on Botany Road, near Waterloo Mills, Sydney.
  • Bourke, County of – ln Victoria, in which is situated the capital of that province.
  • Bowenfels (post town) – County of Cook, on the Great Western Road, 80 miles from Sydney.
  • Bowning – County of Harden, on the Derringallen Creek, 9 miles from Yass.
  • Boyd – (East and West) County of Auckland, south shore of Twofold Bay. The River Kiah, or Towamba separates these towns.
  • Boyne – River of North Australia, falling into Port Curtis.
  • Braidwood (post town) – County of St. Vincent, 164 miles from Sydney.
  • Breadalbane Plains – County of Argyle, 2278 feet above the level of the sea.
  • Breeza(post town) – On the North Road, between Tamworth and Murrurundi.
  • Bringelly District – County of Cumberland.
  • Brisbane, County of – Bounded on the north by Counties Parry, Buckland, and Pottinger, west by Bligh, south by Phillip and Hunter, east by Durham.
  • Brisbane (post town) – County of Stanley, a sea port town, 640 miles from Sydney – from this place the interior of the northern parts of the colony is most easily attained, 1st by a road to Grafton, thence by the Condamine river to Surat, thence by the Cogoon and Sir T L Mitchell’s route to the interior. 2nd by a road, northerly to Gayndah and Maryborough, there is also a route branching S.W. to Ipswich, from thence to Warwick, thence by the Mclntyre Brook to Calandoon, &c.
  • Brisbane River – County of Stanley, falling into Moreton Bay. Discovered by Lieutenant Flinders in 1799.
  • Brisbane Water – Name of a Harbour and District in the south – east portion of the County of Northumberland.
  • Brogden River – 30 miles from Raymond Terrace, on the road to Port Macquarie.
  • Broken Bay – Separating the counties of Cumberland and Northumberland forming the entrance to Pitt and Brisbane Waters. The Hawkesbury also discharges itself here.
  • Broken River – On the Great South Road, 455 miles from Sydney.
  • Brookfield (post town) – Between Clarence Town and Dungog.
  • Broulee – County of St. Vincent, a sea port town, 290 miles from Sydney.
  • Buckland, County of – Northern Districts, west from Parry.
  • Buller, County of – Northern Districts, west from Rous.
  • Bulli Mountain – County of Camden, Illawarra District.
  • Bundarra (post town) – County of Hardinge, on the Bundarra Creek, 12 miles north of Tamworth.
  • Bungendore (post town) – County of Murray, 160 miles from Sydney.
  • Bungonia(post town) – County of Argyle, on the road to Braidwood, 117 miles from Sydney.
  • Buree – County of Bathurst, on the River Belubulu.
  • Burrogorang Mountain – County of Camden west.
  • Burnett River – Rising in the Darling Downs, and discharging into Hervey Bay.
  • Burrowa (post town) – On the road from the Lachlan to Yass, 50 miles from Yass.
  • Byron Plains – District of New England.
  • Byron, Cape – District of Clarence River.

