| Elphinstone Queensland |
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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] Townsville is mentioned as being in the county of Elphinstone in the 1911 Britannica. [2] It is bounded by the Haughton River in the east, and part of the Burdekin River in the south-west.[3]
Elphinstone is divided into parishes, listed as follows:
| Parish | LGA | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| Abbotsford | Burdekin | |
| Beor | Townsville | |
| Bohle | Townsville | |
| Cardington | Charters Towers | |
| Coonambelah | Townsville | |
| Crimea | Charters Towers | |
| Ettrick | Townsville | |
| Granite | Townsville | |
| Halifax | Townsville | |
| Hervey | Townsville | |
| Lansdowne | Townsville | |
| Magenta | Townsville | |
| Magnetic | Townsville | |
| Rokeby | Townsville | |
| Ross | Townsville | |
| Scott | Burdekin | |
| Stuart | Townsville | |
| Woodstock | Townsville | |
| Wyoming | Townsville |