Cook

Cook County was one of New South Wales’ original Nineteen Counties and is now one of the state’s 141 Cadastral divisions.

It encompasses the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, between the Colo River in the north and the Coxs River in the south and west, and includes Lithgow, Mount Victoria, Katoomba, Wentworth Falls, Lawson, and the majority of the other towns in the Blue Mountains.

The Nepean River forms the eastern boundary.

Prior to 1834, the area was part of the counties of Westmoreland, Northumberland, and Roxburgh.

Cook County was named after the explorer and navigator James Cook (1728-1779).

Between 1856 and 1859, the Cook and Westmoreland Electoral District was the area’s first state electoral district.

Here is a list of Parishes in Cook, New South Wales:

  1. Barton
  2. Bilpin
  3. Blackheath
  4. Bowen
  5. Burralow
  6. Capertee
  7. Clwydd
  8. Colo
  9. Cooba
  10. Cook
  11. Coomassie
  12. Cox
  13. Currency
  14. Falnash
  15. Gindantherie
  16. Goollooinboin
  17. Govett
  18. Govett South
  19. Grose
  20. Hartley
  21. Irvine
  22. Jamison
  23. Kanimbla
  24. Kedumba
  25. Kurrajong
  26. Lett
  27. Lidsdale
  28. Linden
  29. Magdala
  30. Marrangaroo
  31. Meehan
  32. Megalong
  33. Merroo
  34. Mouin
  35. Nepean
  36. Rock Hill
  37. Strathdon
  38. Warragamba
  39. Wheeny
  40. Wilberforce
  41. Wolgan
  42. Wollangambe
  43. Wollangambe North
  44. Wollemi
  45. Woodford