County of Pelham

The County of Pelham is a county (a cadastral division) in Queensland, Australia, located in the Shire of Banana in Central Queensland.[1][2] The county was created on 1 September 1855 by royal proclamation under the Waste Lands Australia Act 1846.[3] On 7 March 1901, the Governor issued a proclamation legally dividing Queensland into counties under the Land Act 1897.[4] Its schedule described Pelham thus:

Bounded on the north by the county of Raglan; on the east by the counties of Clinton and Rawbelle; on the south by the county of Rawbelle and the southern watershed of Scoria and Prospect Creeks; and on the west by the eastern watershed of the Dawson River.

Pelham Queensland
Location within Queensland
Lands administrative divisions around Pelham: Ferguson Raglan Clinton Ferguson Pelham Rawbelle Dawson Rawbelle Rawbelle

Parishes

Pelham is divided into parishes, as listed below:

Parish	LGA	Coordinates	Towns
Clifford	Banana	24°25′S 150°53′E
Coreen	Banana	24°23′S 150°19′E
Grevillea	Banana	24°39′S 150°47′E	Lawgi
Greycliffe	Banana	24°16′S 150°18′E	Goovigen
Kariboe	Banana	24°33′S 150°55′E
Kooingal	Banana	24°31′S 150°27′E
Kroombit	Banana	24°30′S 150°45′E
Prospect	Banana	24°40′S 150°35′E
Scoria	Banana	24°35′S 150°37′E
Tiamby	Banana	24°40′S 150°28′E

References

1. "Pelham (entry 26314)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
2. Port Curtis District, County of Pelham Maps - F9 Series at Queensland Archives.
3. "Proclamation". New South Wales Government Gazette. 29 June 1855. p. 1855:1737–1738.
4. "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette. 75. 8 March 1901. pp. 967–980.

External links

• "Map of the County of Pelham". Queensland Government. 1922.