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Lands administrative divisions of Queensland

Lands administrative divisions of Queensland refers to the divisions of Queensland used for the registration of land titles. There are 322 counties, and 5,319 parishes within the state.[1][2] They are part of the Lands administrative divisions of Australia. Queensland had been divided into 109 counties in the nineteenth century, before the Land Act of 1897 subdivided many of these counties to 319. Some of the eastern counties remained the same, with most of the subdivisions occurring in the west and north. The current counties were named and bounded by the Governor in Council on 7 March 1901.[3][4]

The 319 counties of Queensland in 1901.

In 2006, the government sought advice about a plan to abolish the counties and parishes within the state.[5] From 30 November 2015, the government no longer referenced counties and parishes in land information systems however the Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying retains a record for historical purposes.[6]

Land districts edit

 
109 counties of Queensland in 1893

Queensland was divided into districts in the mid-nineteenth century. The districts still exist today, forming the top level of Queensland's land titles system.

  • Burke (named after Burke and Wills)
  • Cook
  • Darling Downs
  • Leichhardt
  • Maranoa
  • Mitchell
  • Moreton
  • North Gregory
  • North Kennedy
  • Port Curtis
  • South Gregory
  • South Kennedy
  • Warrego
  • Wide Bay/Burnett

19th century counties edit

 
Map of the Queensland counties, 1890

There were 109 counties in Queensland by the late nineteenth century, before they were subdivided into the current 322 counties. All of these original counties continue to exist but many are smaller than they were in the nineteenth century, with many new counties added. For the counties which were subdivided in 1901, the original county remains, usually around the largest town in the area, but smaller than before. For instance the nineteenth century county of Beaconsfield was based around Cloncurry; Cloncurry is still in Beaconsfield, but the county is much smaller, with new counties such as Argylla, Sellwyn and Alison surrounding it.

List of counties by district edit

Moreton, Darling Downs and Wide Bay/Burnett Districts edit

County District Major towns
Aubigny Darling Downs Toowoomba, Dalby
Auburn Darling Downs
Bentinck Darling Downs Stanthorpe
Boondooma Wide Bay/Burnett
Bowen Wide Bay/Burnett Gin Gin
Bulwer Darling Downs Miles
Canning Moreton Caboolture, Sunshine Coast
Carnarvon Darling Downs
Cavendish Moreton Esk, Kingaroy
Churchill Moreton Gatton
Clive Darling Downs Texas
Cook Wide Bay/Burnett Bundaberg
Derby Darling Downs Millmerran
Fitzroy Wide Bay/Burnett Nanango
Fraser Wide Bay/Burnett Fraser Island
Lennox Wide Bay/Burnett Kilkivan
Lytton Darling Downs Chinchilla
Mackenzie Wide Bay/Burnett Gayndah, Mundubbera
March Wide Bay/Burnett Gympie, Hervey Bay,
Maryborough, Noosa
Marsh Darling Downs Goondiwindi
Merivale Darling Downs Warwick
Newcastle Wide Bay/Burnett
Pring Darling Downs
Rawbelle Wide Bay/Burnett Monto
Rogers Darling Downs Condamine
Stanley Moreton Brisbane, Ipswich, Logan, Redcliffe
Ward Moreton Gold Coast
Wicklow Wide Bay/Burnett
Yarrol Wide Bay/Burnett Eidsvold

