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]

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

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

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

Moreton, Darling Downs and Wide Bay/Burnett Districts

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

Albion
Allison
Argylla
Beaconsfield (including Cloncurry)
Brahe
Buller
Burke
Canobie
Carpentaria
Chudleigh
Douglas
Dutton
Eddington
Esmeralda
Fielding
Glenora
Granada
Gregory
Howitt
Iffley
Kamileroi
Lamington
Landsborough
Manfred
Morstone
Mueller
Nash
Nicholson
Norman (including Normanton)
Oaklands
Parker
Philp
Porchester
Richmond
Rochedale (including Mount Isa)
Rupert
Savannah
Saxby
Selwyn
Stokes
Surrey
Talawanta
Taldora
Tewinga
Toorak
Undilla
Wellesley (Wellesley Islands)
Wentworth
Wondoola
Wongalee
Wonomo
Woolgar
Yappar

Cook District

Archer
Balurga
Banks (including Cooktown)
Bolwarra
Byerley
Chelmsford
Coen
Cootah
Copperfield
Dagmar
Dulhunty
Dunbar
Etheridge
Franklin
Gilbert (including Georgetown)
Gould
Hann
Hodgkinson
Jardine
Kalkah
Kendall
King
Koolatah
Lang
Linasleigh
Lukin
Lynd
Lyndhurst
Maramie
Marga
Melville
Mosman
Nares (including Cairns)
Pera
Percy
Shelburne
Sidmouth
Solander
Somerset
Strathleven
Strathmore
Tate
Torres (Torres Strait Islands)
Victor
Walsh
Warner
Weipa
Weymouth
Wrotham
Yagoonya
York

Leichhardt District

Aberdeen
Bauhinia
Cairns
Clermont
Consuelo
Dawson
Denison
Ferguson
Fortescue
Humboldt
Killarney
Kimberley
Labouchere
Leura
Plantagenet
Roper
Talbot
Tingarra
Westgrove
Wodehouse
Wooroora

Maranoa District

Mitchell District

Barcoo
Cassillis
Cheviot
Coorajah
Coreena
Cumberland
Evora
Fermoy
Gayundah
Maneroo
Mexico
Mitchell
Musgrave
Paluma
Portland (including Longreach)
Rodney (including Barcaldine and Aramac)
Ruthven
Tambo
Towerhill
Uanda
Ularunda
Vergemont
Walker
Warbreccan
Windeyer
Wolseley
Wooroolah
Woura
Youranigh

North Gregory District

North Kennedy District

Cardwell (including Hinchinbrook Island)
Clarke
Dalrymple
Davenport (including Charters Towers)
Elphinstone (including Townsville)
Gladstone
Griffith
Gunnawarra
Herbert (including Bowen and the Whitsunday Islands)
Murray
O'Connell
Salisbury
Wairuna
Wilkie Gray

Port Curtis District

South Gregory District

Abbotsford
Bulgroo
Burarie
Cameron
Carruthers
Conbar
Cooper
Curralle
Daroo
Durham
Durrie
Gordon
Grey
Haddon
Kyabra
Pender
Rosebery (including Birdsville)
Tanbar
Titheroo
Thunda
Weramo
Weringa
Wilson
Windula

South Kennedy District

Warrego District

List of counties and number of parishes

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

^ 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
^ "Cadastral mapping". Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 15 June 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
^ "Kendall – county (entry 17923)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
^ Queensland. Survey Office. "Digital Collections - Maps - Queensland. Survey Office. Queensland showing counties". Nla.gov.au. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
^ "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.
^ "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.

[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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