County of Rochedale explained

Type:cadastral
Rochedale
State:qld
Image Upright:0.81
Near-Nw:Brahe
Near-N:Brahe
Near-Ne:Argylla
Near-E:Argylla
Near-Se:Chatsworth
Near-S:Waverley
Near-Sw:Piturie
Near-W:Nash

The County of Rochedale is a county (a cadastral division) in Queensland, Australia.[1] The county is divided into civil parishes. It is centred on the city of Mount Isa, its only population centre.[2] [3] On 7 March 1901, the Governor issued a proclamation legally dividing Queensland into counties under the Land Act 1897.[4] Its schedule described Rochedale thus:

Parishes

Parish LGA Coordinates Towns
Bright -20.75°N 141°W
Burnley Mount Isa -20.4°N 144°W
Chad Mount Isa -20.95°N 182°W
Deardean Mount Isa -20.6°N 191°W
Haslingden Mount Isa -20.65°N 173°W Mount Isa
Hebden Mount Isa -20.65°N 144°W
Heywood Mount Isa -20.85°N 170°W Healy
Holmfirth Mount Isa -20.5°N 164°W
Meltham Mount Isa -20.5333°N 144°W
Mitholm Mount Isa -20.4333°N 193°W
Norden Mount Isa -20.6833°N 163°W Mount Isa West
Parkside Mount Isa -20.5667°N 182°W
Prestbury Mount Isa -20.45°N 155°W
Prestwich Mount Isa -20.85°N 153°W
Recedam Mount Isa -20.8833°N 189°W
Rishworth Mount Isa -20.8833°N 144°W
Royds Mount Isa -20.8333°N 196°W
Royton Mount Isa -20.8333°N 161°W
Sowerby Mount Isa -20.65°N 154°W
Whitworth Mount Isa -20.4167°N 177°W

References

-20.75°N 149°W

Notes and References

  1. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-231420410/view Queensland showing counties / compiled and published at the Survey Department, Brisbane
  2. 8 September 2015.
  3. http://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/Search/SeriesDetails.aspx?SeriesId=1865 Burke District, Counties of Beaconsfield, Selwyn, Argylla and Rochedale Maps - Z16 Series
  4. News: A Proclamation . Queensland Government Gazette . 75 . 967–980 . 8 March 1901.