County of Flinders, Queensland

The County of Flinders is a county (a cadastral division) in Queensland, Australia, located in the Central Queensland region between Gladstone and Bundaberg.[1][2] It was named for Matthew Flinders who explored the Australian coastline.

Flinders
Queensland
Location within Queensland
Lands administrative divisions around Flinders:
Clinton Coral Sea Coral Sea
Clinton Flinders Coral Sea
Yarrol Bowen Cook

The county was created on 1 September 1855 by royal proclamation under the Waste Lands Australia Act 1846.[3] On 7 March 1901, the Governor issued a proclamation legally dividing Queensland into counties under the Land Act 1897.[4] Its schedule described Flinders thus:

Bounded on the south by the counties of Cook and Bowen; on the west by the county of Yarrol, the eastern watershed of the Boyne River, and the western boundary of the parist of Rodds Bay; and on the north and east by the Pacific Ocean.

Parishes

Flinders is divided into parishes, as listed below:

ParishLGACoordinatesTowns
Arthurs SeatGladstone24°17′S 151°42′E
BaffleGladstone24°28′S 151°57′E
BulburinGladstone24°32′S 151°34′E
BunkerGladstone23°46′S 152°22′E
EuleilahGladstone24°31′S 151°50′E
EurimbulaGladstone24°07′S 151°43′ETown of 1770
LittabellaBundaberg24°40′S 152°05′EWatalgan
Miriam ValeGladstone24°22′S 151°35′EMiriam Vale
PolmailyGladstone24°20′S 151°29′EBororen
Rodds BayGladstone24°06′S 151°32′E
RosedaleGladstone24°41′S 151°51′ERosedale (S)
TauntonGladstone24°24′S 151°44′E
ThornhillGladstone24°39′S 151°36′E
TottenhamGladstone24°36′S 151°59′ERosedale (N)
UxbridgeGladstone24°19′S 151°53′EAgnes Water
WarroGladstone24°33′S 151°44′ELowmead

References
  1. "Flinders (entry 12768)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  2. Port Curtis District, County of Flinders Maps – F3 Series at Queensland Archives.
  3. "Proclamation". New South Wales Government Gazette. 29 June 1855. p. 1855:1737–1738.
  4. "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette. 75. 8 March 1901. pp. 967–980.

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