County of Flinders, Queensland

Flinders Queensland
Location within Queensland
Lands administrative divisions around Flinders: Clinton Coral Sea Coral Sea Clinton Flinders Coral Sea Yarrol Bowen Cook

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] It was named for Matthew Flinders who explored the Australian coastline.

The county was created on 1 September 1855 by royal proclamation under the Waste Lands Australia Act 1846.^[3] On 7 March 1901, the Governor issued a proclamation legally dividing Queensland into counties under the Land Act 1897.^[4] 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
Arthurs Seat	Gladstone	24°17′S 151°42′E / 24.283°S 151.700°E
Baffle	Gladstone	24°28′S 151°57′E / 24.467°S 151.950°E
Bulburin	Gladstone	24°32′S 151°34′E / 24.533°S 151.567°E
Bunker	Gladstone	23°46′S 152°22′E / 23.767°S 152.367°E
Euleilah	Gladstone	24°31′S 151°50′E / 24.517°S 151.833°E
Eurimbula	Gladstone	24°07′S 151°43′E / 24.117°S 151.717°E	Town of 1770
Littabella	Bundaberg	24°40′S 152°05′E / 24.667°S 152.083°E	Watalgan
Miriam Vale	Gladstone	24°22′S 151°35′E / 24.367°S 151.583°E	Miriam Vale
Polmaily	Gladstone	24°20′S 151°29′E / 24.333°S 151.483°E	Bororen
Rodds Bay	Gladstone	24°06′S 151°32′E / 24.100°S 151.533°E
Rosedale	Gladstone	24°41′S 151°51′E / 24.683°S 151.850°E	Rosedale (S)
Taunton	Gladstone	24°24′S 151°44′E / 24.400°S 151.733°E
Thornhill	Gladstone	24°39′S 151°36′E / 24.650°S 151.600°E
Tottenham	Gladstone	24°36′S 151°59′E / 24.600°S 151.983°E	Rosedale (N)
Uxbridge	Gladstone	24°19′S 151°53′E / 24.317°S 151.883°E	Agnes Water
Warro	Gladstone	24°33′S 151°44′E / 24.550°S 151.733°E	Lowmead

References

1. "Flinders (entry 12768)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
2. Port Curtis District, County of Flinders Maps – F3 Series at Queensland Archives.
3. "Proclamation". New South Wales Government Gazette. 29 June 1855. p. 1855:1737–1738.
4. "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette. 75. 8 March 1901. pp. 967–980.

Coordinates: 24°20′S 151°34′E / 24.333°S 151.567°E