County of Dawson

Dawson
Queensland
Location within Queensland
Lands administrative divisions around Dawson:
Bauhinia Ferguson Pelham
Labouchere Dawson Rawbelle
Labouchere Fortescue Wicklow

The County of Dawson is a county (a cadastral division) in Queensland, Australia, located in the Shire of Banana in Central Queensland. [1] The county is divided into civil parishes. The county was officially named and bounded by the Governor in Council on 7 March 1901 under the Land Act 1897.[2][3]

  1. ^ Queensland showing counties / compiled and published at the Survey Department, Brisbane, Brisbane : Survey Dept., 1900.
  2. ^ "Dawson (entry 9450)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  3. ^ Leichhardt District, County of Dawson Maps - G8 Series at Queensland Archives.