County of Elphinstone Facts for Kids

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Location within Queensland

Lands administrative divisions around Elphinstone:
Wilkie Gray	Pacific Ocean	Pacific Ocean
Wilkie Gray	Elphinstone	Gladstone
Davenport	Davenport	Murray

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. The county is divided into civil parishes. 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 / 19.450°S 147.050°E / -19.450; 147.050 (Abbotsford Parish)	Cungulla
Beor	Townsville	19°22′S 146°52′E / 19.367°S 146.867°E / -19.367; 146.867 (Beor Parish)	Oonoonba
Bohle	Townsville	19°15′S 146°40′E / 19.250°S 146.667°E / -19.250; 146.667 (Bohle Parish)	Deeragun
Cardington	Charters Towers	19°49′S 146°48′E / 19.817°S 146.800°E / -19.817; 146.800 (Cardington Parish)
Coonambelah	Townsville	19°14′S 146°47′E / 19.233°S 146.783°E / -19.233; 146.783 (Coonambelah Parish)	Townsville, Kirwan, Pallarenda
Crimea	Charters Towers	19°45′S 146°40′E / 19.750°S 146.667°E / -19.750; 146.667 (Crimea Parish)
Cunningham	Charters Towers	19°54′S 146°44′E / 19.900°S 146.733°E / -19.900; 146.733 (Cunningham Parish)	Mingela
Ettrick	Townsville	19°19′S 147°00′E / 19.317°S 147.000°E / -19.317; 147.000 (Ettrick Parish)
Glenrock	Townsville	19°37′S 146°38′E / 19.617°S 146.633°E / -19.617; 146.633 (Glenrock Parish)
Granite	Townsville	19°30′S 146°37′E / 19.500°S 146.617°E / -19.500; 146.617 (Granite Parish)
Halifax	Townsville	19°13′S 146°33′E / 19.217°S 146.550°E / -19.217; 146.550 (Halifax Parish)	Bluewater
Hervey	Townsville	19°21′S 146°30′E / 19.350°S 146.500°E / -19.350; 146.500 (Hervey Parish)
Lansdowne	Townsville	19°30′S 146°47′E / 19.500°S 146.783°E / -19.500; 146.783 (Lansdowne Parish)
Magenta	Townsville	19°38′S 146°52′E / 19.633°S 146.867°E / -19.633; 146.867 (Magenta Parish)	Woodstock
Magnetic	Townsville	19°07′S 146°49′E / 19.117°S 146.817°E / -19.117; 146.817 (Magnetic Parish)	Magnetic Island
Rokeby	Townsville	19°32′S 146°56′E / 19.533°S 146.933°E / -19.533; 146.933 (Rokeby Parish)
Ross	Townsville	19°23′S 146°40′E / 19.383°S 146.667°E / -19.383; 146.667 (Ross Parish)	Alice River, Kelso
Scott	Burdekin	19°34′S 147°03′E / 19.567°S 147.050°E / -19.567; 147.050 (Scott Parish)	Giru
Stuart	Townsville	19°22′S 146°48′E / 19.367°S 146.800°E / -19.367; 146.800 (Stuart Parish)	Stuart, Annandale, Douglas
Woodstock	Townsville	19°42′S 146°59′E / 19.700°S 146.983°E / -19.700; 146.983 (Woodstock Parish)
Wyoming	Townsville	19°38′S 146°47′E / 19.633°S 146.783°E / -19.633; 146.783 (Wyoming Parish)

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