County of Cavendish Facts for Kids

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Location within Queensland

Lands administrative divisions around Cavendish:
Fitzroy	Fitzroy	Canning
Aubigny	Cavendish	Canning
Aubigny	Churchill	Stanley

The County of Cavendish is a county (a cadastral division) in Queensland, Australia. Like all counties in Queensland, it is a non-functional administrative unit, that is used mainly for the purpose of registering land titles. The county includes the northern part of the Toowoomba Region and the western part of the Somerset Region. The county was officially named and bounded by the Governor in Council on 7 March 1901 under the Land Act 1897.

Parishes

Cavendish is divided into parishes, listed as follows:

Parish	LGA	Coordinates	Towns
Anduramba	Somerset	27°12′S 152°10′E / 27.200°S 152.167°E / -27.200; 152.167 (Anduramba Parish)
Avoca	Somerset	26°37′S 152°12′E / 26.617°S 152.200°E / -26.617; 152.200 (Avoca Parish)
Biarra	Somerset	27°06′S 152°19′E / 27.100°S 152.317°E / -27.100; 152.317 (Biarra Parish)	Toogoolawah
Buaraba	Somerset	27°22′S 152°18′E / 27.367°S 152.300°E / -27.367; 152.300 (Buaraba Parish)
Clarendon	Lockyer Valley	27°29′S 152°22′E / 27.483°S 152.367°E / -27.483; 152.367 (Clarendon Parish)
Colinton	Somerset	26°52′S 152°15′E / 26.867°S 152.250°E / -26.867; 152.250 (Colinton Parish)	Moore
Cooyar	Toowoomba	26°55′S 151°55′E / 26.917°S 151.917°E / -26.917; 151.917 (Cooyar Parish)	Cooyar, Yarraman
Cressbrook	Somerset	27°07′S 152°26′E / 27.117°S 152.433°E / -27.117; 152.433 (Cressbrook Parish)
Crows Nest	Toowoomba	27°15′S 152°03′E / 27.250°S 152.050°E / -27.250; 152.050 (Crows Nest Parish)	Crows Nest
Deongwar	Somerset	27°15′S 152°11′E / 27.250°S 152.183°E / -27.250; 152.183 (Deongwar Parish)
Djuan	Toowoomba	27°08′S 151°56′E / 27.133°S 151.933°E / -27.133; 151.933 (Djuan Parish)	Haden
Emu Creek	Toowoomba	27°00′S 152°02′E / 27.000°S 152.033°E / -27.000; 152.033 (Emu Creek Parish)
England	Somerset	27°25′S 152°27′E / 27.417°S 152.450°E / -27.417; 152.450 (England Parish)	Coominya, Mount Tarampa
Esk	Somerset	27°14′S 152°25′E / 27.233°S 152.417°E / -27.233; 152.417 (Esk Parish)	Esk
Eskdale	Toowoomba	27°06′S 152°10′E / 27.100°S 152.167°E / -27.100; 152.167 (Eskdale Parish)
Helidon	Lockyer Valley	27°30′S 152°07′E / 27.500°S 152.117°E / -27.500; 152.117 (Helidon Parish)	Helidon
Lockyer	Lockyer Valley	27°30′S 152°14′E / 27.500°S 152.233°E / -27.500; 152.233 (Lockyer Parish)	Grantham
Murphy	Lockyer Valley	27°27′S 152°06′E / 27.450°S 152.100°E / -27.450; 152.100 (Murphy Parish)
Nukinenda	Somerset	27°01′S 152°11′E / 27.017°S 152.183°E / -27.017; 152.183 (Nukinenda Parish)
Ravensbourne	Toowoomba	27°21′S 152°08′E / 27.350°S 152.133°E / -27.350; 152.133 (Ravensbourne Parish)	Ravensbourne
Taromeo	South Burnett	26°49′S 152°07′E / 26.817°S 152.117°E / -26.817; 152.117 (Taromeo Parish)	Benarkin, Blackbutt
Wivenhoe	Somerset	27°21′S 152°32′E / 27.350°S 152.533°E / -27.350; 152.533 (Wivenhoe Parish)	Lake Wivenhoe

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