Travel: November 2017 Archives

Lands administrative divisions of Queensland - Wikipedia

Queensland was divided into 109 counties in the mid-19th century (map), then further divided into 322 counties by 1901 (map). Although no longer (if ever?) used for local government, these old county divisions are called cadastral counties, which provide a consistent basis for tracing property ownership, even as local government boundaries shift to reflect population growth and interconnections. The arrangement suggests an approach to local government in Oklahoma that would maintain the current county boundaries for land record purposes but would allow consolidation of local government functions like law enforcemen and road maintenance.

When I had to notarize a document in Brisbane, the notary public wrote that it was signed and notarized in the County of Stanley.

MORE: 1895 cadastral maps of Brisbane and surrounding towns, part of a collection of historical cadastral maps of Queensland. 1908 atlas map showing the 108 counties.