Cadastral in Tasmania, Australia
Land on both sides of Eaglehawk Neck between the Tasman Peninsula and Forestier Peninsula , is in Pembroke land district Pembroke Land District is one of the twenty land districts of Tasmania which are part of the cadastral divisions of Tasmania . It was formerly one of the 18 counties of Tasmania. It includes Tasman Peninsula and Port Arthur , as well as Forestier Peninsula , Dodges Ferry and Maria Island . The Electoral division of Pembroke is not actually within the land district, but is close by in Monmouth .
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 Pembroke, bounded on the north by Little Swan port river ; on the east by the Pacific ocean ; on the south by Storm bay , and on the west by Storm bay , Norfolk bay , Pittwater , and by the eastern boundaries of the parishes of Ulva, Staffa and Ormaig, and a line to the south east angle of the county of Somerset. This county to include the White Rock , Maria island , Lachlan island , the Hippolyte rocks , Tasman's island , Wedge island , Sloping island , Garden island (now Smooth Island) , Low island (now 'Green Island') , the islands in Pittwater , and all other islands adjacent to the coasts of the county.[ 1]
Hundreds and parishes proclaimed at this time were:
The hundred of Sorell
Canning parish
Forcett
Carlton
Sorell The township of Sorell was proclaimed as being within the county.
References
^ "Proclamation" . The Hobart Town Courier . 15 January 1836. Retrieved 19 August 2010 .
