The County of Fitzroy is a county

County

A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain modern nations. Historically in mainland Europe, the original French term, comté, and its equivalents in other languages denoted a jurisdiction under the sovereignty of a count A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain...

 in Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. Like all counties in Queensland, it is a non-functional administrative unit, that is used mainly for the purpose of registering land titles.

Fitzroy includes the eastern and central parts of the South Burnett Region and part of the former Shire of Kilkivan

Shire of Kilkivan

The Shire of Kilkivan was a Local Government Area located about north-northwest of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1886 until its merger with several other local government areas to form the Gympie Region on 15 March...

 in the Gympie Region. It was named by the Surveyor-General of New South Wales in the 1850s after Charles Augustus FitzRoy

Charles Augustus FitzRoy

Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy, KCH, KCB was a British military officer, politician and member of the aristocracy, who held governorships in several British colonies during the 19th century.-Family and peerage:...

, who served as the Governor of New South Wales from 1848 to 1855. The county was officially named and bounded by the Governor in Council on 7 March 1901 under the Land Act 1897. The county is unrelated to the Fitzroy River

Fitzroy River (Queensland)

The Fitzroy River lies in Queensland, Australia. Its catchment covers an area of 142,665 square kilometres, making it the largest river catchment flowing to the eastern coast of Australia. The river is formed by the joining of the Mackenzie and Dawson rivers at Duaringa. The catchment stretches...

, which is centred on the County of Livingstone.

Parishes

Fitzroy is divided into parishes, as listed below:

Parish	LGA	Coordinates
Barambah	Gympie	26°19′S 152°04′E
Booie	South Burnett	26°31′S 152°00′E
Boonenne	South Burnett	26°35′S 151°44′E
Charlestown	South Burnett	26°24′S 151°56′E
Cherbourg Cherbourg, Queensland Cherbourg is a town in the South Burnett region of Queensland, Australia. It is located off the Bunya Highway approximately north-west of Brisbane and from the town of Murgon. It is situated very close to the dam wall of Bjelke-Petersen Dam. Attractions in Cherbourg include the 'Bert Button...	South Burnett	26°19′S 151°56′E
Cloyna	South Burnett	26°07′S 151°52′E
Coolabunia	South Burnett	26°37′S 151°59′E
Gallangowan	South Burnett	26°27′S 152°17′E
Goomeribong Goomeri, Queensland Goomeri is a town in the South Burnett region of Queensland, Australia. The town is located on the intersection of the Burnett, Bunya and Wide Bay Highways, from the state capital, Brisbane. Part of the Gympie Local government area, at the 2006 census, Goomeri had a population of 488...	Gympie	26°12′S 152°03′E
Haly	South Burnett	26°45′S 151°37′E
Johnstown	South Burnett	26°24′S 152°06′E
Kunioon	South Burnett	26°40′S 151°52′E
Manumbar	Gympie	26°22′S 152°18′E
McEuen Wondai, Queensland Wondai is a town in the South Burnett region of Queensland, Australia. The town is located to the south of the Bunya Highway, north west of the state capital, Brisbane. At the 2006 census, Wondai had a population of 1,402...	South Burnett	26°17′S 151°49′E
Mondure	South Burnett	26°12′S 151°45′E
Murgon Murgon, Queensland Murgon is a town in Queensland, Australia. It is situated on the Bunya Highway 270 kilometres north-west of the state capital, Brisbane.Murgon is in the region of Queensland known as the South Burnett, the southern part of the Burnett River catchment...	South Burnett	26°13′S 151°55′E
Nanango Nanango, Queensland Nanango is a town in the South Burnett region of Queensland, Australia. It is the fourth oldest town in Queensland. At the 2006 census, Nanango had a population of 3,083. It is situated north-west of the state capital, Brisbane...	South Burnett	26°40′S 151°59′E
Neumgna	South Burnett	26°52′S 151°48′E
Taabinga	South Burnett	26°40′S 151°41′E
Tarong	South Burnett	26°46′S 151°49′E
Tureen	South Burnett	26°50′S 151°40′E
Wooroolin Wooroolin, Queensland Wooroolin is a town in the South Burnett region of Queensland, Australia. The town is in the South Burnett Region LGA and on the Bunya Highway, north west of the state capital, Brisbane. At the 2006 census, Wooroolin had a population of 164...	South Burnett	26°28′S 151°45′E