County of Pelham
Cadastral division in Queensland, Australia
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The County of Pelham is a county (a cadastral division) in Queensland, Australia, located in the Shire of Banana in Central Queensland.[1][2][3] The county is divided into civil parishes. 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 Pelham thus:
Bounded on the north by the county of Raglan; on the east by the counties of Clinton and Rawbelle; on the south by the county of Rawbelle and the southern watershed of Scoria and Prospect Creeks; and on the west by the eastern watershed of the Dawson River.
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Parishes
Pelham is divided into parishes, as listed below:
| Parish | LGA | Coordinates | Towns |
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| Clifford | Banana | 24°25′S 150°53′E | |
| Coreen | Banana | 24°23′S 150°19′E | |
| Grevillea | Banana | 24°39′S 150°47′E | Lawgi |
| Greycliffe | Banana | 24°16′S 150°18′E | Goovigen |
| Kariboe | Banana | 24°33′S 150°55′E | |
| Kooingal | Banana | 24°31′S 150°27′E | |
| Kroombit | Banana | 24°30′S 150°45′E | |
| Prospect | Banana | 24°40′S 150°35′E | |
| Scoria | Banana | 24°35′S 150°37′E | |
| Tiamby | Banana | 24°40′S 150°28′E |