County of Bowen


The County of Bowen is a county in Queensland, Australia, located in the Wide Bay–Burnett region to the west of Bundaberg. It was named in honour of Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the first Governor of Queensland. On 7 March 1901, the Governor issued a proclamation legally dividing Queensland into counties under the Land Act 1897. Its schedule described Bowen thus:

Parishes

Bowen is divided into parishes, as listed below:
ParishLGACoordinatesTownsParish map
BinjourNorth BurnettBinjour
BoolbundaBundabergBoolboonda
Chin ChinNorth Burnett
Gin GinBundabergGin Gin, Bullyard, Tirroan
GrosvenorNorth Burnett
JoanboroughBundaberg
JondayNorth Burnett
KolongaBundabergKolonga
MingoNorth Burnett
MonduranBundabergMonduran
MoolboolamanBundabergMoolboolaman
Mount PerryNorth BurnettMount Perry
St AgnesBundaberg
TarraraNorth BurnettYenda
TaughboyneNorth BurnettGayndah, Ideraway
ToweranGladstone
WallaBundabergWallaville
WaterangaNorth Burnett
WetheronNorth Burnett
WolcaNorth Burnett
WonbahBundaberg
YendaNorth Burnett