The County of Ward 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...

 located on the south-east corner of 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

Cadastral divisions of Queensland

Lands administrative divisions of Queensland refers to the divisions of Queensland used for the registration of land titles. There are 322 counties, and 5,319 parishes within the state.. They are part of the Lands administrative divisions of Australia...

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

Ward takes in the south-eastern corner of Queensland, and the main urbanised area within the county is the city of the Gold Coast

Gold Coast, Queensland

Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...

. It also takes in the southern parts of the West Moreton

West Moreton

West Moreton is a region of the Australian state of Queensland, consisting of the entire rural western portion of South East Queensland. It sits inland from both the Brisbane metropolitan area and the Gold Coast and to the east of the Darling Downs. Much of the region lies in the Great Dividing Range...

 region centred on Beaudesert

Beaudesert, Queensland

Beaudesert is a town located on the Mount Lindesay Highway, some 64 km south of Brisbane. It is possibly named after Beau Desert Park, the property of Charles Henry Alexander Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey in Staffordshire, England...

 and Boonah

Boonah, Queensland

Boonah is a town in south eastern Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, the town had a population of 2,285. The area produces vegetables for the nearby Brisbane Markets notably carrots, potatoes, and cereal crops. Beef, pork and timber are also produced locally.The town is positioned near the...

. The county was officially named and bounded by the Governor in Council on 7 March 1901 under the Land Act 1897.

Parishes

Like all counties in Queensland, Ward is divided into parishes. The parishes current LGA and mapping coordinates to the approximate centre of each location is as follows:

Parish	LGA	Coordinates
Albert	Gold Coast	27°45′S 153°18′E
Alford	Scenic Rim	28°10′S 152°33′E
Barrow	Gold Coast	27°55′S 153°19′E
Beaudesert Beaudesert, Queensland Beaudesert is a town located on the Mount Lindesay Highway, some 64 km south of Brisbane. It is possibly named after Beau Desert Park, the property of Charles Henry Alexander Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey in Staffordshire, England...	Scenic Rim	28°02′S 152°59′E
Boyd	Logan	27°44′S 153°11′E
Bromelton Bromelton, Queensland Bromelton is a small village in southern Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Bromelton and the surrounding area had a population of 536.- Transport :The town has a crossing loop on the national standard gauge railway network...	Scenic Rim	27°59′S 152°52′E
Cedar	Gold Coast	27°55′S 153°15′E
Coochin	Scenic Rim	28°06′S 152°37′E
Coomera Coomera, Queensland Coomera is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Coomera had a population of 1,420. The name Coomera comes from the Aboriginal word for fern....	Gold Coast	27°52′S 153°21′E
Currigee	Gold Coast	27°50′S 153°26′E
Darlington	Gold Coast	27°47′S 153°11′E
Dugandan	Scenic Rim	27°55′S 152°47′E
Gilston	Gold Coast	28°04′S 153°21′E
Jimboomba Jimboomba, Queensland Jimboomba is a growing town of approximately 6,288 people, as recorded in the 2006 census, in the Logan City Local Government Area, South East Queensland, Australia. It is situated on the Mount Lindesay Highway, 47 km south of Brisbane central business district...	Logan	27°51′S 153°02′E
Kerry	Scenic Rim	28°08′S 153°03′E
Knapp	Scenic Rim	28°07′S 152°48′E
Logan	Logan	27°53′S 153°00′E
Melcombe	Scenic Rim	28°13′S 152°37′E
Moffatt	Logan	27°54′S 153°06′E
Mudgeeraba Mudgeeraba, Queensland Mudgeeraba is a suburb of the Gold Coast. Mudgeeraba is remnant of the type of township that characterises the rural hinterland of the Gold Coast. Subdivision of land was conventional and buildings were traditionally rural or rural commercial. Mudgeeraba, like other areas, was an early centre,...	Gold Coast	28°07′S 153°22′E
Mundoolun	Logan	27°53′S 153°03′E
Nerang Nerang, Queensland Nerang is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, that lies upon the Nerang River. At the 2006 Census, Nerang had a population of 16,066....	Gold Coast	27°59′S 153°22′E
Nindooinbah	Scenic Rim	28°02′S 153°03′E
Numinbah	Gold Coast	28°10′S 153°15′E
Palen Creek	Scenic Rim	28°15′S 152°45′E
Pimpama Pimpama, Queensland Pimpama is a suburb in the northern Gold Coast. It is located on the Pacific Motorway 30 km north of Surfers Paradise. The township of Pimpama is presently the last remaining rural town on the Pacific Motorway between Brisbane and the Gold Coast...	Gold Coast	27°49′S 153°18′E
Roberts	Scenic Rim	28°14′S 153°08′E
Sarabah	Scenic Rim	28°06′S 153°07′E
Tabragalba	Scenic Rim	27°59′S 153°07′E
Tallebudgera Tallebudgera, Queensland Tallebudgera , originally known as Maybree, is a suburb of the Australian city of Gold Coast. The suburb is located in the Gold Coast hinterland and is a small community of overwhelmingly single family dwellings...	Gold Coast	28°09′S 153°26′E
Tamborine Mountain	Scenic Rim	27°54′S 153°08′E
Tamrookum	Scenic Rim	28°04′S 152°48′E
Telemon	Scenic Rim	28°14′S 152°57′E
Teviot	Scenic Rim	27°53′S 152°56′E
Wickham	Logan	27°49′S 153°08′E
Witheren	Scenic Rim	28°04′S 153°11′E

External links

• Queensland government, place name details