The Parish of Currawang is a parish of Argyle County located to the north of Lake George. The parish was formerly known as the parish of Currowang, the former name discontinued on 14 November 1980[1][2] and the present name assigned.[3]
| Currawang Parish New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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 Currawang area from space, November 1985 | |||||||||||||||
  Currawang Parish Location in New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°59′57″S 149°30′02″E / 34.99917°S 149.50056°E | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Goulburn Mulwaree | ||||||||||||||
| County | Argyle | ||||||||||||||
| Division | Eastern | ||||||||||||||
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The parish is roughly equivalent to the locality of Currawang.[4]
Images
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Lake George from space, November 1985 -
August 2010, aerial view looking northwest over the wind farm. -
1840s map of the County of Argyle -
Currowang in the distance
Notable residents
editReferences
edit- ^ "Currowang". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
- ^ "NSW Parishes — MapLover". Archived from the original on 26 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Currawang". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
- ^ Robert McLean, The New atlas of Australia : the complete work containing over one hundred maps and full descriptive geography of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia, together with numerous illustrations and copious indices (Sydney :J. Sands, [1886) Map 11.
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