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

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
AubignyDarling DownsToowoomba, Dalby
AuburnDarling Downs
BentinckDarling DownsStanthorpe
BoondoomaWide Bay/Burnett
BowenWide Bay/BurnettGin Gin
BulwerDarling DownsMiles
CanningMoretonCaboolture, Sunshine Coast
CarnarvonDarling Downs
CavendishMoretonEsk, Kingaroy
ChurchillMoretonGatton
CliveDarling DownsTexas
CookWide Bay/BurnettBundaberg
DerbyDarling DownsMillmerran
FitzroyWide Bay/BurnettNanango
FraserWide Bay/BurnettFraser Island
LennoxWide Bay/BurnettKilkivan
LyttonDarling DownsChinchilla
MackenzieWide Bay/BurnettGayndah, Mundubbera
MarchWide Bay/BurnettGympie, Hervey Bay,
Maryborough, Noosa
MarshDarling DownsGoondiwindi
MerivaleDarling DownsWarwick
NewcastleWide Bay/Burnett
PringDarling Downs
RawbelleWide Bay/BurnettMonto
RogersDarling DownsCondamine
StanleyMoretonBrisbane, Ipswich, Logan, Redcliffe
WardMoretonGold Coast
WicklowWide Bay/Burnett
YarrolWide Bay/BurnettEidsvold

Burke District

Cook District

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

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

Port Curtis District

South Gregory District

South Kennedy District

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

Warrego District

List of counties and number of parishes

CountyNo. of Parishes
Abbotsford17
Aberdeen20
Albany16
Albion12
Allison15
Amaroo18
Archer16
Argylla13
Aubigny46
Auburn13
Ayrshire15
Balurga13
Bando17
Banks32
Barcoo11
Bauhinia17
Beaconsfield20
Beaufort15
Bell16
Belmore87
Belyando13
Bentinck22
Binburie18
Bolwarra15
Boondooma15
Bowen22
Brahe10
Brighton16
Buckingham18
Buckland8
Bulgroo13
Buller15
Bulloo10
Bulwer22
Bundara18
Burarie17
Burdekin12
Burenda15
Burke24
Burrandilla15
Byerley10
Cairns12
Cameron16
Canning14
Canobie13
Cardwell43
Carlisle26
Carnarvon25
Carpentaria12
Carrandotta21
Carruthers15
Cassillis11
Cavendish22
Chataway10
Chatsworth19
Chelmsford20
Chesterton6
Cheviot11
Chudleigh16
Churchill34
Clarke17
Claude6
Clermont28
Clinton29
Clive17
Coen18
Cogoon16
Conbar13
Consuelo13
Cook34
Cooper13
Coorajah13
Cootah12
Copperfield11
Coreena15
Cumberland33
Curralle17
Currawilla17
Dagmar15
Dalrymple13
Daroo18
Davenport22
Dawson14
Deas Thompson10
Denison39
Derby33
Diamantina19
Dickson14
Douglas18
Drake17
Drummond9
Drury16
Dublin23
Dulhunty13
Dunbar13
Durham16
Durrie19
Dutton15
Eddington18
Einasleigh10
Elderslie10
Elgin20
Elphinstone21
Esmeralda13
Etheridge14
Eurinye19
Evora12
Eyre21
Farrar20
Ferguson11
Fermoy9
Fielding13
Fitzroy22
Flinders16
Fortescue28
Foxton10
Franklin12
Fraser6
Gayundah18
Georgina14
Gilbert14
Gladstone17
Glanworth13
Glengyle20
Glenora11
Gordon12
Gould14
Gowan13
Granada19
Gregory17
Grey17
Griffith12
Grosvenor12
Gunnawarra16
Haddon15
Hamilton20
Hann17
Herbert28
Hillalong10
Hodgkinson14
Howitt13
Humboldt19
Humeburn15
Iffley18
Jardine13
Kalkah13
Kamileroi15
Kendall13
Kennedy12
Killarney12
Kimberley14
King11
Koolatah12
Kungie18
Kyabra16
Kynuna14
Kyrunda14
Labouchere18
Lamington15
Landsborough14
Lang13
Langlo18
Lennox27
Leura14
Liebig9
Livingstone33
Lukin15
Lynd19
Lyndhurst8
Lytton20
Mackenzie21
Malwa19
Maneroo12
Manfred14
Manuka13
Maramie19
Maranoa15
March37
Marga13
Marsh22
Mayne10
Mckinlay17
Melville14
Merivale28
Merlin11
Mexico13
Mitchell18
Monkira19
Morstone15
Mosman19
Mowarra16
Mueller13
Munga10
Mungallala11
Murchison15
Murray11
Musgrave19
Nares26
Nash14
Nebine13
Newcastle23
Nicholson13
Nickavilla13
Nive11
Noorama12
Norley14
Norman25
Numalla15
Nyama16
Oaklands16
O'connell18
Oondooroo11
Orrery17
Pakington15
Palmer24
Palmerston15
Paluma16
Parker13
Paroo17
Pelham10
Pender16
Pera12
Percy11
Philp18
Pitteroo15
Piturie18
Plantagenet19
Porchester13
Portland16
Pring22
Raglan17
Rawbelle18
Richmond12
Rochedale20
Rodney18
Rogers21
Roper8
Rosebery16
Rosebrook8
Ross12
Rupert12
Ruthven13
Rutledge11
Salisbury18
Sandringham16
Savannah17
Saxby10
Sellheim23
Selwyn17
Shelburne13
Sidmouth13
Solander16
Somerset11
Stanley49
Stokes8
Strathleven17
Strathmore12
Sturt20
Surrey11
Talawanta16
Talbot18
Taldora15
Tambo23
Tanbar15
Tate15
Tewinga15
Thunda16
Tingarra10
Titheroo12
Toko16
Tomoo14
Toorak11
Torres7
Tower Hill14
Uanda20
Ularunda13
Undilla15
Vergemont11
Victor12
Wairuna15
Waldegrave51
Walker9
Walsh11
Warbreccan14
Warburton17
Ward37
Warner13
Warrong9
Waverley19
Weipa13
Wellesley6
Wellington41
Wentworth15
Weramo20
Weringa14
Westgrove14
Weymouth16
Wicklow12
Wilkie Gray16
Wills18
Wilson10
Windeyer7
Windsor16
Windula16
Wodehouse18
Wokingham8
Wolseley16
Wondoola11
Wongalee17
Wonomo15
Woodstock11
Woolgar19
Wooroolah11
Wooroona17
Woura12
Wrotham9
Wyara16
Yagoonya22
Yappar12
Yarrol18
York15
Youranigh16

References

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  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.
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