Burke District edit

Cook District edit

Leichhardt District edit

Maranoa District edit

Mitchell District edit

North Gregory District edit

North Kennedy District edit

Port Curtis District edit

South Gregory District edit

South Kennedy District edit

Warrego District edit

List of counties and number of parishes edit

County No. of Parishes
Abbotsford 17
Aberdeen 20
Albany 16
Albion 12
Allison 15
Amaroo 18
Archer 16
Argylla 13
Aubigny 46
Auburn 13
Ayrshire 15
Balurga 13
Bando 17
Banks 32
Barcoo 11
Bauhinia 17
Beaconsfield 20
Beaufort 15
Bell 16
Belmore 87
Belyando 13
Bentinck 22
Binburie 18
Bolwarra 15
Boondooma 15
Bowen 22
Brahe 10
Brighton 16
Buckingham 18
Buckland 8
Bulgroo 13
Buller 15
Bulloo 10
Bulwer 22
Bundara 18
Burarie 17
Burdekin 12
Burenda 15
Burke 24
Burrandilla 15
Byerley 10
Cairns 12
Cameron 16
Canning 14
Canobie 13
Cardwell 43
Carlisle 26
Carnarvon 25
Carpentaria 12
Carrandotta 21
Carruthers 15
Cassillis 11
Cavendish 22
Chataway 10
Chatsworth 19
Chelmsford 20
Chesterton 6
Cheviot 11
Chudleigh 16
Churchill 34
Clarke 17
Claude 6
Clermont 28
Clinton 29
Clive 17
Coen 18
Cogoon 16
Conbar 13
Consuelo 13
Cook 34
Cooper 13
Coorajah 13
Cootah 12
Copperfield 11
Coreena 15
Cumberland 33
Curralle 17
Currawilla 17
Dagmar 15
Dalrymple 13
Daroo 18
Davenport 22
Dawson 14
Deas Thompson 10
Denison 39
Derby 33
Diamantina 19
Dickson 14
Douglas 18
Drake 17
Drummond 9
Drury 16
Dublin 23
Dulhunty 13
Dunbar 13
Durham 16
Durrie 19
Dutton 15
Eddington 18
Einasleigh 10
Elderslie 10
Elgin 20
Elphinstone 21
Esmeralda 13
Etheridge 14
Eurinye 19
Evora 12
Eyre 21
Farrar 20
Ferguson 11
Fermoy 9
Fielding 13
Fitzroy 22
Flinders 16
Fortescue 28
Foxton 10
Franklin 12
Fraser 6
Gayundah 18
Georgina 14
Gilbert 14
Gladstone 17
Glanworth 13
Glengyle 20
Glenora 11
Gordon 12
Gould 14
Gowan 13
Granada 19
Gregory 17
Grey 17
Griffith 12
Grosvenor 12
Gunnawarra 16
Haddon 15
Hamilton 20
Hann 17
Herbert 28
Hillalong 10
Hodgkinson 14
Howitt 13
Humboldt 19
Humeburn 15
Iffley 18
Jardine 13
Kalkah 13
Kamileroi 15
Kendall 13
Kennedy 12
Killarney 12
Kimberley 14
King 11
Koolatah 12
Kungie 18
Kyabra 16
Kynuna 14
Kyrunda 14
Labouchere 18
Lamington 15
Landsborough 14
Lang 13
Langlo 18
Lennox 27
Leura 14
Liebig 9
Livingstone 33
Lukin 15
Lynd 19
Lyndhurst 8
Lytton 20
Mackenzie 21
Malwa 19
Maneroo 12
Manfred 14
Manuka 13
Maramie 19
Maranoa 15
March 37
Marga 13
Marsh 22
Mayne 10
Mckinlay 17
Melville 14
Merivale 28
Merlin 11
Mexico 13
Mitchell 18
Monkira 19
Morstone 15
Mosman 19
Mowarra 16
Mueller 13
Munga 10
Mungallala 11
Murchison 15
Murray 11
Musgrave 19
Nares 26
Nash 14
Nebine 13
Newcastle 23
Nicholson 13
Nickavilla 13
Nive 11
Noorama 12
Norley 14
Norman 25
Numalla 15
Nyama 16
Oaklands 16
O'connell 18
Oondooroo 11
Orrery 17
Pakington 15
Palmer 24
Palmerston 15
Paluma 16
Parker 13
Paroo 17
Pelham 10
Pender 16
Pera 12
Percy 11
Philp 18
Pitteroo 15
Piturie 18
Plantagenet 19
Porchester 13
Portland 16
Pring 22
Raglan 17
Rawbelle 18
Richmond 12
Rochedale 20
Rodney 18
Rogers 21
Roper 8
Rosebery 16
Rosebrook 8
Ross 12
Rupert 12
Ruthven 13
Rutledge 11
Salisbury 18
Sandringham 16
Savannah 17
Saxby 10
Sellheim 23
Selwyn 17
Shelburne 13
Sidmouth 13
Solander 16
Somerset 11
Stanley 49
Stokes 8
Strathleven 17
Strathmore 12
Sturt 20
Surrey 11
Talawanta 16
Talbot 18
Taldora 15
Tambo 23
Tanbar 15
Tate 15
Tewinga 15
Thunda 16
Tingarra 10
Titheroo 12
Toko 16
Tomoo 14
Toorak 11
Torres 7
Tower Hill 14
Uanda 20
Ularunda 13
Undilla 15
Vergemont 11
Victor 12
Wairuna 15
Waldegrave 51
Walker 9
Walsh 11
Warbreccan 14
Warburton 17
Ward 37
Warner 13
Warrong 9
Waverley 19
Weipa 13
Wellesley 6
Wellington 41
Wentworth 15
Weramo 20
Weringa 14
Westgrove 14
Weymouth 16
Wicklow 12
Wilkie Gray 16
Wills 18
Wilson 10
Windeyer 7
Windsor 16
Windula 16
Wodehouse 18
Wokingham 8
Wolseley 16
Wondoola 11
Wongalee 17
Wonomo 15
Woodstock 11
Woolgar 19
Wooroolah 11
Wooroona 17
Woura 12
Wrotham 9
Wyara 16
Yagoonya 22
Yappar 12
Yarrol 18
York 15
Youranigh 16

References edit

  1. ^ The third and final edition of the Queensland Parish Directory (Department of Mapping and Surveying, Brisbane, 1986; online at https://www.publications.qld.gov.au/dataset/historical-parish-directoryqueensland) lists 5302 parishes in alphabetical order, numbered 1 to 5317, but with 15 numbers in the sequence omitted for unexplained reasons
  2. ^ "Cadastral mapping". Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 15 June 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Kendall – county (entry 17923)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  4. ^ Queensland. Survey Office. "Digital Collections - Maps - Queensland. Survey Office. Queensland showing counties". Nla.gov.au. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  5. ^ "900 Years of History to Disappear in Queensland" (Press release). Ipswich City Council. 14 June 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  6. ^ "Locality boundaries - Queensland". Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy. 27 August 2017. Archived from the original on 31 March 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
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