The County of Churchill is a

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(a cadastral division) in

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. Like all

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in Queensland, it is a non-functional administrative unit, that is used mainly for the purpose of registering land titles. The county lies between 152°E and 153°E longitude, and is centred on the

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region, extending east to the suburbs of

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.Moreton District, County of Churchill Maps - A4 Series
at Queensland Archives. The county was named for

Lord Randolph Churchill Lord Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill (13 February 1849 – 24 January 1895) was a British statesman. Churchill was a Tory radical and coined the term 'Tory democracy'. He inspired a generation of party managers, created the National Union of ...

, who was born in 1849, by the Surveyor-General of New South Wales the following year; the area was officially named and bounded by the

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in Council on 7 March 1901 under the ''Land Act 1897''.

Parishes

Churchill is divided into parishes, as listed below:

References

Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1 ...

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Parishes

See also

References