County of Titheroo, Queensland
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[edit]
The 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.