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] 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.[2][3]

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.[4] 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.[5]

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

Belmore
Bundara
Cogoon
Dublin
Elgin
Kennedy
Maranoa
Mungallala
Nebine
Tomoo
Waldegrave (including Roma)
Warrong

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

Amaroo
Ayrshire (including Winton)
Binburie
Brighton
Buckingham
Carrandotta
Chatsworth
Currawilla
Diamantina
Elderslie
Eurinye
Eyre
Farrar
Georgina
Glengyle
Hamilton
Kynuna
Malwa
Manuka
Mayne
Merlin
Monkira
Mowarra
Nyama
Oondooroo
Piturie
Rosebrook
Sandringham
Sturt
Toko
Warburton
Waverley
Wills
Windsor
Wokingham
Woodstock

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

Clinton (including Gladstone)
Deas Thompson
Flinders
Liebig
Livingstone (including Rockhampton)
Murchison
Pakington
Palmerston
Pelham
Raglan

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

Albany
Beaufort
Bell
Belyando
Buckland
Carlisle (including Mackay)
Chataway
Claude
Dickson
Drake
Drummond
Drury
Foxton
Grosvenor
Hillalong
Rutledge
Sellheim

Warrego District

Bando
Bulloo
Burenda
Burrandilla
Chesterton
Glanworth
Gowan
Humeburn
Kungie
Kyrunda
Langlo
McKinlay
Munga
Nickavilla
Nive
Noorama
Norley
Numalla
Orrery (including Charleville)
Palmer
Paroo
Pitteroo
Ross
Titheroo
Wellington (including Cunnamulla)
Wyara

References

"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.

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[1] "Cadastral mapping". Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 15 June 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2017.

[2] "Kendall – county (entry 17923)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 22 June 2017.

[3] Queensland. Survey Office. "Digital Collections - Maps - Queensland. Survey Office. Queensland showing counties". Nla.gov.au. Retrieved 28 May 2012.

[4] "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.

[5] "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.