Buckingham Land District Explained

Type:cadastral
Buckingham
State:tas
Near-Nw:Lincoln
Near-N:Cumberland
Near-Ne:Monmouth
Near-E:Tasman Sea
Near-Se:Tasman Sea
Near-S:Kent
Near-Sw:Arthur
Near-W:Franklin

Buckingham Land District is one of the twenty land districts of Tasmania which are part of the Lands administrative divisions of Tasmania. It was formerly Buckingham County, one of the 18 counties of Tasmania and one of the first eleven proclaimed in 1836 and is bordered to the north by the River Derwent, and to the south by the Huon River. It includes Bruny Island. Hobart is located in the county. It was named after the then county of England.

An earlier Buckingham County existed from 24 September 1804 until 1813 as an administrative division whilst Van Diemen's Land was administered as two units. It was defined as all of Van Diemen's Land south of the 42nd parallel (between Trial Harbour and Friendly Beaches, and governed by David Collins. Cornwall County occupied the remainder of the island.[1] [2]

The original parishes

On 15 January 1836 George Arthur, the Lieutenant Governor of the Island of Van Diemen's Land proclaimed, via The Hobart Town Courier, the first counties and parishes to be surveyed in the colony.

The County of Buckingham, bounded on the north by the river Derwent from its confluence with river Florentine to the sea; on the west by the river Florentine to its source, and thence by a line to the source of the river Huon, and by that river to the sea. This county to include Bruni island, the Egg islands, Huon island, Garden island, Partridge island, Penguin island, Satellite island, Green island, Snake island, Arch island, Actaeon island, and all other islands in D'Entrecasteaux channel.[3]

Hundreds and parishes proclaimed at this time were:

Parishes

The parishes are:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Constitutional Events . Tasmanian Parliamentary Library . 11 June 2019 . 19 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190419113352/http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/InfoSheets/Constitutional_Events.htm . live .
  2. Web site: Colonel Collins' Commission 14 January 1803 (NSW) . Museum of Australian Democracy . 11 June 2019 . 23 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190323164800/https://www.foundingdocs.gov.au/item-sdid-26.html . live .
  3. News: Proclamation . The Hobart Town Courier . 15 January 1836 . National Library of Australia . 19 August 2010 . 29 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180429160134/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4177762 . live.
  4. Web site: Archive Digital Books Australasia . Archivecdbooks.com.au . 2009-11-20 . 20 August 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060825234119/http://www.archivecdbooks.com.au/samplers/AU6100-1880s.pdf . August 25, 2006 .
  5. Web site: Phillis Skinner. 27 January 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20050127193303/http://www.geocities.com/wanderer57au/PhillisSkinner.html. 27 January 2005.
  6. Web site: Doe dem Butler v. Martin [1842] TASSupC 25 (2 December 1842) |publisher=Austlii.edu.au |accessdate=20 August 2010 |archive-date=4 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070604175302/http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/TASSupC/1842/25.html |url-status=live ].
  7. Web site: Australian Public Intellectual [API] Network |publisher=Api-network.com |accessdate=20 August 2010 |archive-date=6 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110306091101/http://www.api-network.com/main/index.php?apply=scholars&webpage=default&flexedit=&flex_password=&menu_label=&menuID=homely&menubox=&scholar=23 |url-status=live ].
  8. Web site: Tasmanian Archives Online . Search.archives.tas.gov.au . 20 August 2010 . 6 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706122539/http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/default.aspx?detail=1&type=I&id=NS373%2F1%2F568 . live .

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