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  • Cabramatta – County of Cumberland, on the South Creek.
  • Callandoon (post town) – On the Maclntyre River, 365 miles from Maitland.
  • Calvert – River of North Australia, falling into the Gulf of Carpentaria.
  • Cambooya – District of Darling Downs, on the Condamine River.
  • Campaspe – River in the District of Western Port, falling into the Murray River.
  • Camperdown (post town) – Village about 1½ miles from Sydney.
  • Camberwell – County of Durham, on the Falbrook, between Singleton and Muswellbrook.
  • Camden County of – Bounded on the north by Cumberland, on the west by Argyle being separated from it by the Wollondilly and Bingalla Rivers and Barber’s Creek, south by the Shoalhaven River, which divides it from the County of St Vincent. The Illawarra district is in this County.
  • Camden (post town) – County of Camden, on the Great South Road 40 miles from Sydney.
  • Campbelltown (post town) – County of Cumberland on the Great South Road 32 miles from Sydney.
  • Canning, County of – Northern Districts on the coast north of Stanley.
  • Canning Downs – North – Western Districts.
  • Canowindra (post town) – On the Belubulu river, about 40 miles West of Carcoar.
  • Canobolus Mount – County of Bathurst, 4610 feet above the level of the sea.
  • Canterbury Village – County of Cumberland, about 6 miles from Sydney.
  • Carobobilla – 133 miles north of Maitland.
  • Carcoar (post town) – County of Bathurst, 145 miles from Sydney.
  • Carpentaria, Gulf of – Northern part of Australia, between Capes York and Wessel it is about 400 miles in breadth, and extends 650 miles inland.
  • Carrington – County of Gloucester, on the harbor of Port Stephens, 180 miles from Sydney.
  • Carroll (post town) – County of Buckland, on the Namoi or Peel River, 188 miles from Maitland.
  • Casino (post town) – County of Rous, on the Richmond River, 150 miles from Grafton.
  • Cassilis (post town) – County of Bligh, 118 miles from Maitland.
  • Castle Forbes – County of Northumberland, between Maitland and Singleton.
  • Castlereagh – County of Cumberland, on the road from Richmond to Penrith.
  • Cataract River – Divides the Counties of Cumberland and Camden, and falls into the Nepean.
  • Cavendish, County of – Northern Districts, south of Fitz Roy, and West of Canning and Stanley.
  • Cawdor – County of Camden, 41 miles from Sydney.
  • Chippendale (post town) – A Suburb of Sydney.
  • Churchhill, County of – Northern Districts, south from Cavendish and west from Stanley.
  • Clarence, County of – Northern Districts, north of Raleigh.
  • Clarence River – Rises in the Dividing Range near Ben Lomond, and falls Into the ocean near Shoal Bay. Discovered by Lieutenant Flinders in 1799.
  • Clarence Town (post town) – County of Durham, on the William River.
  • Clive, County of – Northern Districts, south from Bentinck.
  • Clwyd, Vale of – County of Cook, near Hartley on the Western Road.
  • Clyde River – County of St. Vincent, falls into Bateman’s Bay.
  • Cobbitty – On the Nepean river, County of Cumberland, 37 miles from Sydney.
  • Cockatoo Island – ln the harbour of Port Jackson.
  • Cockbundoon Hill – County of Argyle.
  • Colac Lake – District of Portland Bay.
  • Colac – County of Polworth, Victoria, a Post office on the lake of that name.
  • Collector (post town) – County of Murray, 22 miles south from Goulburn.
  • Colo – County of Cook, on the river Colo.
  • Coonabarabran (post town) – County of Napier, on the road from Castlereagh, 180 miles from Maitland.
  • Concord – County of Cumberland, on an arm of the Parramatta river.
  • Condamine, or Balone River – Rises in the Dividing Range to the west of the Counties of Cavendish and Fitz Roy, flows south – west and falls into the Darling about 30 miles above Fort Bourke.
  • Coogee – County of Cumberland, 4 miles from Sydney on the coast.
  • Cook, County of – Bounded on the north by County of Hunter, west by Roxburgh and Westmoreland south by Westmoreland and Camden, east by Cumberland and Northumberland.
  • Cook’s River – County of Cumberland, falls into Botany Bay.
  • Coolongatta – County of Camden, on the Shoalhaven river.
  • Coolah (post town) – County of Bligh, on the Coolaburragundy river, 140 miles from Maitland.
  • Cooma (post town) – County of Wallace, in the Maneroo District 254 miles from Sydney.
  • Coonlongbung Creek – On the road to Port Macquarie, 125 miles from Raymond Terrace.
  • Cooyal – County of Phillip, on the creek of that name, 71 miles west of Maitland.
  • Cooyal Creek – 12 miles west of Mudgee.
  • Cordeaux Mount – North east of County of Merivale, District of Clarence river.
  • Cordeaux River – County of Camden, falling into the Nepean at Bargo.
  • Cottlewolly – County of Argyle, near the source of the Wollondilly.
  • Cowley, County of – South western Districts, south from Harden, west from Murray.
  • Cowpasture River – A tributary of the Nepean.
  • Cowpasture District – 40 miles from Sydney, Counties of Camden and Cumberland. So named in consequence of a herd of cattle, the progeny of two bulls and four cows which escaped on the first settlement of the colony, having been discovered there.
  • Cowra (post town) – County of Bathurst, 194 miles from Sydney.
  • Crookhaven – County of St Vincent about four miles south of the Shoalhaven.
  • Crowlauds – Victoria, 120 miles from Melbourne.
  • Crui River – Dividing the Counties of Bligh and Brisbane, and falling into the Goulburn.
  • Cudgee – District of Maneroo.
  • Cudgegong – A tributary of the Macquarie River, rising in the west of Cape Hunter.
  • Culba, or Maranoa River – Rises near Mount Ogilby, flows south, and falls into the Condamine.
  • Cullarin, Mount – At the dividing range in the west of county Argyle.
  • Cumberland, County of – Bounded on the north and west by the Hawkesbury and Nepean rivers, south west and south by the Nepean and Cataract Rivers and county of Camden. In this County is situated Sydney, the capital of New South Wales.
  • Cundletown (post town) – On the Manning river.
  • Cunningham, Mount – District of Wellington.
  • Cunningham’s Gap (named after Mr. Cunningham, colonial botanist) – On the range dividing the Clarence river from the Darling Downs district.
  • Curtis Port – North east coast of Australia.
  • Curyjong District – County of Cook, on the rivers Grose and Hawkesbury.

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  • Dabee – County of Phillip, on the Cudgegong river, 63 miles from Bathurst.
  • Dalby (post town) – Myall creek, county of Gloucester.
  • Dampier, County of – Southern districts, on the coast, south from St Vincent,
  • Dapto (post town) – County of Camden, Illawarra district, on the road from Wollongong to Kiama, 72 miles from Sydney.
  • Darling County of – Northern districts, west from Inglis.
  • Darlinghurst – Suburb of Sydney.
  • Darling Downs – Squatting districts, west from county of Stanley, the Canning Downs, Cecil, Peel, and Waterloo Plains, are included under this name.
  • Darlington – County of Durham, on the Hunter river.
  • Dawson – River of Northern Australia.
  • Dawson’s River – 82 miles from Raymond Terrace, crossing the road to Port Macquarie.
  • Denham court – County of Cumberland, 27 miles from Sydney.
  • Deniliquin (post town) – On the Edward river in the Murrumbidgee district, 500 miles from Sydney.
  • Dingo River – Crosses the road from Raymond Terrace to Port Macquarie, 74 miles from the former place.
  • Doughboy Hollow – Liverpool Plains district.
  • Drayton (post town) – County of Aubigny, Darling Downs, 80 miles from Brisbane, 450 miles from Maitland.
  • Drake County of – Northern districts, west from the county of Richmond.
  • Dromedary Mount – County of Dampier.
  • Dubbo (post town) – County of Lincoln, 260 miles from Sydney.
  • Dudley, County of – Northern districts, on the coast north from Macquarie.
  • Dumaresque – River and Mountain, district of Darling Downs.
  • Dundee (post town) – County of Gough, on the North road 293 miles from Maitland.
  • Dungog (post town) – County of Durham, on the William river.
  • Dunmore – County of Durham, on the Paterson river.
  • Durham, County of – Bounded on the north by the upper part of the Manning and Mount Royal range, west by county of Brisbane, south by Hunter and Northumberland, east by Gloucester.

