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County of Titheroo, Queensland

County in Queensland, Australia

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ85809824 ↗
Source-derived summary

Titheroo County is one of the 318 counties of Queensland, Australia. The county is divided into civil parishes. It is within the South Gregory Land District.

The county was carved off from the adjoining Wellington County in 1901. The county is sparsely settled and lies on the Queensland - New South Wales border. The seat of local government is the town of

Cunnamulla which lies in the adjacent Wellington County.

History

The original indigenous inhabitants of the area were the Karenggapa and Kunja people. The area's first European explorer was Thomas Mitchell who passed through the region in 1846.

The state border forms the southern boundary of the County and

Narriearra Caryapundy Swamp National Park in New South Wales is to the south of the county.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “County of Titheroo, Queensland” as county in Queensland, Australia. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around County, Titheroo and Queensland.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1901, 1846—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with County, Titheroo and Queensland providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “County of Titheroo, Queensland”, the useful work is to connect “county in Queensland, Australia” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q85809824. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1901 and 1846.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “County of Titheroo, Queensland”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow County of Titheroo, Queensland primary sources, County of Titheroo, Queensland archive and County research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “County of Titheroo, Queensland”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from “County of Titheroo, Queensland” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.