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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. [1] [2] The county is divided into civil parishes. Townsville is mentioned as being in the county of Elphinstone in the 1911 Britannica. [3] It is bounded by the Haughton River in the east, and part of the Burdekin River in the south-west. [4]
Elphinstone is divided into parishes, listed as follows:
Elphinstone 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. [1] [2] The county is divided into civil parishes. Townsville is mentioned as being in the county of Elphinstone in the 1911 Britannica. [3] It is bounded by the Haughton River in the east, and part of the Burdekin River in the south-west. [4]
Elphinstone is divided into parishes, listed as follows: