County of Titheroo, Queensland

Titheroo County, Queensland is one of the 318 Counties of Queensland Australia. It is within the South Gregory Land District.

Queensland cadastral divisions 1901

The county was carved off from the adjoining Wellington County in 1901.[1][2]

The county is sparsely settled and lies on the Queensland - New South Wales Border. The seat of local government is the town of Cunnamulla which lies in the adjacent Wellington County.

History

The original indigenous inhabitants of the area were the Kunja people.[3] The area's first European explorer was Thomas Mitchell who passed through the region in 1846.[4]

References
  1. "Kendall – county (entry 17923)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  2. Collections - Maps - Queensland. Survey Office. Queensland showing counties Queensland. Survey Office 28May 2012.
  3. Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Kunja (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.
  4. "Cunnamulla - Queensland - Australia - Travel". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. 8 February 2004. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2010.

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