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  • Eden (post town) – County of Auckland, situated at Twofold Bay, 350 miles from Sydney.
  • Edenglassie – County of Cook on the Nepean, about 2 miles above Emu.
  • Edward River – Murrumbidgee district, tributary of the Murray.
  • Elderslie – County of Cumberland, 37½ miles from Sydney.
  • Emu, Emu Plains (post town) – County of Cook, on the Nepean river, 36 miles from Sydney.
  • Enfield (post town) – Suburb of Sydney.
  • Euston – ln the district of the Lower Darling, on the river Murray, 615 miles from Sydney.

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  • Fairy, Port – See Port Fairy.
  • Falbrook –
  • Fiery creek – A Post office in Victoria, on the creek of that name, 105 miles west of Melbourne.
  • Field of Mars – 15 miles from Sydney, near Parramatta.
  • Fish River (post town) – Dividing the counties Westmoreland and Cook.
  • Fitz Roy Downs – Northern Australia.
  • Five Islands – Off the coast of Illawarra, about 7 miles south from Wollongong, and frequently giving their name to that district.
  • Flooding Creek – County of Haddington, on the river La Trobe, Gipp’s Land Victoria.
  • Frederick’s Valley – County of Bathurst.
  • Frazer’s creek (post town) – On the river Severn, about 60 miles north of undarra.

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  • Garden Island – Harbour of Port Jackson.
  • Gayndah (post town) – County of Fitz Roy, in the district of Wide Bay, 221 miles from Brisbane.
  • Geelong – County of Grant in Victoria, a sea port town, 45 miles from Melbourne.
  • Georgiana, County of – Bounded on the north by Westmoreland and Bathurst, west and south by King, east by Argyle.
  • Geringong – County of Camden on the coast, 5 miles south of Kiama.
  • George Mount – County of Cook, 3620 feet above the level of the sea.
  • George Lake – (2000 feet above the level of the sea) situated between the counties Murray and Argyle.
  • Gisborne – County of Bourke, Victoria, 25 miles from Melbourne.
  • Gladstone (post town) – Port Curtis.
  • Glebe (post town) – Suburb of Sydney.
  • Glen Innes (post town) – On the North road.
  • Glenorchy – A Township in Victoria, on the road from Melbourne to South Australia, 165 miles from Melbourne.
  • Gloucester, County of – Bounded on the south and west by the Hunter and William rivers, north by the Manning, east by the sea.
  • Gloucester – County of Gloucester, 58 miles from Raymond Terrace.
  • Goat Island – Harbor of Port Jackson.
  • Good’s Inn (post town) – County of Fitz Roy, on the road from Brisbane to Gayndah.
  • Goodna – On the high road from Brisbane to Ipswich.
  • Goonoo Goonoo (post town) – On the Peel river.
  • Gosford (post town) – County of Northumberland, is situated on the shores of Brisbane Water, 70 miles north from Sydney.
  • Gough, County of – Northern districts, west from Drake.
  • Goulburn, County of – Southern districts, south from Wynyard.
  • Goulburn (post town) – County of Argyle an Assize Town, on the Great South road, 125 miles from Sydney.
  • Gower, County of – South western districts, west from Pottinger.
  • Grafton (post town) – County of Clarence, on the Clarence river.
  • Grange – County of Normanby, situated on the Grange Burn rivulet.
  • Gresford (post town) – On the river Paterson.
  • Gresham, County of Northern districts, west from Raleigh.
  • Guligal (post town) – County of – Pottinger, 218 miles from Maitland.
  • Gummum Creek – County of Brisbane.
  • Gundagai (post town) – County of Clarendon on the Great South Road, 255 miles from Sydney.
  • Gundaroo (post town) – County of Murray, on the Yass river, 157 miles from Goulburn.
  • Gunning (post town) – County of Murray, on the Great South road, 159 miles from Sydney.
  • Guyong (post town) – On the Western road.
  • Gwydir River – Liverpool Plains district.

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  • Hacking, Port – County of Cumberland, about 18 miles south of Port Jackson.
  • Hanging Rock – On the Liverpool range of Mountains, the locality at which the Northern diggings were first discovered.
  • Harden, County of – South western districts, south from the county of Monteagle.
  • Hardinge, County of – Northern districts, west from Gresham.
  • Hartley (post town) – County of Cook, on the Great Western road, 78 miles from Sydney.
  • Haslem’s Creek – County of Cumberland, 11½ miles from Sydney, on the Parramatta road.
  • Hasting River – Rises near Mount Sea View, flowing east through the county of Macquarie, falls into Port Macquarie, 220 miles north east from Sydney.
  • Hawkesbury River – A continuation of the Nepean after its junction with the Grose, it receives the waters of the Colo and the Macdonald, and falls into Broken Bay. First river explored in the colony, and named by Governor Phillip.
  • Hawke, Cape – County of Gloucester.
  • Hawes, County – Northern districts, south from Parry and Vernon.
  • Hay, Mount – County of Cook, 2425 feet above the level of the sea.
  • Hexham (post town) – County of Northumberland on the river Hunter, 10 miles from Maitland.
  • Hinton (post town) – County of Durham, near Morpeth, at the junction of the Paterson and Hunter.
  • Homebush County of Cumberland, on the Parramatta road.
  • Horsham – ln Victoria, on the road from Melbourne to South Australia, 190 miles from Melbourne.
  • Howe, Cape – The most southerly point of New South Wales.
  • Hume River – Named after the discoverer, A. Hamilton Hume, Esq., See Murray.
  • Hunter – Bounded on the north by the counties of Durham and Brisbane, west by Phillip and Roxburgh, south by Cook, and east by Northumberland.
  • Hunter River – Rises on the south of the Liverpool range of the Blue Mountains, flows south and east, separating the counties of Brisbane and Bligh, and falls into the ocean at Newcastle. The Goulburn, Paterson and William are tributaries of this river. Discovered by Lieutenant Shortland in 1799, and named after Governor Hunter.
  • Huskisson – County of St Vincent, a township situated on the shore of Jervis Bay, 125 miles from Sydney.

