The County of Stanley is a
cadastral division centred on the city of
Brisbane
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in
Queensland
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, Australia, that is used mainly for the purpose of registering land titles. It was named after
Edward Stanley, who was three times British prime minister in the 1850s and 1860s. It is bounded by the
Logan River in the south, the
Brisbane River at what is now
Lake Wivenhoe in the west, the
Stanley River at what is now
Lake Somerset in the north-west, and
Caboolture River in the north. It includes
Moreton Island and
Stradbroke Island, and extends west to
Ipswich
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's CBD, south to
Loganlea and north to
Morayfield.
History
Stanley was formerly a county in
New South Wales
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between the establishment of
Brisbane
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in 1826, and the formation of
Queensland
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as a separate colony in 1859, and was officially established by proclamation on 27 February 1843. It was generally understood (though only somewhat formally defined) to include the land between the 27th and 28th parallels of latitude,
Moreton Bay and the western ranges, covering an area of . In 1852 it had a population of 2,000.
Wheat
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,
coffee
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,
cotton
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and
tobacco
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were described as being important crops. By 1863, the county had contracted to its present boundaries.
On 7 March 1901, the
Governor of Queensland
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proclaimed new boundaries under the ''Land Act 1897'',
and Stanley was described as follows:
Parishes
Stanley is divided into parishes, listed as follows:
See also
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Local government in Australia
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*
County
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References
{{Australian cadastral capitals
1843 establishments in Australia
States and territories established in 1843
Stanley
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby