Bligh County was one of the original Nineteen Counties

Nineteen Counties

The Nineteen Counties were the limits of location in the colony of New South Wales defined by the Governor of New South Wales Sir Ralph Darling in 1826 in accordance with a government order from Lord Bathurst, the secretary of State. Counties had been used since the first year of settlement, with...

 in New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

 and is now one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales

Cadastral divisions of New South Wales

Lands administrative divisions of New South Wales refers to the 141 counties within the Australian state of New South Wales, which are further subdivided into 7,459 parishes. There are also three Land Divisions, around 100 Land Districts, and several other types of districts as well as land boards...

. The Cudgegong River

Cudgegong River

The Cudgegong River is a tributary of the Macquarie River in New South Wales. It rises near Rylstone and flows generally north-west past Mudgee it flows past the edge of Gulgong and then into Lake Burrendong which is created by Burrendong Dam on the Macquarie River. Windamere Dam on the Cudgegong...

 and the Goulburn River are its southern boundaries; the Krui River

Krui River

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 is the eastern boundary, and the Burragundy River the northern boundary. It includes the villages of Cassilis

Cassilis, New South Wales

Cassilis is a village in the central west of New South Wales, Australia. Its population in the 2006 census was 346. It was formerly known as Dalkeith.-References:...

 and Dunedoo

Dunedoo, New South Wales

Dunedoo ) is a village of 836 inhabitants situated within the Warrumbungle Shire of central western New South Wales, Australia. Dunedoo is well known to Australian travellers due to its distinctive name...

.

The county was named after William Bligh

William Bligh

Vice Admiral William Bligh FRS RN was an officer of the British Royal Navy and a colonial administrator. A notorious mutiny occurred during his command of HMAV Bounty in 1789; Bligh and his loyal men made a remarkable voyage to Timor, after being set adrift in the Bounty's launch by the mutineers...

, Admiral and Governor of New South Wales (1805-1808). The Electoral district of Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh

Electoral district of Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh

Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1856 to 1859. It included Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh counties, including Scone, Murrurundi, Dunedoo and Mudgee. It was replaced by Upper Hunter and Mudgee.-Members for...

 was the first electoral district for the area, between 1856 and 1859.

Parish

Parish

A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...

es 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
Bellaleppa	Upper Hunter Shire	32°01′54"S 150°07′04"E
Berenderry	Upper Hunter Shire	32°00′54"S 150°10′04"E
Bligh	Mid-Western Regional Council	32°09′54"S 149°42′04"E
Bobadeen	Mid-Western Regional Council	32°10′54"S 149°48′04"E
Booyamurna	Warrumbungle Shire	31°47′54"S 149°50′04"E
Borambil	Upper Hunter Shire	32°02′54"S 150°02′04"E
Bowman	Warrumbungle Shire	32°03′54"S 149°37′04"E
Bulga	Upper Hunter Shire	31°52′54"S 149°59′04"E
Bungaba	Mid-Western Regional Council	32°09′54"S 149°38′04"E
Collaroy Collaroy, New South Wales Collaroy is a suburb in northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Collaroy is located 22 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Warringah Council and part of the Northern Beaches region...	Upper Hunter Shire	32°02′54"S 150°01′04"E
Collieblue	Warrumbungle Shire	31°51′54"S 149°46′04"E
Collier	Warrumbungle Shire	31°55′54"S 149°45′04"E
Cope	Mid-Western Regional Council	32°16′54"S 149°39′04"E
Cunna	Upper Hunter Shire	31°47′49"S 150°05′47"E
Curryall	Upper Hunter Shire	32°04′54"S 149°50′04"E
Doulagunmala	Upper Hunter Shire	31°56′54"S 150°00′04"E
Durridgere	Mid-Western Regional Council	32°10′54"S 149°53′04"E
Goodiman	Mid-Western Regional Council	32°12′54"S 149°23′04"E
Goolma Goolma, New South Wales Goolma is a tiny village community in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the Dubbo road, which links the towns of Mudgee, Gulgong and Wellington. At the 2006 census,the Goolma region had a population of 31 people....	Mid-Western Regional Council	32°18′54"S 149°16′04"E
Guroba	Wellington Council Wellington Council Wellington Council is a local government area in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. It is on the Macquarie River and the Mitchell Highway....	32°29′24"S 149°14′04"E
Lorimer	Upper Hunter Shire	31°54′54"S 150°13′04"E
Merotherie	Mid-Western Regional Council	32°08′54"S 149°29′04"E
Moan	Upper Hunter Shire	31°51′10"S 150°09′48"E
Munmurra	Mid-Western Regional Council	32°10′54"S 150°01′04"E
Nagora	Upper Hunter Shire	31°53′54"S 150°05′04"E
Nandoura	Warrumbungle Shire	32°02′54"S 149°48′04"E
Nanima	Wellington Council Wellington Council Wellington Council is a local government area in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. It is on the Macquarie River and the Mitchell Highway....	32°29′54"S 148°59′04"E
Narragamba	Mid-Western Regional Council	32°10′54"S 149°35′04"E
Puggoon	Mid-Western Regional Council	32°17′54"S 149°27′04"E
Rotherwood	Warrumbungle Shire	31°49′54"S 150°01′04"E
Rotherwood	Warrumbungle Shire	31°52′24"S 149°53′04"E
Rouse	Mid-Western Regional Council	32°08′54"S 149°26′04"E
Stubbo	Mid-Western Regional Council	32°17′54"S 149°34′04"E
Talbragar	Warrumbungle Shire	32°01′54"S 149°33′04"E
Tallawang Tallawang, New South Wales Tallawang is aa historical locality north of Gulgong in central western New South Wales, Australia. The place name is derived from an aboriginal word for 'apple gum'....	Mid-Western Regional Council	32°12′54"S 149°28′04"E
Terraban	Warrumbungle Shire	31°59′54"S 149°39′04"E
Tomimbil	pper Hunter Shire]	32°06′54"S 150°00′04"E
Turee	Warrumbungle Shire	31°58′54"S 149°50′04"E
Turill	Upper Hunter Shire	32°01′54"S 149°56′04"E
Uarbry	Warrumbungle Shire	32°02′54"S 149°45′04"E
Ulan Ulan, New South Wales Ulan is a small village in eastern New South Wales, Australia. Ulan Post Office opened on 1 September 1893.There is a coal mine at Ulan. The Sandy Hollow - Ulan Railway was built to serve this coal mine...	Mid-Western Regional Council	32°14′54"S 149°44′04"E
Wargundy	Warrumbungle Shire	32°02′54"S 149°27′04"E
Warung	Warrumbungle Shire	31°45′54"S 150°03′04"E
Wondaby	Wellington Council Wellington Council Wellington Council is a local government area in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. It is on the Macquarie River and the Mitchell Highway....	32°26′54"S 149°12′04"E
Worobil	Mid-Western Regional Council	32°22′54"S 149°13′04"E
Wuuluman	Wellington Council Wellington Council Wellington Council is a local government area in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. It is on the Macquarie River and the Mitchell Highway....	32°29′24"S 149°10′04"E
Yarragal	Wellington Council Wellington Council Wellington Council is a local government area in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. It is on the Macquarie River and the Mitchell Highway....	32°35′54"S 149°06′04"E
Yarrobil	Mid-Western Regional Council	32°19′54"S 149°21′04"E