County of Clinton, Queensland

The County of Clinton is a county (a cadastral division) in Queensland, Australia. It is centred on the city of Gladstone and includes most of the Gladstone Region.[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 Clinton thus:

Bounded on the south by the county of Yarrol; on the west by the county of Rawbelle and the eastern watershed of Callide Creek and the Don River; on the north by the northern watershed of the Calliope River; and on the east by the Pacific Ocean and the county of Flinders.

Clinton Queensland
Location within Queensland
Lands administrative divisions around Clinton: Deas Thompson Deas Thompson Coral Sea Raglan Clinton Coral Sea Pelham Rawbelle Yarrol Flinders

Parishes

Clinton is divided into parishes, as listed below:

Parish	LGA	Coordinates	Towns
Alma	Gladstone	24°02′S 150°51′E
Auckland	Gladstone	23°52′S 151°13′E	Clinton
Balaclava	Gladstone	23°59′S 150°45′E
Barmundoo	Gladstone	24°12′S 151°07′E
Bompa	Gladstone	24°36′S 151°22′E
Booroom	Gladstone	24°05′S 151°05′E
Boyne	Gladstone	24°01′S 151°18′E	Benaraby
Calliope	Gladstone	23°52′S 151°09′E	Yarwun, Targinie
Dawes	Gladstone	24°35′S 151°13′E
Degalgil	Gladstone	24°24′S 151°08′E
Diglum	Gladstone	24°17′S 151°03′E
East Stowe	Gladstone	23°59′S 151°12′E	Calliope
Gatcombe	Gladstone	23°51′S 151°21′E
Gayfield	Gladstone	24°07′S 150°47′E
Gladstone	Gladstone	23°52′S 151°16′E	Gladstone, Toolooa
Iveragh	Gladstone	24°01′S 151°23′E	Tannum Sands, Bangalee
Maxwelton	Gladstone	24°08′S 150°56′E
Milton	Gladstone	24°24′S 151°20′E	Nagoorin, Ubobo
Mount Larcom	Gladstone	23°53′S 151°01′E
O'Connell	Gladstone	24°07′S 151°22′E	Iveragh
Pemberton	Gladstone	24°14′S 151°20′E
Radley	Gladstone	24°28′S 151°14′E
Riverston	Gladstone	24°05′S 151°12′E
Rule	Gladstone	24°31′S 151°21′E	Builyan
South Trees	Gladstone	23°55′S 151°20′E	Boyne Island
Tondoon	Gladstone	23°54′S 151°17′E	Glen Eden
Toolooa	Gladstone	23°57′S 151°16′E
West Stowe	Gladstone	23°58′S 151°07′E
Wietalaba	Gladstone	24°17′S 151°14′E

References

1. "Clinton (entry 7449)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
2. Port Curtis District, County of Clinton Maps - F1 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 Clinton". Queensland Government. 1920.