Brisbane County

Brisbane County was one of the original Nineteen Counties in New South Wales and is now one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It includes Scone, Merriwa and Murrurundi. The Goulburn River is the boundary to the south and the Hunter River the boundary to the south-east. The Liverpool Range area is the boundary to the north, and the Krui River the boundary to the west.

Not to be confused with Brisbane, which is located in County of Stanley, Queensland.
Brisbane
New South Wales
Location in New South Wales
Lands administrative divisions around Brisbane:
Pottinger Buckland Parry
Bligh Brisbane Hawes
Phillip Hunter Durham

Brisbane County was named in honour of Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane Governor (1773-1860). The Electoral district of Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh was the first electoral district for the area, between 1856 and 1859.

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