County of Wicklow, Queensland

Wicklow
Queensland
Location within Queensland
Lands administrative divisions around Wicklow:
Dawson Rawbelle Yarrol
Fortescue Wicklow Bowen
Fortescue Newcastle Mackenzie

Wicklow County is a county (a cadastral division) in Queensland, Australia, located in the Wide Bay–Burnett region.[1][2] On 7 March 1901, the Governor issued a proclamation legally dividing Queensland into counties under the Land Act 1897.[3] Its schedule described Wicklow thus:

Bounded on the east by the county of Yarrol; on the south by the county of Newcastle; on the west by the eastern watershed of the Dawson River; and on the north by the south boundaries of Knockbreak Lease, Calrossie Resumption, Culcragie Lease, part of Culcragie Resumption, and by the north boundary of Eidsvold Resumption.

Parishes

ParishLGACoordinates
AuburnNorth Burnett25°36′S 151°07′E / 25.600°S 151.117°E / -25.600; 151.117 (Auburn Parish)
BoolgalNorth Burnett25°27′S 150°55′E / 25.450°S 150.917°E / -25.450; 150.917 (Boolgal Parish)
BoraniaNorth Burnett25°22′S 150°30′E / 25.367°S 150.500°E / -25.367; 150.500 (Borania Parish)
CheltenhamNorth Burnett25°34′S 150°49′E / 25.567°S 150.817°E / -25.567; 150.817 (Cheltenham Parish)
CloncoseNorth Burnett25°23′S 150°38′E / 25.383°S 150.633°E / -25.383; 150.633 (Cloncose Parish)
DykeheadNorth Burnett25°37′S 151°00′E / 25.617°S 151.000°E / -25.617; 151.000 (Dykehead Parish)
DyngieNorth Burnett25°28′S 150°31′E / 25.467°S 150.517°E / -25.467; 150.517 (Dyngie Parish)
EidsvoldNorth Burnett25°27′S 151°03′E / 25.450°S 151.050°E / -25.450; 151.050 (Eidsvold Parish)
NarayenNorth Burnett25°39′S 150°51′E / 25.650°S 150.850°E / -25.650; 150.850 (Narayen Parish)
RedbankNorth Burnett25°36′S 150°41′E / 25.600°S 150.683°E / -25.600; 150.683 (Redbank Parish)
WoodbankNorth Burnett25°35′S 150°30′E / 25.583°S 150.500°E / -25.583; 150.500 (Woodbank Parish)
YerillaNorth Burnett25°24′S 150°48′E / 25.400°S 150.800°E / -25.400; 150.800 (Yerilla Parish)

References

  1. ↑ "Wicklow (entry 37408)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Wide Bay/Burnett District, County of Wicklow Maps – E2 Series at Queensland Archives.
  3. ↑ "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette. 75. 8 March 1901. pp. 967–980.

Coordinates: 25°47′S 150°49′E / 25.783°S 150.817°E / -25.783; 150.817


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