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Map of McKinley County Queensland, in 1890, by Surveyor General Office, BrisbaneMcKinlay County is a cadastral division of Queensland and a county of the Warrego Land District of south western
Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
.


History

The county came into existence in the 19th century but achieved its current form on 8 March 1901, when the
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issued a proclamation legally dividing Queensland into counties under the Land Act 1897. Like all counties in Queensland, it is a non-functional administrative unit, that is used mainly for the purpose of registering land titles. From 30 November 2015, the government no longer referenced counties and parishes in land information systems however the Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying retains a record for historical purposes. The center of local government for the County used to be
Adavale Adavale is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Quilpie, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Adavale had a population of 72 people. Geography Adavale is in South West Queensland, west of t ...
, Queensland but in July 1930, this was transferred to
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which is in the adjoining County of Nickavilla County. The
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is 4481. The county is divided into civil parishes.


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