County of Canning

Canning Queensland

Location within Queensland

Lands administrative divisions around Canning Fitzroy Lennox March Cavendish Canning Coral Sea Cavendish Stanley Coral Sea

The County of Canning is a county in Queensland, Australia. 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 consists of almost all of the former Shires of Caboolture, Maroochy and Kilcoy and the former City of Caloundra. Its main urbanised areas are centred on the Sunshine Coast (excluding Noosa) and Caboolture.^[1]

The county was named by the Surveyor-General of New South Wales in 1850 in honour of Sir George Canning, who had served as British Foreign Secretary and briefly as Prime Minister. The area was officially named and bounded by the Governor in Council on 7 March 1901 under the Land Act 1897.^[2]

Parishes

Canning is divided into parishes, as listed below:

Parish	LGA	Coordinates
Beerwah	Sunshine Coast	26°55′S 152°57′E / 26.917°S 152.95°E / -26.917; 152.95 (Beerwah Parish)
Bribie	Sunshine Coast	26°49′S 153°00′E / 26.817°S 153°E / -26.817; 153 (Bribie Parish)
Bowman	Somerset	26°52′S 152°33′E / 26.867°S 152.55°E / -26.867; 152.55 (Bowman Parish)
Canning	Moreton Bay	27°02′S 152°56′E / 27.033°S 152.933°E / -27.033; 152.933 (Canning Parish)
Cressbrook	Somerset	27°02′S 152°26′E / 27.033°S 152.433°E / -27.033; 152.433 (Cressbrook Parish)
Durundur	Moreton Bay	26°53′S 152°47′E / 26.883°S 152.783°E / -26.883; 152.783 (Durundur Parish)
Kilcoy	Somerset	27°05′S 152°33′E / 27.083°S 152.55°E / -27.083; 152.55 (Kilcoy Parish)
Maroochy	Sunshine Coast	26°32′S 153°00′E / 26.533°S 153°E / -26.533; 153 (Maroochy Parish)
Monsildale	Somerset	26°39′S 152°22′E / 26.65°S 152.367°E / -26.65; 152.367 (Monsildale Parish)
Mooloolah	Sunshine Coast	26°40′S 153°00′E / 26.667°S 153°E / -26.667; 153 (Mooloolah Parish)
Neara	Somerset	26°53′S 152°23′E / 26.883°S 152.383°E / -26.883; 152.383 (Neara Parish)
Toorbul	Moreton Bay	27°05′S 153°04′E / 27.083°S 153.067°E / -27.083; 153.067 (Toorbul Parish)
Wararba	Moreton Bay	27°02′S 152°51′E / 27.033°S 152.85°E / -27.033; 152.85 (Waraba Parish)
Woorim	Moreton Bay	26°58′S 153°07′E / 26.967°S 153.117°E / -26.967; 153.117 (Woorim Parish)

References

1. ^ Moreton District, County of Canning Maps - A2 Series at Queensland Archives.
2. ^ Department of Environment and Resource Management. "Place name details — Canning". http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/property/placenames/details.php?id=6060. Retrieved 4 June 2011. 

Coordinates: 26°56′S 152°45′E / 26.933°S 152.75°E / -26.933; 152.75