County of Fraser

The County of Fraser is one of 322 counties (a cadastral division) of Queensland, Australia, in the Wide Bay–Burnett region, which consists Fraser Island and some satellite islands off its southwestern coast. It was established on 7 March 1901 under the Land Act 1897, and borders County of March, which lies mainly on the Queensland mainland, but also includes Big Woody Island and other islands in the northern Great Sandy Strait.[1][2]

Fraser
Queensland
Location within Queensland

Parishes

Fraser Island is divided into six parishes, listed as follows, from North to South (a seventh parish of County of Fraser, namely Dayman, is not located on Fraser Island, but on Big Woody Island and nearby smaller islands):

ParishCoordinates
Carree24°48′S 153°13′E
Wathumba25°00′S 153°19′E
Bowarrady25°07′S 153°15′E
Moonbi25°15′S 153°08′E
Poyungan25°27′S 153°05′E
Talboor25°40′S 153°02′E
1913 parish map (north sheet)

Some nearshore islands off the southern west coast and thus in the Great Sandy Strait also belong to the County of Fraser, specifically to its southernmost parish, Talboor. Among them are Slain Island, Tooth Island, Roundbush Island, Moonboom Island, Gardner Island, Dream Island, Stewart Island, and the Reef Islands.

References
  1. "Fraser (entry 40536)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  2. Wide Bay/Burnett District, County of Fraser Maps - D3 Series Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine at Queensland Archives.

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