County of Elphinstone

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]

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

Parishes

Elphinstone is divided into parishes, listed as follows:

ParishLGACoordinatesTowns
AbbotsfordBurdekin19°27′S 147°03′ECungulla
BeorTownsville19°22′S 146°52′EOonoonba
BohleTownsville19°15′S 146°40′EDeeragun
CardingtonCharters Towers19°49′S 146°48′E
CoonambelahTownsville19°14′S 146°47′ETownsville, Kirwan, Pallarenda
CrimeaCharters Towers19°45′S 146°40′E
CunninghamCharters Towers19°54′S 146°44′EMingela
EttrickTownsville19°19′S 147°00′E
GlenrockTownsville19°37′S 146°38′E
GraniteTownsville19°30′S 146°37′E
HalifaxTownsville19°13′S 146°33′EBluewater
HerveyTownsville19°21′S 146°30′E
LansdowneTownsville19°30′S 146°47′E
MagentaTownsville19°38′S 146°52′EWoodstock
MagneticTownsville19°07′S 146°49′EMagnetic Island
RokebyTownsville19°32′S 146°56′E
RossTownsville19°23′S 146°40′EAlice River, Kelso
ScottBurdekin19°34′S 147°03′EGiru
StuartTownsville19°22′S 146°48′EStuart, Annandale, Douglas
WoodstockTownsville19°42′S 146°59′E
WyomingTownsville19°38′S 146°47′E

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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