County of Bowen
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The County of Bowen is a cadastral division in Queensland, Australia, located in the Wide Bay-Burnett region to the west of Bundaberg. It was named in honour of Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the first Governor of Queensland.[1][2] On 7 March 1901, the Governor issued a proclamation legally dividing Queensland into counties under the Land Act 1897.[3] Its schedule described Bowen thus:
Bounded on the east by the county of Cook; on the south by the county of Mackenzie; on the west by [...] the parishes of Mundowran, Boomerang, Binjour, Jonday, Yenda, Wolca, Wombah, Kolonga and Toweran; and on the north by the northern boundaries of the parishes of Toweran, Kolonga and Manduran.
Parishes
Bowen is divided into parishes, as listed below:
References
- ↑ Department of Environment and Resource Management. "Place name details — Bowen". Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ↑ Wide Bay/Burnett Districts, County of Bowen Maps - D2 Series at Queensland Archives.
- ↑ "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette 75. 8 March 1901. pp. 967–980.
Coordinates: 25°11′S 151°39′E / 25.183°S 151.650°E
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