Titheroo County, Queensland is one of the 318 counties of Queensland, Australia.[1] The county is divided into civil parishes. It is within the South Gregory Land District.
The county was carved off from the adjoining Wellington County in 1901.[2][3] The county is sparsely settled and lies on the Queensland - New South Wales border. The seat of local government is the town of Cunnamulla which lies in the adjacent Wellington County.
History
editThe original indigenous inhabitants of the area were the Karenggapa and Kunja people.[4] The area's first European explorer was Thomas Mitchell who passed through the region in 1846.[5]
The state border forms the southern boundary of the County and Narriearra Caryapundy Swamp National Park in New South Wales is to the south of the county.
References
edit- ^ Queensland showing counties / compiled and published at the Survey Department, Brisbane, Brisbane : Survey Dept., 1900.
- ^ "Kendall – county (entry 17923)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ^ Collections - Maps - Queensland. Survey Office. Queensland showing counties[permanent dead link] Queensland. Survey Office 28 May 2012.
- ^ Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Kunja (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.
- ^ "Cunnamulla - Queensland - Australia - Travel". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. 8 February 2004. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2010.