County of Elphinstone

Elphinstone Queensland

Location within 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. Townsville is mentioned as being in the county of Elphinstone in the 1911 Britannica. It is bounded by the Haughton River in the east, and part of the Burdekin River in the south-west.

Parishes

Elphinstone is divided into parishes, listed as follows:

Parish	LGA	Coordinates
Abbotsford	Burdekin	19°27′S 147°03′E
Beor	Townsville	19°22′S 146°52′E
Bohle	Townsville	19°15′S 146°40′E
Cardington	Charters Towers	19°49′S 146°48′E
Coonambelah	Townsville	19°14′S 146°47′E
Crimea	Charters Towers	19°45′S 146°40′E
Ettrick	Townsville	19°19′S 147°00′E
Granite	Townsville	19°30′S 146°37′E
Halifax	Townsville	19°13′S 146°33′E
Hervey	Townsville	19°21′S 146°30′E
Lansdowne	Townsville	19°30′S 146°47′E
Magenta	Townsville	19°38′S 146°52′E
Magnetic	Townsville	19°07′S 146°49′E
Rokeby	Townsville	19°32′S 146°56′E
Ross	Townsville	19°23′S 146°40′E
Scott	Burdekin	19°34′S 147°03′E
Stuart	Townsville	19°22′S 146°48′E
Woodstock	Townsville	19°42′S 146°59′E
Wyoming	Townsville	19°38′S 146°47′E