County of Cardwell, Queensland

This article is about the Queensland cadastral division. For the South Australian cadastral division, see County of Cardwell (South Australia).

Cardwell
Cadastral division
Location within Queensland
CountryAustralia
StateQueensland
Lands administrative divisions around Cardwell
Hodgkinson Nares Coral Sea
Lynd Cardwell Coral Sea
Gunnawarra Wairuna Wilkie Gray

The County of Cardwell is a county (a cadastral division) in Far North Queensland, Queensland, Australia, between Cairns and Townsville. It was named and bounded by the Governor in Council on 7 March 1901 under the Land Act 1897. Its name likely honours Edward Cardwell, who was Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1864–1866 and later served as a reformist Secretary of State for War.

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