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  • Icely, Mount – County of Bathurst.
  • Illawarra – A fertile district, forming the east portion of the County of Camden, with the north of St. Vincent, and extending from Bulli Mountain to the Shoalhaven river, there is a large lake of the same name, about 8 miles south of Wollongong.
  • Illalong Lagoon – County of Northumberland, near the source of the Wollombi Brook.
  • Inglis, County of – Northern districts, south west from Hardinge.
  • Ingiong Creek – ln the Lachlan district, flowing into the Murrumbidgee.
  • Ipswich (post town) – County of Brisbane, on the Bremer river, 24 miles west from Brisbane.
  • Irish Town – County of Cumberland, on the Liverpool road.
  • Isabella River – County of Georgiana, a tributary of the Abercrombie.

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  • Jackson, Port – The principal port of New South Wales, on which the capital Sydney is situated.
  • Jamberoo (post town) – District of Illawarra, on the South coast road, 5 miles north west from Kiama.
  • Jellore, Mount – County of Camden, north west of Mittagong.
  • Jerry’s Plains (post town) – County of Hunter, on the south bank of the river, about 120 miles from Sydney.
  • Jervis Bay – County of St. Vincent, 80 miles from Sydney.
  • Jugiong (post town) – County of Harden, 230 miles from Sydney, between Yass and Gundagai.

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  • Kangaroo River – County of Camden, flowing into the Shoalhaven.
  • Keira, Mount – County of Camden, 2 miles from Wollongong.
  • Kelso – County of Cook, on the Macquarie river adjoining Bathurst.
  • Kempsey (post town) – County of Macquarie, a township on the McLeay river.
  • Kembla, Mount – County of Camden, 6 miles from Wollongong.
  • Kiama (post town) – County of Camden, a sea port town in the district of Illawarra, 88 miles from Sydney.
  • Kilmore – County of Anglesea, Victoria, on the road to Melbourne, 40 miles from Melbourne.
  • King, County of – Bounded on the north by the counties of Georgiana and Bathurst, by Monteagle and Harden, south by Murray and east by Argyle.
  • King’s Plains – County of Bathurst, 147 miles from Sydney.
  • Kissing Point – County of Cumberland, on the Parramatta river, 10 miles from Sydney.
  • Koniton – County of Talbot, on the road from Melbourne, to Mount Alexander, 40 miles from Melbourne.
  • Kosciusko Mount – The most prominent mountain of the Australian Alps, dividing the districts of Murray and Maneroo. Height, 6500 feet. Named by Count Streleski.
  • Kyong – County of Bathurst, on the road from Bathurst to Wellington.

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  • Lachlan River – Rises in the range of mountains between King and Argyle, flows north – west, separating the counties of Ashburnham, Bathurst, and Georgiana, from King and Monteagle, when it afterwards loses itself in marshes, and finally joins the Murrumbidgee.
  • Laidley Plains – County of Stanley, district of Moreton Bay.
  • Lake Bathurst – County of Argyle.
  • Lansdowne Bridge – County of Cumberland, 17 miles from Sydney.
  • Lansdowne River – Crossing the road from Raymond Terrace to Port Macquarie, 88 miles from the former place.
  • Lane Cove – County of Cumberland, branch of the Parramatta river, 5 miles from Sydney.
  • Lapstone Hill – Great Western road, 747 feet above the level of the sea.
  • Launceston – The second Town of Van Diemen’s Land, situated in the county of Cornwall.
  • Lawson’s Creek – County of Phillip tributary of Cudgegong which it joins near Mudgee.
  • Leuwin, Cape – The south western most point in Australia.
  • Lennox, County of – Northern districts, west from Ward.
  • Lewis Ponds – County of Bathurst.
  • Liberty Plains – County of Cumberland, one of the original districts of the colony.
  • Limestone Plains – County of Murray.
  • Lincolne, County of – South western districts, west from Bligh.
  • Lindesay, Mount – Hardwicke range, 5700 feet above the level of the sea.
  • Lismore – On the North arm of the Richmond river.
  • Liverpool (post town) – County of Cumberland, on the river George, 20 miles from Sydney. One of the early Government agricultural settlements.
  • Liverpool range – Part of the great Australian chain of Mountains, separating the old proclaimed counties and the new ones to the north.
  • Liverpool Plains – One of the largest and best watered pastoral districts of the colony, bounded on the south and east by the Liverpool range.
  • Lochinvar (post town) – Northern road.
  • Lockyer River – County of Stanley, a branch of the Brisbane river.
  • Logan River – Rises near Mount Lindesay, separates the counties of Ward and Stanley, and falls into the southern passage of Moreton Bay.
  • Longbottom (post town) – Village on the Parramatta road, 1½ miles from Sydney.
  • Lynd River – Northern Australia.

