County of March

The County of March is a county (a cadastral division) in Queensland, Australia.[1] The county consists of the Noosa area, plus the eastern parts of the Gympie and Fraser Coast regions.[2]

March
Queensland
Location within Queensland
Lands administrative divisions around March:
Cook Coral Sea Coral Sea
Lennox March Fraser
Canning Canning Coral Sea

History

March was first created by an Order in Council by the Governor of New South Wales on 30 December 1848.[3] It was named by the Surveyor-General in honour of a medical practitioner based in the area.[1] The county was described in the following terms:

County of March, containing about 1925 square miles. Bounded on the south by Moroochydore river (sic) to its source, thence by the range dividing the system of the river Mary from that of the Brisbane, to the main source of the Mary; on the west by the Mary; on the north-east by the coast of Wide Bay; and on the east by the seacoast to the mouth of the Moroochydore.

On 7 March 1901, the Governor of Queensland proclaimed new boundaries under the Land Act 1897,[4] which were described as follows:

Bounded on the south by the county of Canning; on the west by the western boundaries of the parishes of Kenilworth, Tuchekoi, Traveston, Gympie, Curra, Gutchy, Gundiah, Tiaro, Young, Maryborough, Wallibum and Vernon; on the north by the Pacific Ocean and on the east by Great Sandy Strait and the Pacific Ocean.

Parishes

March is divided into parishes, as listed below:

ParishLGACoordinatesTowns
BidwillFraser Coast25°38′S 152°42′E
BinghamFraser Coast25°24′S 152°52′E
ComoNoosa26°10′S 153°00′E
Conondale[5]Sunshine Coast26°45′S 152°46′E
CooloolaGympie25°58′S 153°06′ERainbow Beach
CowraFraser Coast25°47′S 152°56′ETinnanbar
CurraGympie26°02′S 152°36′ECurra
DaymanFraser Coast25°20′S 152°58′E(Big Woody Island)
ElliottFraser Coast25°31′S 152°48′E
GoomboorianGympie26°05′S 152°45′E
GundiahFraser Coast25°50′S 152°37′EBauple
GutchyGympie25°55′S 152°36′ETheebine
GympieGympie26°08′S 152°42′EGympie
KenilworthSunshine Coast26°34′S 152°48′EKenilworth
LagunaNoosa26°17′S 153°00′E
MalenySunshine Coast26°40′S 152°48′EMaleny
MaryboroughFraser Coast25°30′S 152°42′EMaryborough
NeerdieGympie25°57′S 152°44′E
NoosaNoosa26°17′S 152°56′ETewantin, Boreen Point
PoonaFraser Coast25°38′S 152°52′EBoonooroo
South HeadFraser Coast25°30′S 152°55′E
TagiganGympie26°09′S 152°51′E
TahitiFraser Coast25°46′S 152°47′E
TewantinNoosa26°24′S 152°59′ECooroy
TiaroFraser Coast25°45′S 152°37′ETiaro
TinanaFraser Coast25°34′S 152°40′ETinana
ToolaraGympie25°58′S 152°56′ETin Can Bay
Traveston]]Gympie26°17′S 152°44′ETraveston
TuchekoiGympie26°24′S 152°48′EPomona
UlirrahGympie25°54′S 152°49′E
UranganFraser Coast25°20′S 152°52′EHervey Bay South
VernonFraser Coast25°20′S 152°42′EHervey Bay North
WalliebumFraser Coast25°26′S 152°44′EAldershot
WeybaNoosa26°26′S 153°03′ENoosaville, Peregian Beach
WomalahGympie26°06′S 153°00′E
WoondumGympie26°16′S 152°48′ECooran, Kin Kin
YoungFraser Coast25°38′S 152°38′E

References
  1. "March (entry 20922)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  2. Wide Bay/Burnett District, County of March Maps - D8 Series Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine at Queensland Archives.
  3. "The New Counties". The Moreton Bay Courier. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 13 January 1849. p. 4. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  4. "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette. 75. 8 March 1901. pp. 967–980.
  5. Split parish with County of Lennox

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