The County of Elphinstone is a cadastral division of

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which contains the city of

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. It was named after

George Elphinstone Dalrymple George Augustus Frederick Elphinstone Dalrymple (6 May 1826 – 22 January 1876) was a colonist, explorer, public servant and politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. He founded the towns of Bowen and Cardwell, and pionee ...

(1826–1876), a politician and explorer. The county is divided into civil parishes.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

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in the south-west.North Kennedy District, County of Elphinstone Maps - L6 Series
at Queensland Archives.

Parishes

Elphinstone is divided into parishes, listed as follows:

References

Elphinstone

External links

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