1 |
Somerset-NORTH. |
Commencing at Cape Grenville, and bounded thence by the twelfth degree of south latitude, bearing true west to the shore of the Gulf of Carpentaria ; then by the shore of that Gulf northerly to Cape York, and by the east coast southerly to the point of commencement,—including all islands adjacent thereto |
Henry Majoribanks Chester, Police Magistrate |
Somerset. |
2 |
Palmer-NORTH. |
Commencing on the shore of the Gulf of Carpentaria, near the mouth of the Gilbert River, and bounded thence by the seventeenth parallel of south latitude true east to the Great Dividing Range ; then by that range northerly to latitude twelve degrees ; then by a line bearing west to the shore of the Gulf of Carpentaria ; and by said shore southerly to the point of commencement |
Philip Alexander Sellheim, Police Magistrate |
Edwardston. |
3 |
Cook-NORTH. |
Commencing at Cape Grafton, and bounded thence by a line bearing south-west to the Great Dividing Range, and by that range northerly to latitude twelve degree south ; then by a line bearing east to Cape Grenville ; and thence by the sea-coast southerly to the point of commencement,—including all islands adjacent thereto |
Howard St. George, Police Magistrate |
Cooktown. |
4 |
Etheridge-NORTH. |
Commencing at the junction of the Etheridge River with the Gilbert River, and bounded thence by the watershed separating those rivers easterly to the Great Dividing Range ; then by that range northerly ; then by the seventeenth parallel of south latitude true west ; then by a line bearing south to the junction of the Gilbert and Einasleigh Rivers ; and thence by the Gilbert River upwards to the point of commencement. |
John Bonar Peter Hamilton Ramsay, Warden of Gold Fields and Police Magistrate |
Georgetown. |
5 |
Gilberton-NORTH. |
Commencing at the junction of the Gilbert River and Einasleigh River, and bounded thence by a line bearing south to the southern watershed of the Gilbert River ; then by that watershed south-easterly ; then by the range forming the watershed separating the Gilbert River from the Etheridge River northerly and westerly to their junction, and by the Gilbert River downwards to the point of commencement |
Bernard C. McGroarty, Mining Registrar |
Gilberton. |
6 |
Burke-NORTH. |
Commencing on the shore of the Gulf of Carpentaria, in the seventeenth degree of south latitude, and bounded by that parallel of latitude true east ; then by a line bearing south, crossing the Gilbert River at the junction of the Einasleigh River to the southern watershed of the Gilbert River, and by that watershed south-easterly to the Great Dividing Range ; then by the eastern and southern watersheds of the Flinders River southerly and westerly, and by the twenty-first degree of south latitude westerly to the one hundred and thirty-eight meridian of east longitude, and by said meridian true north to the Gulf of Carpentaria ; and by the shore of the Gulf easterly to the point of commencement,—including all islands adjacent thereto |
Alfred Henry, Police Magistrate |
Normanton. |
7 |
Marathon-CENTRAL. |
Commencing in latitude twenty-one degrees south and longitude one hundred and thirty-eight degrees east, and bounded thence by a line bearing true east, and by the northern watershed of the Barcoo River easterly to the Great Dividing Range, and by that range southerly ; then by the watershed separating the Thompson River from the Alice River south-westerly to latitude twenty-four degrees south, and by that parallel of latitude true west, crossing the Thompson River, and by the one hundred and thirty-eighth degree of east longitude true north to the point of commencement. |
Anysley John Elliot, Justice of the Peace |
Bowen Downs. |
8 |
Blackall-CENTRAL. |
Commencing on the Barcoo River, at the west boundary of Enniskillen South Run, and bounded thence by the western boundaries of that run and Bexhill Run southerly to the southern watershed of the Barcoo River ; then by said watershed south-westerly to the twenty-sixth degree of south latitude, and by that parallel of latitude true west ; then by the one hundred and thirty-eighth degree of east longitude true north ; then by the |
Alfred William Compigne, Police Magistrate |
Blackall. |