County of Fortescue

Fortescue
Queensland
Location within Queensland
Lands administrative divisions around Fortescue:
Labouchere Dawson Wicklow
Aberdeen Fortescue Newcastle
Aberdeen Bulwer Auburn

The County of Fortescue is a county (a cadastral division) in Central Queensland, Queensland, Australia. Much of its area is within the Barakula State Forest. It was named and bounded by the Governor in Council on 7 March 1901 under the Land Act 1897.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Fortescue (entry 12934)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  2. ^ Leichhardt District, County of Fortescue Maps – H2 Series at Queensland Archives.