Murchison County, New Zealand

Murchison County
Murchison County
County of New Zealand
1876–1989
Capital	Murchison
History
History
• Established	1876
• Disestablished	1989
Today part of	Tasman District

Murchison County was one of the counties of New Zealand on the South Island.

During the period 1853 to 1876, the area that would become Murchison County was administered as part of Nelson Province. On 1 April 1909 the Murchison County Act 1908 came into force, creating the Murchison County out of what had been the Hampden Riding of Inangahua County. ^[1] The county council's administrative headquarters was located in Murchison.

Murchison County existed until the 1989 local government reforms, when the Tasman District was formed through the amalgamation of the Murchison County, Golden Bay County, Waimea County and Richmond Borough administrative areas.^[2]

References[]

^ "Murchison County Act 1908 (Local) (8 EDW VII 1908 No 31)".
^ Walrond, Carl (3 August 2015). "Nelson region - Government". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 5 November 2018.

Coordinates: 41°48′S 172°20′E / 41.800°S 172.333°E / -41.800; 172.333

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[1] "Murchison County Act 1908 (Local) (8 EDW VII 1908 No 31)".

[2] Walrond, Carl (3 August 2015). "Nelson region - Government". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 5 November 2018.

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