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  • Macdonald River – Divides the Hunter from Northumberland, flows south and falls into the Hawkesbury.
  • Maclntyre River – Rises in the counties of Clive and Gough, flows west and falls into the Barwan or Darling.
  • Macquarie, County of – North of the county of Gloucester, from which it is separated by the Manning river.
  • Macquarie River – Formed by the junction of the Fish and Campbell rivers, after they issue from the Blue Mountains, near the counties of Bathurst and Wellington, flows to the north west, and after losing itself in marshes reunites and falls into the Darling.
  • Macquarie Lake – County of Northumberland, is more properly a bay, about 15 miles south of Newcastle (the Illawarra Lake, county of Camden, is sometimes called Macquarie Lake, and its feeder the Macquarie river).
  • Macquarie Plains – County of Roxburgh, near Bathurst.
  • Macquarie Port – County of Macquarie on the river Hastings.
  • Macquarie Cataract – On the Macquarie river, 680 feet above the level of the sea.
  • Maitland, East and West – County of Northumberland, on the river Hunter, 3 miles from Morpeth, the head of the navigation of that river.
  • Maneroo Plains, originally called Brisbane Downs, after Governor Brisbane – An extensive pastoral district to the west of the counties of St. Vincent and Murray, from 2000 to 3000 feet above the level of the sea.
  • Manilla (post town) – On the North Road.
  • Manning River – Rises in the Liverpool Range, divides the counties of Hawes and Macquarie from Gloucester, falling into the ocean in latitude 32 degrees.
  • March, County of – Northern Districts, on the coast north of Canning.
  • Marulan (post town) – County of Argyle, on the Great South Road, 108 miles from Sydney.
  • Maryborough (post town) – On the Mary River, Wide Bay.
  • Mary River – Rises in the north of Canning, flows north, separating March from Lennox, and falls into Wide Bay.
  • Melbourne – Port Phillip, discovered by Lieutenant Murray on 15th February, 1802 – County of Bourke, the capital of the colony of Victoria, 561 miles from Sydney.
  • Menangle – County of Cumberland, on George’s River.
  • Meroo – County of St. Vincent.
  • Merriwa (post town) – County of Brisbane, on Gummum Creek.
  • Merrivale, County of – Northern Districts, south from Aubigny, and west from Churchill.
  • Merton (post town) – County of Durham, on the North Road, 60 miles from Maitland.
  • Micalago Plains – Maneroo District, head of Murrumbidgee river.
  • Milfield (post town) – On the North Road.
  • Minuamurra River – County of Camden, in the Illawarra district.
  • Mitchell Mount – Clarence river, near Cunningham’s Gap, also on the Dividing Range, Darling Downs District. 4120 feet above the level of the sea.
  • Mittagong – County of Camden, 73 miles from Sydney.
  • McLeay River – County of St. Vincent, flows eastward into Batemans Bay, also
  • McLeay River – To the north, divides the counties of Dudley from Vernon and Macquarie, flows east past Kempsey, falling into the sea about 80 miles north of Port Macquarie.
  • Moama (post town) – On the South Road.
  • Molong (post town) – County of Wellington on the Molong river, 163 miles from Sydney on the road from Bathurst to Wellington.
  • Molonglo – County of Murray, 171 miles from Sydney.
  • Montefiores – County of Wellington, a township situated at the junction of the rivers Bell and Macquarie.
  • Monteagle, County of – South western Districts, south of Ashburnham.
  • Mooneymooney Creek – County of Northumberland, branch of the Hawkesbury.
  • Moorna (post town) – On the South Road.
  • Moreton Island – Entrance of Moreton Bay, county of Stanley.
  • Moreton Bay – County of Stanley, into which the rivers Brisbane, Logan, Tweed, and Scott flow. It is the port, and gives its name to a splendid district upwards of 400 miles in extent.
  • Moree (post town) – On the North Road.
  • Morpeth (post town) – County of Durham, formerly Greenhills, a town situated at the head of the navigation of the river Hunter.
  • Moruya (post town) – On the river dividing the Maneroo District and county of St. Vincent, which flows eastward into the sea.
  • Moulamein (post town) – On the river Edward, in the Murrumbidgee District, 570 miles from Sydney.
  • Mount Macedon – Bordering county Bourke, Victoria.
  • Mudgee (post town) – County of Wellington, on the river Cudgegong, 50 miles from Bathurst.
  • Mullet Creek – County of Camden, flowing into the Illawarra, Lake.
  • Mullenderree (post town) – On the South Road.
  • Mulwarree (post town) – County of Argyle, flowing north through the town of Goulburn and joining the Wollondilly.
  • Mummell – County of Argyle, 10 miles from Goulburn.
  • Mundooran (post town) – Between Mudgee and Coolah.
  • Mungarlow, or Little River – ln the County of St. Vincent.
  • Murimbah – County of Camden, on Paddy’s river, 104 miles from Sydney, on the Great South Road.
  • Murrurundi (post town) – County of Brisbane, at the foot of the Liverpool Range, 95 miles from Maitland.
  • Murray (or Hume) River – Divides New South Wales from Victoria, it rises in the Australian Alps, and after a course of several hundred miles, during which it receives several important tributaries, particularly the Ovens, Goulburn, Murrumbidgee, and Darling, falls into Lake Alexandrina, South Australia.
  • Murray, County of – Bounded on the north by the Counties of King and Argyle, south by the Maneroo District, east by St. Vincent, and west by the Murrumbidgee river.
  • Murrumbidgee River – Rises in the west side of the Dividing Range, south of Beresford, flows north, dividing Murray from Cowley, then west, separating Harden from Cowley and Buccleuch, and after pursuing a tortuous course for several hundred miles, falls into the Murray.
  • Muswellbrook (post town) – County of Durham, on the North road, 55 miles from Maitland.
  • Mutmutbilly – County of Argyle, Breadalbane Plains.
  • Myall River – County of Gloucester, falling into Port Stephens.
  • Myrtle Creek – County of Camden, crossing the Great South Road, 52 miles from Sydney, and falling into the Nepean.

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  • Namoi, or Peel River – ls formed by the junction of five minor streams, flows northwest and falls into the Darling.
  • Napier, County of – South western Districts, south of the county Gower.
  • Narrawa River – Rises in the Cullarin Range, flows through the county of King and falls into the Lachlan.
  • Narellan (post town) – County of Cumberland, 36 miles from Sydney
  • Nattai River – County of Camden, a tributary of the Wollondilly.
  • Nepean River – County of Camden, flows north – west till it receives the Warragamba then north through Emu Plains by Penrith and Richmond, when it afterwards joins the Hawkesbury.
  • Nerriga – County of St. Vincent, on the Endrick River.
  • Newcastle (post town) – County of Northumberland, a sea port town mouth of the river Hunter, the coal fields of the Australian Agricultural Company are situated here.
  • New England – The name of an extensive pastoral district, west of the Macleay and Clarence River districts, and south of the Darling Downs – Armidale is the capital.
  • Newtown (post town) – Suburb of Sydney.
  • Nickleagle – County of Murray, on the Murrumbidgee river.
  • Northumberland, County of – Bounded on the north by the Hunter River, south by the Hawkesbury, and west by the county of Hunter.
  • Nurea – On the river Bell, in the district of Wellington.
  • Nundle (post town) – Hanging Rock. On the Liverpool range of Mountains.

