County of Deas Thompson

The County of Deas Thompson is a county (a cadastral division) in Queensland, Australia. It is situated between the cities of Gladstone and Rockhampton.[1] The county is divided into civil parishes. The county was named for Edward Deas Thomson, a New South Wales politician, but the name was misspelt Thompson when applied to the county.[2][3]

Deas Thompson
Queensland
Location within Queensland
Lands administrative divisions around Deas Thompson:
Livingstone Livingstone Coral Sea
Raglan Deas Thompson Coral Sea
Raglan Clinton Clinton

The county was created on 1 September 1855 by royal proclamation under the Waste Lands Australia Act 1846.[4] On 7 March 1901, the Governor issued a proclamation legally dividing Queensland into counties under the Land Act 1897.[5] Its schedule described Deas Thompson thus:

Bounded on the south by the county of Clinton; on the west by the western boundaries of the parishes of Raglan and Ultimo; on the north by the northern boundaries of the parishes of Ultimo, San Jose and Casuarina; and on the east by the Pacific Ocean,—including Curtis and Facing and other adjacent islands.

Parishes

Deas Thompson is divided into parishes, as listed below:

ParishLGACoordinatesTowns
CasuarinaRockhampton23°35′S 150°47′E
CurtisGladstone23°43′S 151°13′ESouthend (Curtis Island)
LangmornGladstone23°47′S 150°52′EAmbrose, Mount Larcom, Raglan
Monte ChristoGladstone23°34′S 151°07′E
NolanGladstone23°54′S 150°51′E
RaglanGladstone23°52′S 150°42′E
RundleGladstone23°37′S 150°57′E
San JoseRockhampton23°42′S 150°45′EMarmor
TarginieGladstone23°43′S 151°05′E
UltimoRockhampton23°43′S 150°36′EBajool

References
  1. Queensland showing counties / compiled and published at the Survey Department, Brisbane, Brisbane : Survey Dept., 1900.
  2. "Deas Thompson (entry 9554)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  3. Port Curtis District, County of Deas Thompson Maps – F2 Series at Queensland Archives.
  4. "Proclamation". New South Wales Government Gazette. 29 June 1855. p. 1855:1737–1738.
  5. "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette. Vol. 75. 8 March 1901. pp. 967–980.

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