County of Elphinstone, Queensland
- County of Elphinstone, Queensland
Infobox Australian cadastral
name = Elphinstone
state = Queensland
imagesize= 180px
caption = Location within Queensland
near-nw = Cavendish
near-n = "Pacific Ocean"
near-ne = "Pacific Ocean"
near-e = Gladstone
near-se = Murray
near-s = Davenport
near-sw = Davenport
near-w = Wilkie GrayThe County of Elphinstone is a cadastral division of Queensland which contains the city of Townsville. It was named after George Elphinstone Dalrymple (1826-1876), a politician and explorer. [ [http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/property/placenames/detail.php?id=11567 Queensland government, place name details] ] Townsville is mentioned as being in the county of Elphinstone in the 1911 Britannica. [ [http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Townsville 1911 Britannica, Townsville] ] It is bounded by the Houghton River in the east, and part of the Burdekin River in the south-west
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