County of Titheroo, Queensland explained

Titheroo County, Queensland is one of the 318 counties of Queensland, Australia.^[1] The county is divided into civil parishes. It is within the South Gregory Land District.

The county was carved off from the adjoining Wellington County in 1901.^{[2] [3]} The county is sparsely settled and lies on the Queensland - New South Wales border. The seat of local government is the town of Cunnamulla which lies in the adjacent Wellington County.

History

The original indigenous inhabitants of the area were the Karenggapa and Kunja people.^[4] The area's first European explorer was Thomas Mitchell who passed through the region in 1846.^[5]

The state border forms the southern boundary of the County andNarriearra Caryapundy Swamp National Park in New South Wales is to the south of the county.

Notes and References

1. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-231420410/view Queensland showing counties / compiled and published at the Survey Department, Brisbane
2. 22 June 2017.
3. http://www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview?pi=nla.map-rm1117-sd|Digital Collections - Maps - Queensland. Survey Office. Queensland showing counties
4. Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Kunja (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University. .
5. "Cunnamulla - Queensland - Australia - Travel". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. 8 February 2004. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2010.