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  • Oaks, The – County of Camden, on the Werriberri Creek, 48 miles from Sydney.
  • O’Connell Town – About 3 miles from Sydney, on the Parramatta Road.
  • O’Connell (post town) – County of Westmoreland, on the Fish River, 115 miles from Sydney.
  • O’Connell Plains – Westmoreland and Roxburgh.
  • Omeo, Lake, in the Murray District – 3100 feet above the level of the sea.
  • Ophir (post town) – A Gold Field, county of Wellington, 120 miles from Sydney, at the junction of the Summerhill and Lewis Ponds Creeks, so named by Mr. Hargraves.
  • Orange (post town) – County of Wellington, on the road from Bathurst to Wellington, 28 miles from Bathurst.
  • Orielton – County of Cumberland, on the Cowpasture road, 37 miles from Sydney.
  • Ovens River – Rises near Mount Aberdeen, flows south, and falls into the Murray, it is crossed by the Great South Road, 410 miles from Sydney.

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  • Paddington (post town) – Suburb of Sydney,
  • Paddy’s River – County of Camden, flowing into the Wollondilly.
  • Page River – Rises in the Liverpool range, flows through county Brisbane, and falls into the Hunter.
  • Panbula (post town) – County of Auckland, on river of same name, near Twofold Bay.
  • Pandora’s Pass – 231 miles west of Sydney.
  • Parry, County of – Northern Districts, west from Vernon.
  • Parramatta (post town) – Originally called Rose Hill, where the first grain for the services of the colony was raised – County of Cumberland, on the river of that name, 15 miles from Sydney.
  • Paterson (post town) – County of Durham, 130 miles from Sydney, on the river of that name which, flowing South, falls into the river Hunter and Hinton, called after Colonel William Paterson, Lieutenant – Governor.
  • Patrick’s Plains – County of Northumberland, south bank of the Hunger. The town of Singleton is situated here.
  • Peel (post town) – Between Bathurst and Sofala.
  • Peel River – See Namoi.
  • Peel Plains, New England – 1800 feet above the level of the sea.
  • Pennant Hills – 25 miles from Sydney.
  • Penrith (post town) – County of Cumberland, on the Great Western Road, near the Nepean, 33 miles from Sydney.
  • Petersham (post town) – On the Parramatta Road, about 4 miles from Sydney.
  • Phillip, County of – Bounded on the north by Brisbane and Bligh, west by Wellington, south by Roxburgh, east by Hunter.
  • Picton (post town) – County of Cumberland, 52 miles south of Sydney.
  • Pigeon House Mountain – County of St. Vincent.
  • Pinchgut Island – Port Jackson.
  • Pinnabar, Mount – Australian Alps, 4100 feet above the level of the sea.
  • Pitt Water – County of Cumberland, southern branch of Broken Bay.
  • Pitt Town – County of Cumberland, 34 miles from Sydney, is situate on the river Hawkesbury.
  • Port Curtis – Eastern coast on the verge of the Tropic of Capricorn.
  • Port Essington – Northern coast.
  • Port Fairy – ln the county of Villiers, Victoria. Belfast is situated on its shores.
  • Port Macquarie (post town) – County of Macquarie, 126 miles from Raymond Terrace.
  • Port Stephens – County of Gloucester, Agricultural Company’s settlement.
  • Portland – County of Normanby, on the shores in Portland Bay, 212 miles from Melbourne.
  • Portland Head – County of Cumberland, on the Hawkesbury, 53 miles from Sydney.
  • Pottinger, County of – Northern Districts, west from Buckland.
  • Prospect (post town) – Name of a Hill, Creek, and District, County of Cumberland, near Parramatta, one of the early Government Agricultural Settlements.
  • Pure Point (post town) – Meroo Gold Fields.
  • Pyrmont (post town) – Suburb of Sydney.
  • Pyramul – A rivulet tributary to the Macquarie River, one of the localities proclaimed as a gold field.

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  • Queanbeyan (post town) – County of Murray, 182 miles from Sydney, south of Goulburn.
  • Quirindi – In Liverpool Plains District.

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  • Raglan – Bathurst Plains.
  • Raleigh, County of – Northern Districts, on the coast, north of Dudley.
  • Rannes – Pastoral District of Leichardt.
  • Raymond Terrace (post town) – County of Gloucester, on the Hunter, at its junction with William River, 20 miles above Newcastle.
  • Razor Back, Mount – On the great South Road, county of Camden.
  • Redbank – County of Stanley, on the road from Brisbane to Ipswich.
  • Redbank Creek – County of Camden, 50 miles from Sydney.
  • Redfern (post town) – Suburb of Sydney.
  • Reids Mistake – Entrance of Lake Macquarie, county of Northumberland.
  • Richardson’s Point (post town) – Suburb of Sydney.
  • Richmond, County of – Northern Districts, on the coast, north of Clarence.
  • Richmond River – Rises near the Macpherson Range, separates the counties of Rous from Buller and Richmond, and falls into the ocean.
  • Richmond River Heads, (post town) –
  • Richmond, (post town) – On the Nepean, county of Cumberland, 37 miles from Sydney.
  • Riversford (post town) – Between Cambelltown and Picton.
  • Rockley (post town) – On the Western Road, about 30 miles south of Bathurst.
  • Rocky Point – On George’s River, 12 miles from Sydney.
  • Rocky River (post town) – A Gold Field 15 miles west from Armidale, on the North Road.
  • Rolland’s Plains (post town) – Between Port Macquarie and Kempsey.
  • Rous, County of – Northern Districts, on the coast, north of Richmond.
  • Roxburgh, County of – Bounded on the north by Phillip, west by Wellington and Bathurst, south by Bathurst and Westmoreland, and east by Cook and Hunter.
  • Running Stream (post town) – Between Bowenfells and Mudgee.
  • Rushcutter’s Bay (post town) – Port Jackson, on the South Head Road, about 1 mile from Sydney.
  • Rydal – County of Cook, on the Great Western Road, 86 miles from Sydney.
  • Ryde (post town) – County of Cumberland, on the Parramatta River, at Kissing Point.
  • Rylstone (post town) – County of Roxburgh, 60 miles from Bathurst.

