County of Belmore

Belmore
Queensland
Location within Queensland
Lands administrative divisions around Belmore:
Tomoo Maranoa,
Elgin
Pring
Mungallala,
Nebine
Belmore Carnarvon
Narran (NSW) Finch (NSW) Benarba (NSW)

The County of Belmore is a county in Queensland, Australia,[1] located west of the Darling Downs in the Shire of Balonne.[2]

Like all counties in Queensland, it is a non-functional administrative unit, that is used mainly for the purpose of registering land titles.[3] It was officially named and bounded by the Governor in Council on 7 March 1901 under the Land Act 1897.[1]

county in 1890

Like all counties in Queensland, it is a non-functional administrative unit, that is used mainly for the purpose of registering land titles. From 30 November 2015, the government no longer referenced counties and parishes in land information systems however the Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying retains a record for historical purposes.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Belmore (entry 2237)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  2. ^ Queensland showing counties / compiled and published at the Survey Department, Brisbane, Brisbane : Survey Dept., 1900.
  3. ^ Maranoa District, County of Belmore Maps - R1 Series at Queensland Archives.
  4. ^ "Locality boundaries - Queensland". Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy. 27 August 2017. Archived from the original on 31 March 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.

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