County of Elphinstone facts for kids

Elphinstone Queensland

Location within Queensland

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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. Townsville is mentioned as being in the county of Elphinstone in the 1911 Britannica. It is bounded by the Haughton River in the east, and part of the Burdekin River in the south-west.

Parishes

Elphinstone is divided into parishes, listed as follows:

Parish	LGA	Coordinates	Towns
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