County of Cavendish

Cavendish
Queensland

Location within Queensland
Lands administrative divisions around Cavendish:
Fitzroy Fitzroy Canning
Aubigny Cavendish Canning
Aubigny Churchill Stanley

The County of Cavendish 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. The county includes the northern part of the Toowoomba Region and the western part of the Somerset Region.[1] The county was officially named and bounded by the Governor in Council on 7 March 1901 under the Land Act 1897.[2]

Parishes

Cavendish is divided into parishes, listed as follows:

Parish LGA Coordinates Towns
Anduramba Somerset 27°12′S 152°10′E / 27.200°S 152.167°E
Avoca Somerset 26°37′S 152°12′E / 26.617°S 152.200°E
Biarra Somerset 27°06′S 152°19′E / 27.100°S 152.317°E Toogoolawah
Buaraba Somerset 27°22′S 152°18′E / 27.367°S 152.300°E
Clarendon Lockyer Valley 27°29′S 152°22′E / 27.483°S 152.367°E
Colinton Somerset 26°52′S 152°15′E / 26.867°S 152.250°E Moore
Cooyar Toowoomba 26°55′S 151°55′E / 26.917°S 151.917°E Cooyar, Yarraman
Cressbrook Somerset 27°07′S 152°26′E / 27.117°S 152.433°E
Crows Nest Toowoomba 27°15′S 152°03′E / 27.250°S 152.050°E Crows Nest
Deongwar Somerset 27°15′S 152°11′E / 27.250°S 152.183°E
Djuan Toowoomba 27°08′S 151°56′E / 27.133°S 151.933°E Haden
Emu Creek Toowoomba 27°00′S 152°02′E / 27.000°S 152.033°E
England Somerset 27°25′S 152°27′E / 27.417°S 152.450°E Coominya, Mount Tarampa
Esk Somerset 27°14′S 152°25′E / 27.233°S 152.417°E Esk
Eskdale Toowoomba 27°06′S 152°10′E / 27.100°S 152.167°E
Helidon Lockyer Valley 27°30′S 152°07′E / 27.500°S 152.117°E Helidon
Lockyer Lockyer Valley 27°30′S 152°14′E / 27.500°S 152.233°E Grantham
Murphy Lockyer Valley 27°27′S 152°06′E / 27.450°S 152.100°E
Nukinenda Somerset 27°01′S 152°11′E / 27.017°S 152.183°E
Ravensbourne Toowoomba 27°21′S 152°08′E / 27.350°S 152.133°E Ravensbourne
Taromeo South Burnett 26°49′S 152°07′E / 26.817°S 152.117°E Benarkin, Blackbutt
Wivenhoe Somerset 27°21′S 152°32′E / 27.350°S 152.533°E Lake Wivenhoe

References

  1. ↑ Moreton District, County of Cavendish Maps - A4 Series at Queensland Archives.
  2. ↑ Department of Environment and Resource Management. "Place name details — Cavendish". Retrieved 4 June 2011.

Coordinates: 27°25′S 152°10′E / 27.417°S 152.167°E