County of Bowen

Bowen
Queensland

Location within Queensland
Lands administrative divisions around Bowen:
Yarrol Flinders Cook
Yarrol Bowen Cook
Wicklow Mackenzie Cook

The County of Bowen is a county (a cadastral division) in Queensland, Australia, located in the Wide Bay–Burnett region to the west of Bundaberg. It was named in honour of Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the first Governor of Queensland.[1][2] On 7 March 1901, the Governor issued a proclamation legally dividing Queensland into counties under the Land Act 1897.[3] Its schedule described Bowen thus:

Bounded on the east by the county of Cook; on the south by the county of Mackenzie; on the west by [...] the parishes of Mundowran, Boomerang, Binjour, Jonday, Yenda, Wolca, Wombah, Kolonga and Toweran; and on the north by the northern boundaries of the parishes of Toweran, Kolonga and Manduran.

Parishes

Bowen is divided into parishes, as listed below:

Parish LGA Coordinates Towns
Binjour North Burnett 25°33′S 151°29′E / 25.550°S 151.483°E / -25.550; 151.483 (Binjour Parish) Binjour
Boolbunda Bundaberg 25°03′S 151°42′E / 25.050°S 151.700°E / -25.050; 151.700 (Boolbunda Parish) Boolboonda
Chin Chin North Burnett 25°11′S 151°50′E / 25.183°S 151.833°E / -25.183; 151.833 (Chin Chin Parish)
Gin Gin Bundaberg 25°00′S 152°00′E / 25.000°S 152.000°E / -25.000; 152.000 (Gin Gin Parish) Gin Gin, Bullyard, Tirroan
Grosvenor North Burnett 25°14′S 151°41′E / 25.233°S 151.683°E / -25.233; 151.683 (Grosvenor Parish)
Joanborough Bundaberg 24°56′S 151°54′E / 24.933°S 151.900°E / -24.933; 151.900 (Joanborough Parish)
Jonday North Burnett 25°25′S 151°30′E / 25.417°S 151.500°E / -25.417; 151.500 (Jonday Parish)
Kolonga Bundaberg 24°51′S 151°43′E / 24.850°S 151.717°E / -24.850; 151.717 (Kolonga Parish) Kolonga
Mingo North Burnett 25°20′S 151°46′E / 25.333°S 151.767°E / -25.333; 151.767 (Mingo Parish)
Monduran Bundaberg 24°49′S 151°54′E / 24.817°S 151.900°E / -24.817; 151.900 (Monduran Parish) Monduran
Moolboolaman Bundaberg 25°01′S 151°49′E / 25.017°S 151.817°E / -25.017; 151.817 (Moolboolaman Parish) Moolboolaman
Mount Perry North Burnett 25°09′S 151°42′E / 25.150°S 151.700°E / -25.150; 151.700 (Mount Perry Parish) Mount Perry
St Agnes Bundaberg 25°16′S 151°57′E / 25.267°S 151.950°E / -25.267; 151.950 (St Agnes Parish)
Tarrara North Burnett 25°27′S 151°37′E / 25.450°S 151.617°E / -25.450; 151.617 (Tarrara Parish) Yenda
Taughboyne North Burnett 25°33′S 151°37′E / 25.550°S 151.617°E / -25.550; 151.617 (Taughboyne Parish) Gayndah (N), Ideraway
Toweran Gladstone 24°42′S 151°41′E / 24.700°S 151.683°E / -24.700; 151.683 (Toweran Parish)
Walla Bundaberg 25°06′S 151°56′E / 25.100°S 151.933°E / -25.100; 151.933 (Walla Parish) Wallaville
Wateranga North Burnett 25°23′S 151°50′E / 25.383°S 151.833°E / -25.383; 151.833 (Wateranga Parish)
Wetheron North Burnett 25°27′S 151°44′E / 25.450°S 151.733°E / -25.450; 151.733 (Wetheron Parish)
Wolca North Burnett 25°11′S 151°34′E / 25.183°S 151.567°E / -25.183; 151.567 (Wolca Parish)
Wonbah Bundaberg 25°01′S 151°37′E / 25.017°S 151.617°E / -25.017; 151.617 (Wonbah Parish)
Yenda North Burnett 25°20′S 151°38′E / 25.333°S 151.633°E / -25.333; 151.633 (Yenda Parish)

References

  1. ↑ "Bowen (entry 4101)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Wide Bay/Burnett Districts, County of Bowen Maps – D2 Series at Queensland Archives.
  3. ↑ "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette 75. 8 March 1901. pp. 967–980.

Coordinates: 25°11′S 151°39′E / 25.183°S 151.650°E / -25.183; 151.650


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