County of Flinders, Queensland
Cadastral division in Queensland, Australia
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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][3] The county is divided into civil parishes. It was named for Matthew Flinders who explored the Australian coastline.
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Location within Queensland | |||||||||||||
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| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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The county was created on 1 September 1855 by royal proclamation under the Waste Lands Australia Act 1846.[4] On 7 March 1901, the Governor issued a proclamation legally dividing Queensland into counties under the Land Act 1897.[5] 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:
| Parish | LGA | Coordinates | Towns |
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| Arthurs Seat | Gladstone | 24°17′S 151°42′E | |
| Baffle | Gladstone | 24°28′S 151°57′E | |
| Bulburin | Gladstone | 24°32′S 151°34′E | |
| Bunker | Gladstone | 23°46′S 152°22′E | |
| Euleilah | Gladstone | 24°31′S 151°50′E | |
| Eurimbula | Gladstone | 24°07′S 151°43′E | Town of 1770 |
| Littabella | Bundaberg | 24°40′S 152°05′E | Watalgan |
| Miriam Vale | Gladstone | 24°22′S 151°35′E | Miriam Vale |
| Polmaily | Gladstone | 24°20′S 151°29′E | Bororen |
| Rodds Bay | Gladstone | 24°06′S 151°32′E | |
| Rosedale | Gladstone | 24°41′S 151°51′E | Rosedale (S) |
| Taunton | Gladstone | 24°24′S 151°44′E | |
| Thornhill | Gladstone | 24°39′S 151°36′E | |
| Tottenham | Gladstone | 24°36′S 151°59′E | Rosedale (N) |
| Uxbridge | Gladstone | 24°19′S 151°53′E | Agnes Water |
| Warro | Gladstone | 24°33′S 151°44′E | Lowmead |