Type: | cadastral |
March | |
State: | qld |
Image Upright: | 0.81 |
Near-Nw: | Cook |
Near-N: | Coral Sea |
Near-Ne: | Coral Sea |
Near-E: | Fraser |
Near-Se: | Coral Sea |
Near-S: | Canning |
Near-Sw: | Canning |
Near-W: | Lennox |
The County of March is a county (a cadastral division) in Queensland, Australia.[1] The county consists of the Noosa area, plus the eastern parts of the Gympie and Fraser Coast regions.[2]
March was first created by an Order in Council by the Governor of New South Wales on 30 December 1848.[3] It was named by the Surveyor-General in honour of a medical practitioner based in the area. The county was described in the following terms:
On 7 March 1901, the Governor of Queensland proclaimed new boundaries under the Land Act 1897,[4] which were described as follows:
March is divided into parishes, as listed below:
Parish | LGA | Coordinates | Towns | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bidwill | ||||
Bingham | ||||
Como | ||||
Conondale[5] | ||||
Cooloola | Rainbow Beach | |||
Cowra | Tinnanbar | |||
Curra | Curra | |||
Dayman | (Big Woody Island) | |||
Elliott | ||||
Goomboorian | ||||
Gundiah | Bauple | |||
Gutchy | Theebine | |||
Gympie | Gympie | |||
Kenilworth | Kenilworth | |||
Laguna | ||||
Maleny | Maleny | |||
Maryborough | Maryborough | |||
Neerdie | ||||
Noosa | Tewantin, Boreen Point | |||
Poona | Boonooroo | |||
South Head | ||||
Tagigan | ||||
Tahiti | ||||
Tewantin | Cooroy | |||
Tiaro | Tiaro | |||
Tinana | Tinana | |||
Toolara | Tin Can Bay | |||
Traveston]] | Traveston | |||
Tuchekoi | Pomona | |||
Ulirrah | ||||
Urangan | Hervey Bay South | |||
Vernon | Hervey Bay North | |||
Walliebum | Aldershot | |||
Weyba | Noosaville, Peregian Beach | |||
Womalah | ||||
Woondum | Cooran, Kin Kin | |||
Young |