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.Wide Bay/Burnett District, County of March Maps - D8 Series at Queensland Archives.
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:
On 7 March 1901, the Governor of Queensland proclaimed new boundaries under the Land Act 1897, which were described as follows:
Parishes March is divided into parishes, as listed below:
Parish LGA Coordinates Towns Bidwill Fraser Coast Bingham Fraser Coast Como Noosa ConondaleSplit parish with County of Lennox Sunshine Coast Cooloola Gympie Rainbow Beach Cowra Fraser Coast Tinnanbar Curra Gympie Curra Dayman Fraser Coast (Big Woody Island) Elliott Fraser Coast Goomboorian Gympie Gundiah Fraser Coast Bauple Gutchy Gympie Theebine Gympie Gympie Gympie Kenilworth Sunshine Coast Kenilworth Laguna Noosa Maleny Sunshine Coast Maleny Maryborough Fraser Coast Maryborough Neerdie Gympie Noosa Noosa Tewantin, Boreen Point Poona Fraser Coast Boonooroo South Head Fraser Coast Tagigan Gympie Tahiti Fraser Coast Tewantin Noosa Cooroy Tiaro Fraser Coast Tiaro Tinana Fraser Coast Tinana Toolara Gympie Tin Can Bay Traveston Gympie Traveston Tuchekoi Gympie Pomona Ulirrah Gympie Urangan Fraser Coast Hervey Bay South Vernon Fraser Coast Hervey Bay North Walliebum Fraser Coast Aldershot Weyba Noosa Noosaville, Peregian Beach Womalah Gympie Woondum Gympie Cooran, Kin Kin Young Fraser Coast
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