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  • Sandown County of – Northern Districts, west from the county of Dudley.
  • Salisbury – ln the district of New England, 17 miles from Murrurundi.
  • Scone (post town) – County of Brisbane, on the North Road, 70 miles from Maitland, 170 from Sydney.
  • Seaham (post town) – County of Durham, on the William River.
  • Sea View Mount – New England, 6000 feet above the level of the sea.
  • Seven Hills – Near Prospect about 20 miles from Sydney.
  • Seymour – County of Talbot, Victoria, on the Great South Road, 500 miles from Sydney.
  • Shoal Bay – Clarence River District, into which the waters of the Clarence River are discharged.
  • Shoalhaven River – Separates the counties of Murray, Argyle, and Camden, from St. Vincent. It is navigable for 40 miles, falling into the sea at Coolongatta, 20 miles south of Kiama. The Shoalhaven Gullies, through one of which it passes, are ravines of from 500 to 1200 feet deep, and of tremendous appearance. Discovered by Mr. Bass, surgeon to H. M. S. Reliance, on 6th December, 1797.
  • Shoalhaven (post town) – County of St Vincent, a sea port town, situated on the river of the same name, 103 miles from Sydney.
  • Singleton (post town) – At Patrick’s Plains, on the North road, County of Northumberland – on the river Hunter.
  • Smoky Cape – County of Macquarie, between Trial Bay and Kangaroo Point.
  • Snowy River – Gipps Land, flowing south east into the sea.
  • Sofala (post town) – County of Roxburgh, a Government township, at the gold fields on the river Turon, 26 miles from Bathurst.
  • Somertown – Liverpool Plains District.
  • St. Alban’s (post town) – County of Northumberland, on the Macdonald, 70 miles from Sydney.
  • St. Aubin – County of Brisbane, on the Dart Brook.
  • St. Leonard’s (post town) – Suburb of Sydney, North Shore.
  • St. Peter’s (post town) – Cook’s River, near Sydney.
  • St. Vincent, County of – On the coast, south from Camden, bounded on the north and west by the Shoalhaven river.
  • St. Mary’s (post town) – County of Cumberland, on the Great Western road, 29 miles from Sydney.
  • Stanley, County of – Northern Districts. Brisbane, the capital of the Moreton Bay Districts, is in this County.
  • Stanley River – County of Stanley, a branch of the Brisbane River.
  • Stockton – County of Gloucester, on the shores of Port Hunter, opposite Newcastle.
  • Stonequarry – County of Camden, on the Great South road, 50 miles from Sydney.
  • Stoney Creek (post town) – Western Gold District, 40 miles beyond Orange.
  • Stradbrooke Island – Entrance of Moreton Bay.
  • Stroud (post town) – County of Gloucester, the head quarters of the Australian Agricultural Company, 30 miles from Raymond Terrace.
  • Styx River – A tributary of the Clarence.
  • Summer Hill – County of Bathurst, on the road from Bathurst to Wellington, 7 miles from Bathurst, the locality of the workings of the Wentworth Gold Fields Company.
  • Surry Hills – Suburb of Sydney.
  • Sutton Forest – County of Camden, about 6 miles from Berrima.
  • Surat – A station on the Condamine river, at which place a Post Office is established, 565 miles from Maitland.
  • Swan Hill – On the River Murray, in Victoria, 105 miles from Melbourne.
  • Swan River Settlements – Western Australia.
  • Sydney – County of Cumberland, capital of New South Wales.

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  • Tabulam (post town) – County of Buller, on Rocky Creek, 80 miles from Grafton.
  • Talbragar River – County of Bligh, flows into the Erskine, a branch of the Macquarie.
  • Tambaroora (post town) – County of Wellington, a creek tributary to the Macquarie river falls into the latter a few miles below the Turon. A gold field.
  • Tamworth (post town) – County of Inglis, on the river Peel, 148 miles from Maitland.
  • Tarcutta (post town) – County of Wynyard, on the South road, 290 miles from Sydney.
  • Tarban Creek – County of Cumberland, about 7 miles from Kissing Point, Parramatta River. The Lunatic Asylum is built here.
  • Taroon (post town) – 60 miles north of Terriboo.
  • Tasmania – Van Diemen’s Land.
  • Tenmile Creek – County of Macquarie.
  • Tenterfield (post town) – County of Gough, on the North Road, 325 miles from Maitland.
  • Teralga (post town) – County of Argyle, near Goulburn.
  • Terriboo (post town) – On the Condamine River, between Wambo and Surat.
  • Terragong Swamp – Near Kiama.
  • Tinonee (post town) – On the Manning river.
  • Teviot River – A branch of the Logan, County of Stanley.
  • Tom Thumb’s Lagoon – Illawarra district, County of Camden, about two miles from Wollongong. Discovered by Mr. Bass, surgeon of H.M.S. Reliance, in 1798.
  • Tomah, Mount – County of Cook, 3240 feet above the level of the sea.
  • Torrens River – South Australia, on which stands Adelaide, the capital.
  • Torres Straits – Between the north point of Australia and New Guinea.
  • Towrang – County of Argyle, on the Great South Road, 119 miles from Sydney.
  • Trial Bay – County of Macquarie. The Macleay discharges itself into this bay.
  • Tuena (post town) – A tributary of the Abercrombie river, county of Georgiana. A proclaimed gold district.
  • Tuggerah Lake – North of Broken Bay.
  • Tumut (post town) – County of Buccleuch, on the Tumut river, 63 miles from Yass.
  • Turon – A river, tributary to the Macquarie, on which are the principal diggings of the Western Gold Fields.
  • Twenty – four Mile Hollow – On the Great Western road, 2738 feet above the level of the sea.
  • Twofold Bay – County of Auckland, 240 miles south west from Sydney. Discovered by Mr. Bass, on 19th December, 1797.

