County of Merivale

Merivale Queensland
Location within Queensland
Lands administrative divisions around Merivale: Derby Aubigny Churchill Merivale Ward Bentinck Buller (NSW) Rous (NSW)

The County of Merivale is a county located on the southern boundary of the state of Queensland, Australia.^[1] Like all counties in Queensland, it is a non-functional administrative unit, that is used mainly for the purpose of registering land titles. The county was named in honour of Herman Merivale, the British permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies. Its boundaries were declared and made subject to the Land Act 1897 on 7 March 1901.^[1] Population centres within the County of Merivale include the towns of Warwick, Allora and Killarney.^[2]

Parishes[]

Parish	LGA	Coordinates	Towns
Allora	Southern Downs	28°02′S 151°59′E / 28.033°S 151.983°E / -28.033; 151.983 (Allora Parish)	Allora
Canal Creek	Southern Downs	28°11′S 151°32′E / 28.183°S 151.533°E / -28.183; 151.533 (Canal Creek Parish)	Karara
Canning	Southern Downs	28°11′S 152°07′E / 28.183°S 152.117°E / -28.183; 152.117 (Canning Parish)
Cunningham	Southern Downs	28°18′S 152°13′E / 28.300°S 152.217°E / -28.300; 152.217 (Cunningham Parish)	Tannymorel
Dalrymple	Southern Downs	28°01′S 151°52′E / 28.017°S 151.867°E / -28.017; 151.867 (Dalrymple Parish)
Deuchar	Southern Downs	28°07′S 152°12′E / 28.117°S 152.200°E / -28.117; 152.200 (Deuchar Parish)
Ellangowan	Toowoomba	27°55′S 151°37′E / 27.917°S 151.617°E / -27.917; 151.617 (Ellangowan Parish)	Ellangowan
Emu Vale	Southern Downs	28°14′S 152°22′E / 28.233°S 152.367°E / -28.233; 152.367 (Emu Vale Parish)
Gilbert	Southern Downs	28°07′S 152°20′E / 28.117°S 152.333°E / -28.117; 152.333 (Gilbert Parish)
Gladfield	Southern Downs	28°02′S 152°18′E / 28.033°S 152.300°E / -28.033; 152.300 (Gladfield Parish)
Glengallan	Southern Downs	28°07′S 152°04′E / 28.117°S 152.067°E / -28.117; 152.067 (Glengallan Parish)
Goomburra	Southern Downs	28°01′S 152°08′E / 28.017°S 152.133°E / -28.017; 152.133 (Goomburra Parish)	Goomburra
Gore	Toowoomba	27°57′S 151°22′E / 27.950°S 151.367°E / -27.950; 151.367 (Gore Parish)
Hanmer	Southern Downs	28°07′S 151°39′E / 28.117°S 151.650°E / -28.117; 151.650 (Hanmer Parish)
Killarney	Southern Downs	28°22′S 152°18′E / 28.367°S 152.300°E / -28.367; 152.300 (Killarney Parish)	Killarney
Kings Creek	Toowoomba	27°59′S 151°47′E / 27.983°S 151.783°E / -27.983; 151.783 (Kings Creek Parish)
Leslie	Southern Downs	28°07′S 151°59′E / 28.117°S 151.983°E / -28.117; 151.983 (Leslie Parish)
Leyburn	Southern Downs	28°03′S 151°35′E / 28.050°S 151.583°E / -28.050; 151.583 (Leyburn Parish)	Leyburn
North Toolburra	Southern Downs	28°06′S 151°53′E / 28.100°S 151.883°E / -28.100; 151.883 (North Toolburra Parish)
Palgrave	Southern Downs	28°18′S 151°44′E / 28.300°S 151.733°E / -28.300; 151.733 (Palgrave Parish)
Pratten	Southern Downs	28°08′S 151°45′E / 28.133°S 151.750°E / -28.133; 151.750 (Pratten Parish)	Pratten
Robinson	Southern Downs	28°11′S 152°13′E / 28.183°S 152.217°E / -28.183; 152.217 (Robinson Parish)	Yangan
Rosenthal	Southern Downs	28°22′S 151°56′E / 28.367°S 151.933°E / -28.367; 151.933 (Rosenthal Parish)	Dalveen
South Toolburra	Southern Downs	28°13′S 151°48′E / 28.217°S 151.800°E / -28.217; 151.800 (North Toolburra Parish)
Talgai	Southern Downs	28°01′S 151°42′E / 28.017°S 151.700°E / -28.017; 151.700 (Talgai Parish)
Tummaville	Toowoomba	27°59′S 151°29′E / 27.983°S 151.483°E / -27.983; 151.483 (Tummaville Parish)
Warwick	Southern Downs	28°12′S 152°00′E / 28.200°S 152.000°E / -28.200; 152.000 (Warwick Parish)	Warwick
Wildash	Southern Downs	28°21′S 152°05′E / 28.350°S 152.083°E / -28.350; 152.083 (Wildash Parish)

See also[]

• Lands administrative divisions of Queensland

References[]

Coordinates: 28°07′S 151°42′E / 28.117°S 151.700°E / -28.117; 151.700External links[]

• "Map of the County of Merivale". Queensland Government. 1923.