County of Balurga

The 319 counties of Queensland in 1901.

The County of Balurga is a county (a cadastral division) in Queensland, Australia. It is located in Far North Queensland, east of Kowanyama on the Cape York Peninsula.^[1] On 7 March 1901, the Governor issued a proclamation legally dividing Queensland into counties under the Land Act 1897.^[2] Its schedule described Balurga thus:

Bounded on the north by the counties of Kalkah and Lukin; on the west by the county of Koolatah; on the south by the south boundaries of Koolatah, Koolatah No. 4, Koolatah No. 7, Cootah No. 2 and Cootah No. 3 Blocks; and on the east by the east boundaries of Cootah No. 3, Cootah No. 1, Goathland No.3 and Goathland No. 9.

Parishes

Parish	LGA	Coordinates
Balurga	Cook	14°55′S 142°15′E / 14.917°S 142.250°E
Cloughton	Cook	15°04′S 142°24′E / 15.067°S 142.400°E
Coleman	Cook	14°55′S 142°28′E / 14.917°S 142.467°E
Goathland	Cook	15°06′S 142°40′E / 15.100°S 142.667°E
Greenhow	Cook	15°07′S 142°54′E / 15.117°S 142.900°E
Harkness	Cook	15°14′S 142°38′E / 15.233°S 142.633°E
Helmsley	Cook	15°24′S 142°51′E / 15.400°S 142.850°E
Ingleby	Cook	14°59′S 142°55′E / 14.983°S 142.917°E
Levisham	Cook	15°12′S 142°22′E / 15.200°S 142.367°E
Mungarda	Cook	14°56′S 142°41′E / 14.933°S 142.683°E
Sefton	Cook	15°21′S 142°20′E / 15.350°S 142.333°E
Snainton	Cook	15°16′S 142°53′E / 15.267°S 142.883°E
Wykeham	Cook	15°23′S 142°35′E / 15.383°S 142.583°E

References

1. "Balurga (entry 1443)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
2. "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette 75. 8 March 1901. pp. 967–980.

Coordinates: 15°04′S 142°32′E / 15.067°S 142.533°E