County of Elphinstone

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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.[1] [2] The county is divided into civil parishes. Townsville is mentioned as being in the county of Elphinstone in the 1911 Britannica.[3] It is bounded by the Haughton River in the east, and part of the Burdekin River in the south-west.[4]

  1. ^ "Elphinestone – county (entry 11567)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  2. ^ Queensland showing counties / compiled and published at the Survey Department, Brisbane, Brisbane : Survey Dept., 1900.
  3. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Townsville" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 113.
  4. ^ North Kennedy District, County of Elphinstone Maps - L6 Series at Queensland Archives.