County of Elphinstone

Elphinstone
Queensland

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

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]

Parishes

Elphinstone is divided into parishes, listed as follows:

Parish LGA Coordinates Towns
Abbotsford Burdekin 19°27′S 147°03′E / 19.450°S 147.050°E Cungulla
Beor Townsville 19°22′S 146°52′E / 19.367°S 146.867°E Oonoonba
Bohle Townsville 19°15′S 146°40′E / 19.250°S 146.667°E Deeragun
Cardington Charters Towers 19°49′S 146°48′E / 19.817°S 146.800°E
Coonambelah Townsville 19°14′S 146°47′E / 19.233°S 146.783°E Townsville, Kirwan, Pallarenda
Crimea Charters Towers 19°45′S 146°40′E / 19.750°S 146.667°E
Cunningham Charters Towers 19°54′S 146°44′E / 19.900°S 146.733°E Mingela
Ettrick Townsville 19°19′S 147°00′E / 19.317°S 147.000°E
Glenrock Townsville 19°37′S 146°38′E / 19.617°S 146.633°E
Granite Townsville 19°30′S 146°37′E / 19.500°S 146.617°E
Halifax Townsville 19°13′S 146°33′E / 19.217°S 146.550°E Bluewater
Hervey Townsville 19°21′S 146°30′E / 19.350°S 146.500°E
Lansdowne Townsville 19°30′S 146°47′E / 19.500°S 146.783°E
Magenta Townsville 19°38′S 146°52′E / 19.633°S 146.867°E Woodstock
Magnetic Townsville 19°07′S 146°49′E / 19.117°S 146.817°E Magnetic Island
Rokeby Townsville 19°32′S 146°56′E / 19.533°S 146.933°E
Ross Townsville 19°23′S 146°40′E / 19.383°S 146.667°E Alice River, Kelso
Scott Burdekin 19°34′S 147°03′E / 19.567°S 147.050°E Giru
Stuart Townsville 19°22′S 146°48′E / 19.367°S 146.800°E Stuart, Annandale, Douglas
Woodstock Townsville 19°42′S 146°59′E / 19.700°S 146.983°E
Wyoming Townsville 19°38′S 146°47′E / 19.633°S 146.783°E

References

  1. ↑ Queensland government, place name details
  2. ↑ 1911 Britannica, Townsville
  3. ↑ North Kennedy District, County of Elphinstone Maps - L6 Series at Queensland Archives.