County of Elphinstone
Cadastral division in Queensland, Australia
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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][2] The county is divided into civil parishes. Townsville is mentioned as being in the county of Elphinstone in the 1911 Britannica.[3] It is bounded by the Haughton River in the east, and part of the Burdekin River in the south-west.[4]
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Location within Queensland | |||||||||||||
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Parishes
Elphinstone is divided into parishes, listed as follows:
| Parish | LGA | Coordinates | Towns |
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| Abbotsford | Burdekin | 19°27′S 147°03′E | Cungulla |
| Beor | Townsville | 19°22′S 146°52′E | Oonoonba |
| Bohle | Townsville | 19°15′S 146°40′E | Deeragun |
| Cardington | Charters Towers | 19°49′S 146°48′E | |
| Coonambelah | Townsville | 19°14′S 146°47′E | Townsville, Kirwan, Pallarenda |
| Crimea | Charters Towers | 19°45′S 146°40′E | |
| Cunningham | Charters Towers | 19°54′S 146°44′E | Mingela |
| Ettrick | Townsville | 19°19′S 147°00′E | |
| Glenrock | Townsville | 19°37′S 146°38′E | |
| Granite | Townsville | 19°30′S 146°37′E | |
| Halifax | Townsville | 19°13′S 146°33′E | Bluewater |
| Hervey | Townsville | 19°21′S 146°30′E | |
| Lansdowne | Townsville | 19°30′S 146°47′E | |
| Magenta | Townsville | 19°38′S 146°52′E | Woodstock |
| Magnetic | Townsville | 19°07′S 146°49′E | Magnetic Island |
| Rokeby | Townsville | 19°32′S 146°56′E | |
| Ross | Townsville | 19°23′S 146°40′E | Alice River, Kelso |
| Scott | Burdekin | 19°34′S 147°03′E | Giru |
| Stuart | Townsville | 19°22′S 146°48′E | Stuart, Annandale, Douglas |
| Woodstock | Townsville | 19°42′S 146°59′E | |
| Wyoming | Townsville | 19°38′S 146°47′E |