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March
Queensland
Location within Queensland
Lands administrative divisions around March:
Cook Coral Sea Coral Sea
Lennox March Fraser
Canning Canning Coral Sea

The County of March is a county (a cadastral division) in Queensland, Australia. The county consists of the Noosa area, plus the eastern parts of the Gympie and Fraser Coast regions.

History

March was first created by an Order in Council by the Governor of New South Wales on 30 December 1848. It was named by the Surveyor-General in honour of a medical practitioner based in the area. The county was described in the following terms:

County of March, containing about 1925 square miles. Bounded on the south by Moroochydore river (sic) to its source, thence by the range dividing the system of the river Mary from that of the Brisbane, to the main source of the Mary; on the west by the Mary; on the north-east by the coast of Wide Bay; and on the east by the seacoast to the mouth of the Moroochydore.

On 7 March 1901, the Governor of Queensland proclaimed new boundaries under the Land Act 1897, which were described as follows:

Bounded on the south by the county of Canning; on the west by the western boundaries of the parishes of Kenilworth, Tuchekoi, Traveston, Gympie, Curra, Gutchy, Gundiah, Tiaro, Young, Maryborough, Wallibum and Vernon; on the north by the Pacific Ocean and on the east by Great Sandy Strait and the Pacific Ocean.

Parishes

March is divided into parishes, as listed below:

Parish LGA Coordinates Towns
Bidwill Fraser Coast 25°38′S 152°42′E / 25.633°S 152.700°E / -25.633; 152.700 (Bidwill Parish)
Bingham Fraser Coast 25°24′S 152°52′E / 25.400°S 152.867°E / -25.400; 152.867 (Bingham Parish)
Como Noosa 26°10′S 153°00′E / 26.167°S 153.000°E / -26.167; 153.000 (Como Parish)
Conondale Sunshine Coast 26°45′S 152°46′E / 26.750°S 152.767°E / -26.750; 152.767 (Conondale Parish)
Cooloola Gympie 25°58′S 153°06′E / 25.967°S 153.100°E / -25.967; 153.100 (Cooloola Parish) Rainbow Beach
Cowra Fraser Coast 25°47′S 152°56′E / 25.783°S 152.933°E / -25.783; 152.933 (Cowra Parish) Tinnanbar
Curra Gympie 26°02′S 152°36′E / 26.033°S 152.600°E / -26.033; 152.600 (Curra Parish) Curra
Dayman Fraser Coast 25°20′S 152°58′E / 25.333°S 152.967°E / -25.333; 152.967 (Dayman Parish) (Big Woody Island)
Elliott Fraser Coast 25°31′S 152°48′E / 25.517°S 152.800°E / -25.517; 152.800 (Elliott Parish)
Goomboorian Gympie 26°05′S 152°45′E / 26.083°S 152.750°E / -26.083; 152.750 (Goomboorian Parish)
Gundiah Fraser Coast 25°50′S 152°37′E / 25.833°S 152.617°E / -25.833; 152.617 (Gundiah Parish) Bauple
Gutchy Gympie 25°55′S 152°36′E / 25.917°S 152.600°E / -25.917; 152.600 (Gutchy Parish) Theebine
Gympie Gympie 26°08′S 152°42′E / 26.133°S 152.700°E / -26.133; 152.700 (Gympie Parish) Gympie
Kenilworth Sunshine Coast 26°34′S 152°48′E / 26.567°S 152.800°E / -26.567; 152.800 (Kenilworth Parish) Kenilworth
Laguna Noosa 26°17′S 153°00′E / 26.283°S 153.000°E / -26.283; 153.000 (Laguna Parish)
Maleny Sunshine Coast 26°40′S 152°48′E / 26.667°S 152.800°E / -26.667; 152.800 (Maleny Parish) Maleny
Maryborough Fraser Coast 25°30′S 152°42′E / 25.500°S 152.700°E / -25.500; 152.700 (Maryborough Parish) Maryborough
Neerdie Gympie 25°57′S 152°44′E / 25.950°S 152.733°E / -25.950; 152.733 (Neerdie Parish)
Noosa Noosa 26°17′S 152°56′E / 26.283°S 152.933°E / -26.283; 152.933 (Noosa Parish) Tewantin, Boreen Point
Poona Fraser Coast 25°38′S 152°52′E / 25.633°S 152.867°E / -25.633; 152.867 (Poona Parish) Boonooroo
South Head Fraser Coast 25°30′S 152°55′E / 25.500°S 152.917°E / -25.500; 152.917 (South Head Parish)
Tagigan Gympie 26°09′S 152°51′E / 26.150°S 152.850°E / -26.150; 152.850 (Tagigan Parish)
Tahiti Fraser Coast 25°46′S 152°47′E / 25.767°S 152.783°E / -25.767; 152.783 (Tahiti Parish)
Tewantin Noosa 26°24′S 152°59′E / 26.400°S 152.983°E / -26.400; 152.983 (Tewantin Parish) Cooroy
Tiaro Fraser Coast 25°45′S 152°37′E / 25.750°S 152.617°E / -25.750; 152.617 (Tiaro Parish) Tiaro
Tinana Fraser Coast 25°34′S 152°40′E / 25.567°S 152.667°E / -25.567; 152.667 (Tinana Parish) Tinana
Toolara Gympie 25°58′S 152°56′E / 25.967°S 152.933°E / -25.967; 152.933 (Toolara Parish) Tin Can Bay
Traveston]] Gympie 26°17′S 152°44′E / 26.283°S 152.733°E / -26.283; 152.733 (Traveston Parish) Traveston
Tuchekoi Gympie 26°24′S 152°48′E / 26.400°S 152.800°E / -26.400; 152.800 (Tuchekoi Parish) Pomona
Ulirrah Gympie 25°54′S 152°49′E / 25.900°S 152.817°E / -25.900; 152.817 (Ulirrah Parish)
Urangan Fraser Coast 25°20′S 152°52′E / 25.333°S 152.867°E / -25.333; 152.867 (Urangan Parish) Hervey Bay South
Vernon Fraser Coast 25°20′S 152°42′E / 25.333°S 152.700°E / -25.333; 152.700 (Vernon Parish) Hervey Bay North
Walliebum Fraser Coast 25°26′S 152°44′E / 25.433°S 152.733°E / -25.433; 152.733 (Walliebum Parish) Aldershot
Weyba Noosa 26°26′S 153°03′E / 26.433°S 153.050°E / -26.433; 153.050 (Weyba Parish) Noosaville, Peregian Beach
Womalah Gympie 26°06′S 153°00′E / 26.100°S 153.000°E / -26.100; 153.000 (Womalah Parish)
Woondum Gympie 26°16′S 152°48′E / 26.267°S 152.800°E / -26.267; 152.800 (Woondum Parish) Cooran, Kin Kin
Young Fraser Coast 25°38′S 152°38′E / 25.633°S 152.633°E / -25.633; 152.633 (Young Parish)

References

  1. ^ "March (entry 20922)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  2. ^ Wide Bay/Burnett District, County of March Maps - D8 Series Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine at Queensland Archives.
  3. ^ "The New Counties". The Moreton Bay Courier. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 13 January 1849. p. 4. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  4. ^ "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette. Vol. 75. 8 March 1901. pp. 967–980.
  5. ^ Split parish with County of Lennox

25°32′S 152°42′E / 25.533°S 152.700°E / -25.533; 152.700