page_title: Murray County, New South Wales
hierarchical_section_title: Murray County, New South Wales
caption_attribution_description: English: Map showing the only part of the ACT border to be determined by property boundaries, a small section in the south east between the Queanbeyan-Cooma railway line and the eastern watershed of Gudgenby River. The ACT is highlighted in red. The red line in the top right is a proposed addition to Commonwealth territory which did not come about. Note three different sections of the ACT border: Near the top right of this map, the border is the Queanbeyan-Cooma railway line In the centre shows the properties mentioned in the Seat of Government Acceptance Act, 1909: "and bounded thence by that railway generally southerly to the south-eastern corner of portion 177, Parish of Keewong, County of Murray, by the southern boundaries of that portion and portions 218, 211, 36, and 38 generally westerly to the Murrumbidgee River, by that river downwards to a point east of the south-east corner of portion 68, Parish of Cuppacumbalong, County of Cowley, by a line partly forming the southern boundary of that portion west to the eastern watershed of Gudgenby River" (The Murrumbidgee River divides the Parish of Cuppacumbalong in the County of Cowley, on the left, from the Parish of Keewong in the County of Murray, on the right - this boundary is marked with x-x-x lines. The parish names are both visible here, but cut off. ) In the bottom left of this map, the boundary uses the watershed (note how it passes through the property boundaries here)
context_page_description: Murray County was one of the original Nineteen Counties in New South Wales and is now one of the 141 Lands administrative divisions of New South Wales. It included the area which is now part of Canberra and as far north as Lake George and Yass. It was originally bounded on the west by the Murrumbidgee River, on the east by the Shoalhaven River and on the north by the Yass River. A large area of the county was transferred to the Commonwealth government in 1909 in the Seat of Government Acceptance Act to make part of the Australian Capital Territory, along with land in Cowley County. Since then, the ACT border is now part of the western boundary. Part of the ACT border is determined by property boundaries in the Parish of Keewong, in the County of Murray; specifically the southern end of portions 177, 218, 211, 36, and 38. This is mentioned in the Seat of Government Acceptance Act of 1909.
  Murray County is named in honour of Lieutenant-Governor, Sir George Murray. The electoral district of United Counties of Murray and St Vincent was the first electoral district for the area, between 1856 and 1859.
context_section_description: Murray County was one of the original Nineteen Counties in New South Wales and is now one of the 141 Lands administrative divisions of New South Wales. It included the area which is now part of Canberra and as far north as Lake George and Yass. It was originally bounded on the west by the Murrumbidgee River, on the east by the Shoalhaven River and on the north by the Yass River. A large area of the county was transferred to the Commonwealth government in 1909 in the Seat of Government Acceptance Act to make part of the Australian Capital Territory, along with land in Cowley County. Since then, the ACT border is now part of the western boundary. Part of the ACT border is determined by property boundaries in the Parish of Keewong, in the County of Murray; specifically the southern end of portions 177, 218, 211, 36, and 38. This is mentioned in the Seat of Government Acceptance Act of 1909.
  Murray County is named in honour of Lieutenant-Governor, Sir George Murray (1772–1846). The electoral district of United Counties of Murray and St Vincent was the first electoral district for the area, between 1856 and 1859.
caption: 1909 cadastral map showing the small part of the ACT-NSW border near 35°35′14″S 149°7′0″E﻿ / ﻿35.58722°S 149.11667°E﻿ / -35.58722; 149.11667 determined by property boundaries in the parishes of Keewong, County of Murray and Cuppacumbalong, County of Cowley
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