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  • Ulladulla (post town) County of St. Vincent, a sea port town, 165 miles from Sydney.
  • Uralla – Rocky River.

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  • Vernon, County of – Northern Districts, west from Port Curtis, Dudley, and Macquarie.
  • Violet Town – On the Violet Ponds, crossed by the Great South road, 455 miles from Sydney.
  • Victoria – Port Phillip.
  • Victoria River – Northern Australia.
  • Victoria, Mount – County Cook, on the Great Western road, 70 miles from Sydney.
  • Vinegar Hill – County Cumberland, Windsor road.

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  • Wagga Wagga (post town) – Situated on the north bank of the river Murrumbidgee, 320 miles from Sydney.
  • Walcha (post town) – County of Sandon, on the river Apsley, 110 miles from Raymond Terrace, 40 miles from Tamworth.
  • Walget (post town) – ln the district of Bligh, on the Peel river, 358 miles from Maitland.
  • Wallabadah (post town) – Between Goonoo Goonoo and Murrurundi.
  • Wallambora Ford, New England – 1016 feet above the level of the sea.
  • Wallace, County of – Southern Districts, south of the county of Buccleuch.
  • Wallagorang – County of Argyle, at the Breadalbane Plains.
  • Wambo – ln the district of Maranoa, 575 miles from Maitland.
  • Warialda (post town) – ln the district of Gwydir, 255 miles from Maitland.
  • Ward’s River – Crosses the road from Raymond Terrace to Port Macquarie, 40 miles from the former place.
  • Warnambool – County of Villiers, Victoria, 150 miles from Geelong.
  • Warwick (post town) – County of Merivale, on the upper Condamine river, 405 miles from Maitland.
  • Ward, County of – Northern Districts, on the coast north of Rous.
  • Warragamba River – The junction of the Wollondilly and Cox Rivers, till they join the Nepean, a distance of about 11 miles.
  • Watson’s Bay (post town) – ln the harbour of Port Jackson.
  • Watson Taylor’s Lake – On the road to Port Macquarie, 100 miles from Raymond Terrace.
  • Waverly – Suburb of Sydney.
  • Wayo, or Wheo, Mount, (post town) – County of Argyle, upper part of the Wollondilly.
  • Weather-board Hut – On the Great Western road, 2844 feet above the level of the sea.
  • Wee Waa (post town) – On the river Namoi, or Peel, 275 miles from Maitland.
  • Wellingrove (post town) – County of Hardinge, 20 miles north of Armidale.
  • Wellington (post town) – County of Wellington, 231 miles from Sydney.
  • Wellington, County of – Bounded on the north by the counties of Bligh and Liucolne, west by Gordon and Ashburnham, south by Bathurst, east by Roxburgh and Phillip.
  • Wellington Valley – County of Wellington, junction of the Bell and Macquarie rivers.
  • Wellesley, County of – Southern Districts, forming in conjunction with the counties of Auckland and Wallace, the extreme southern boundary of New South Wales.
  • Werriberri Creek – County of Camden.
  • Westmoreland, County of – Bounded on the north by the county of Roxburgh, west by Georgiana, south by Argyle and Camden, east by Cook.
  • Wilberforce (post town) – County of Cook, near Windsor.
  • William River, called after Colonel William Paterson, Lieutenant – Governor – Separates Gloucester from Durham, and falls into the Hunter near Raymond Terrace : Dungog and Clarence Town are on its banks.
  • Wilton – County of Camden, on the Cordeaux river.
  • Windsor (post town) – County of Cumberland, 35 miles from Sydney.
  • Winburndale – A rivulet falling Into the Macquarie river, is included in the Western Gold Fields.
  • River – County of Camden, flows through the town of Berrima, and joins the Wollondilly.
  • Wingham (post town) – On the North road.
  • Wiseman’s Ferry – County of Northumberland, on the Hawkesbury river, crossed by the Great North road, 49 miles from Sydney.
  • Woolshed (post town) – Between Murrurundi and Gulligal.
  • Wollondilly River – Rises near the Cullarin Range, in the west of Argyle, through which county it flows, separating it also from the counties of Camden and Westmoreland, it falls into the Warragamba.
  • Wollongong (post town) – County of Camden, on the coast in the Illawarra district, 64 miles from Sydney.
  • Wollombi (post town) – County of Northumberland, is situated on a creek of the same name, 93½ miles from Sydney.
  • Wombat Brush – County of Camden, between the Wingecarribbee and Wollondilly rivers.
  • Woolloomooloo – North – east extremity of Sydney.
  • Woronora River – County of Cumberland.
  • Wynyard, County of – South western districts, west of county of Buccleuch, and north of Goulburn.
  • Wyong Creek – On the coast, 57 miles north of Sydney.

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  • Yarralumla Plains – County of Murray.
  • Yarra Yarra – River of Victoria, on which the capital, Melbourne, stands.
  • Yass (post town) – County of Murray, on the South road. 186 miles from Sydney.
  • York, Mount – Vale of Clwyd, county of Cook, 3440 feet above the level of the sea.

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Source: J Cox and Co’s Australian Almanac 1858

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