Elphinstone
Queensland
Location within Queensland
Lands administrative divisions around Elphinstone:
Wilkie Gray Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean
Wilkie Gray Elphinstone Gladstone
Davenport Davenport Murray

The County of Elphinstone is a cadastral division of Queensland which contains the city of Townsville. It was named after George Elphinstone Dalrymple (1826–1876), a politician and explorer.[1] [2] The county is divided into civil parishes. Townsville is mentioned as being in the county of Elphinstone in the 1911 Britannica.[3] It is bounded by the Haughton River in the east, and part of the Burdekin River in the south-west.[4]

Parishes

Elphinstone is divided into parishes, listed as follows:

ParishLGACoordinatesTowns
AbbotsfordBurdekin19°27′S 147°03′E / 19.450°S 147.050°E / -19.450; 147.050 (Abbotsford Parish)Cungulla
BeorTownsville19°22′S 146°52′E / 19.367°S 146.867°E / -19.367; 146.867 (Beor Parish)Oonoonba
BohleTownsville19°15′S 146°40′E / 19.250°S 146.667°E / -19.250; 146.667 (Bohle Parish)Deeragun
CardingtonCharters Towers19°49′S 146°48′E / 19.817°S 146.800°E / -19.817; 146.800 (Cardington Parish)
CoonambelahTownsville19°14′S 146°47′E / 19.233°S 146.783°E / -19.233; 146.783 (Coonambelah Parish)Townsville, Kirwan, Pallarenda
CrimeaCharters Towers19°45′S 146°40′E / 19.750°S 146.667°E / -19.750; 146.667 (Crimea Parish)
CunninghamCharters Towers19°54′S 146°44′E / 19.900°S 146.733°E / -19.900; 146.733 (Cunningham Parish)Mingela
EttrickTownsville19°19′S 147°00′E / 19.317°S 147.000°E / -19.317; 147.000 (Ettrick Parish)
GlenrockTownsville19°37′S 146°38′E / 19.617°S 146.633°E / -19.617; 146.633 (Glenrock Parish)
GraniteTownsville19°30′S 146°37′E / 19.500°S 146.617°E / -19.500; 146.617 (Granite Parish)
HalifaxTownsville19°13′S 146°33′E / 19.217°S 146.550°E / -19.217; 146.550 (Halifax Parish)Bluewater
HerveyTownsville19°21′S 146°30′E / 19.350°S 146.500°E / -19.350; 146.500 (Hervey Parish)
LansdowneTownsville19°30′S 146°47′E / 19.500°S 146.783°E / -19.500; 146.783 (Lansdowne Parish)
MagentaTownsville19°38′S 146°52′E / 19.633°S 146.867°E / -19.633; 146.867 (Magenta Parish)Woodstock
MagneticTownsville19°07′S 146°49′E / 19.117°S 146.817°E / -19.117; 146.817 (Magnetic Parish)Magnetic Island
RokebyTownsville19°32′S 146°56′E / 19.533°S 146.933°E / -19.533; 146.933 (Rokeby Parish)
RossTownsville19°23′S 146°40′E / 19.383°S 146.667°E / -19.383; 146.667 (Ross Parish)Alice River, Kelso
ScottBurdekin19°34′S 147°03′E / 19.567°S 147.050°E / -19.567; 147.050 (Scott Parish)Giru
StuartTownsville19°22′S 146°48′E / 19.367°S 146.800°E / -19.367; 146.800 (Stuart Parish)Stuart, Annandale, Douglas
WoodstockTownsville19°42′S 146°59′E / 19.700°S 146.983°E / -19.700; 146.983 (Woodstock Parish)
WyomingTownsville19°38′S 146°47′E / 19.633°S 146.783°E / -19.633; 146.783 (Wyoming Parish)

References

  1. ↑ "Elphinestone – county (entry 11567)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  2. ↑ Queensland showing counties / compiled and published at the Survey Department, Brisbane, Brisbane : Survey Dept., 1900.
  3. ↑ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Townsville" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 113.
  4. ↑ North Kennedy District, County of Elphinstone Maps - L6 Series at Queensland Archives.
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