County of Stanley, Queensland

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Stanley
Queensland

Location within Queensland
Cadastral units around Stanley
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Churchill Stanley Pacific Ocean
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Map of Stanley county in 1886
Map of Stanley county in 1886

The County of Stanley is a county in Queensland, Australia. Like all counties in Queensland, it is a non-functional administrative unit, that is used mainly for the purpose of registering land titles. It was named after Edward Stanley, who was three times British Prime Minister in the 1850s and 1860s.[1] It is bounded by the Logan River in the south, the Brisbane River at what is now Lake Wivenhoe in the west, the Stanley River at what is now Lake Somerset in the north-west, and Caboolture River in the north. It includes Moreton Island and Stradbroke Island.

The county takes in the cities of Brisbane, Ipswich and Redcliffe, among others.

It was formerly a county in New South Wales between the establishment of Brisbane in 1824, and the formation of Queensland as a separate colony in 1859. In 1852 it had an area of 2,000,000 acres (8,000 km²) and population of 2,000, and was the most northerly county of New South Wales. Wheat, coffee, cotton and tobacco were described as being important crops. [2] It was part of the New South Wales electoral district of Stanley between 1856 and 1859.

[edit] Parishes

Like all counties in Queensland, Stanley was divided into parishes. The parishes' current LGA and mapping coordinates to the approximate centre of each location is as follows:

Parish LGA Coordinates
Bulimba Brisbane 27°29′S, 153°04′E
Bundamba Ipswich 27°42′S, 152°50′E
Bunya Moreton Bay 27°22′S, 152°56′E
Burnett Somerset 27°23′S, 153°40′E
Burpengary Moreton Bay 27°08′S, 152°59′E
Byron Somerset 27°04′S, 152°41′E
Caboolture Moreton Bay 27°07′S, 152°52′E
Capalaba Redland Shire 27°32′S, 153°11′E
Chuwar Ipswich 27°34′S, 152°48′E
Cleveland Redland Shire 27°32′S, 153°18′E
Dixon Somerset 27°12′S, 152°33′E
Dundas Somerset 27°19′S, 152°41′E
Enoggera Brisbane 27°25′S, 152°56′E
Goodna Ipswich 27°37′S, 152°51′E
Indooroopilly Brisbane 27°30′S, 152°59′E
Ipswich Ipswich 27°39′S, 152°47′E
Kedron Brisbane 27°22′S, 153°00′E
Kholo Brisbane 27°29′S, 152°48′E
Mackenzie Logan City 27°40′S, 153°07′E
Maclean Scenic Rim 27°47′S, 152°57′E
Mitchell Logan City 27°40′S, 153°00′E
Moggill Brisbane 27°31′S, 152°52′E
North Brisbane Brisbane 27°27′S, 153°02′E
Nundah Brisbane 27°19′S, 153°03′E
Oxley Brisbane 27°34′S, 152°56′E
Parker Moreton Bay 27°21′S, 152°48′E
Perry Scenic Rim 27°44′S, 153°00′E
Pine Moreton Bay 27°07′S, 152°47′E
Redcliffe Moreton Bay 27°14′S, 153°03′E
Redland Redland Shire 27°37′S, 153°15′E
Sahl Somerset 27°25′S, 152°44′E
Samford Moreton Bay 27°23′S, 153°51′E
Samsonvale Moreton Bay 27°14′S, 152°47′E
South Brisbane Brisbane 27°29′S, 153°00′E
St. John Somerset 27°12′S, 152°40′E
Stapylton Ipswich 27°42′S, 152°55′E
Tingalpa Brisbane 27°30′S, 153°08′E
Toombul Brisbane 27°23′S, 153°06′E
Undullah Scenic Rim 27°49′S, 152°52′E
Wararba Moreton Bay 27°02′S, 152°51′E
Warner Moreton Bay 27°19′S, 152°56′E
Whiteside Moreton Bay 27°13′S, 152°53′E
Woogaro Logan City 27°38′S, 152°57′E

[edit] References

  1. ^ Queensland government, place name details
  2. ^ "Old Welsh Books with English Translations", The Land of Gold: the Companion for the Welsh Emigrant to Australia, 1852

[edit] See also

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Counties1 of Australian capital cities

Cumberland (Sydney) · Bourke (Melbourne) · Stanley (Brisbane) · Adelaide (Adelaide) · Perth2 (Perth) · Buckingham3 (Hobart) · Murray (Canberra4) · Palmerston (Darwin)

1Land administrative divisions; no political function. 2Former. 3Renamed Land District. 4Land area pre-1909, no longer in Murray.