Camden 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 included the coastal area near Wollongong south to the Shoalhaven River, and also inland encompassing Berrima and Picton. Its western boundary was the Wollondilly River. The first settlement in the area was Camden Park, established by John Macarthur in 1806, just across the Nepean River from Cumberland County. It was the first land across the Nepean to be settled. Camden is a present-day suburb of Sydney in the same area, although parts of it are in Cumberland.
Camden County is named in honour of John Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden (1759–1840). The Electoral district of Western Division of Camden and the Electoral district of Eastern Division of Camden were the first electoral districts for the area, between 1856 and 1859.
In 1852 it had an area of and population of 9,663. "Old Welsh Books with English Translations", The Land of Gold: the Companion for the Welsh Emigrant to Australia, 1852
Parishes within this county A full list of parishes found within this county; their current LGA and mapping coordinates to the approximate centre of each location is as follows:
Parish LGA Coordinates Bangadilly Wingecarribee Shire Banksia Wingecarribee Shire Bargo Wollondilly Shire Belanglo Wingecarribee Shire Berrima Wingecarribee Shire Bong Bong Wingecarribee Shire Broughton City of Shoalhaven Bugong City of Shoalhaven Bullio Wingecarribee Shire Bumballa Goulburn Mulwaree Council Bunberra City of Shoalhaven Bundanoon Wingecarribee Shire Burke Wingecarribee Shire Burragorang Wollondilly Shire Burrawang Wingecarribee Shire Calderwood City of Wollongong Cambewarra City of Shoalhaven Camden Camden Council Caoura Goulburn Mulwaree Council Colo Wingecarribee Shire Coolangatta City of Shoalhaven Cordeaux City of Wollongong Couridjah Wollondilly Shire Cumbertine Wingecarribee Shire Dendrobium City of Wollongong Illaroo City of Shoalhaven Jamberoo Municipality of Kiama Jellore Wingecarribee Shire Joadja Wingecarribee Shire Kangaloon Wingecarribee Shire Kembla City of Wollongong Kiama Municipality of Kiama Killawarrah Wollondilly Shire Meryla Wingecarribee Shire Mittagong Wingecarribee Shire Moollattoo City of Shoalhaven Murrimba Wingecarribee Shire Nattai Wollondilly Shire Nundialla Wingecarribee Shire Picton Wollondilly Shire Sutton Forest Wingecarribee Shire Terragong Shellharbour City Council Wallandoola City of Wollongong Wallaya City of Shoalhaven Wanganderry Wingecarribee Shire Warragamba Wollondilly Shire Weromba Wollondilly Shire Werriberri Wollondilly Shire Wilton Wollondilly Shire Wingello Wingecarribee Shire Wollongong City of Wollongong Wongawilli Wingecarribee Shire Woonona City of Wollongong Yarrawa Wingecarribee Shire Yarrunga Wingecarribee Shire Yarrunga City of Shoalhaven
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