County of Cook, Queensland

The county of Cook is a cadastral division of Queensland, centred on the city of Bundaberg,^[1] and its name honours Captain James Cook. It was officially named and bounded by the Governor in Council on 7 March 1901 under the Land Act 1897.^[2]

Cook Queensland
Location within Queensland
Lands administrative divisions around Cook: Flinders Coral Sea Coral Sea Bowen Cook Coral Sea Mackenzie Lennox March

Parishes

Cook is divided into parishes, as listed below:

Parish	LGA	Coordinates	Towns
Barns	Bundaberg	25°01′S 152°26′E
Barolin	Bundaberg	24°50′S 152°26′E	Bargara, Burnett Heads, Elliott Heads
Bingera	Bundaberg	25°02′S 152°16′E
Booyal	Bundaberg	25°09′S 152°03′E	Booyal
Broomfield	North Burnett	25°27′S 152°12′E
Bundaberg	Bundaberg	24°56′S 152°20′E	Bundaberg, Avoca, Branyan
Burrum	Fraser Coast	25°19′S 152°32′E	Howard
Cherwell	Fraser Coast	25°16′S 152°28′E
Childers	Bundaberg	25°15′S 152°18′E	Childers
Chowey	North Burnett	25°28′S 151°52′E	Didcot
Coringa	North Burnett	25°21′S 151°57′E
Dallarnil	North Burnett	25°22′S 152°04′E	Dallarnil
Degilbo	North Burnett	25°31′S 151°57′E	Biggenden, Degilbo
Electra	Bundaberg	25°04′S 152°08′E
Eureka	Bundaberg	25°18′S 152°10′E
Gooburrum	Bundaberg	24°47′S 152°20′E	Bundaberg North, Gooburrum
Gregory	Bundaberg	25°09′S 152°16′E	Cordalba
Hercules	Bundaberg	25°09′S 152°35′E	Woodgate (S)
Isis	Bundaberg	25°11′S 152°27′E	Buxton
Kalkie	Bundaberg	24°54′S 152°24′E	Bundaberg East, Kalkie, Walkervale
Kinagin	Bundaberg	24°50′S 152°01′E
Kolbore	Fraser Coast	25°20′S 152°25′E
Kullogum	Bundaberg	25°21′S 152°16′E
Marathon	Bundaberg	25°06′S 152°26′E	Goodwood, Woodgate (N)
Mungore	North Burnett	25°35′S 152°04′E
North Kolan	Bundaberg	24°47′S 152°12′E
Otoo	Bundaberg	24°47′S 152°15′E	Oakwood
South Kolan	Bundaberg	24°55′S 152°10′E
Stanton	Bundaberg	25°14′S 152°04′E
Takalvan	Bundaberg	24°55′S 152°16′E
Tantitha	Bundaberg	24°52′S 152°16′E	Sharon
Walsh	Fraser Coast	25°16′S 152°36′E	Burrum Heads, Torbanlea
Woowoonga	North Burnett	25°28′S 152°05′E
Yandaran	Bundaberg	24°46′S 152°07′E	Yandaran, Avondale

See also

• Lands administrative divisions of Queensland

References

1. Wide Bay/Burnett District, County of Cook Maps - D3 Series at Queensland Archives.
2. "Cook (entry 8035)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 September 2015.

External links

• "Map of the County of Cook". Queensland Government. 1902.
• "Map of the County of Cook". Queensland Government. 1920.

24°52′S 152°21′E