County of Clinton, Queensland

Clinton
Queensland
Location within Queensland
Lands administrative divisions around Clinton:
Deas Thompson Deas Thompson Coral Sea
Raglan Clinton Coral Sea
Pelham
Rawbelle
Yarrol Flinders

The County of Clinton is a county (a cadastral division) in Queensland, Australia. It is centred on the city of Gladstone and includes most of the Gladstone Region.[1][2] 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 Clinton thus:

Bounded on the south by the county of Yarrol; on the west by the county of Rawbelle and the eastern watershed of Callide Creek and the Don River; on the north by the northern watershed of the Calliope River; and on the east by the Pacific Ocean and the county of Flinders.

  1. ^ "Clinton (entry 7449)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  2. ^ Port Curtis District, County of Clinton Maps – F1 Series at Queensland Archives.
  3. ^ "Proclamation". New South Wales Government Gazette. 29 June 1855. p. 1855:1737–1738.
  4. ^ "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette. Vol. 75. 8 March 1901. pp. 967–980.