County of Banks, Queensland

Banks Queensland
Location within Queensland
Lands administrative divisions around Banks: Melville Melville Mosman Banks Coral Sea Chelmsford Dagmar Solander

The county of Banks is one of the counties of Queensland, Australia, that existed before 1901.[1] The county is divided into civil parishes. It is located in Far North Queensland, and is named for Sir Joseph Banks, who with Captain James Cook landed in 1770 at a location within the county. Banks includes the towns of Cooktown, Lakeland and Laura.[2]

Parishes

Parish	LGA	Coordinates	Notes
Annan	Cook	15°35′S 145°15′E
Battle Camp	Cook	15°22′S 144°39′E
Bullhead	Cook	15°50′S 144°49′E	Lakeland
Cahir	Cook	15°12′S 144°39′E
Cook	Cook	15°30′S 145°14′E	Cooktown
Cowton	Cook	14°59′S 144°52′E
Deighton	Cook	15°30′S 144°33′E	Laura
Discovery	Hope Vale (A)	15°13′S 145°11′E
Emla	Cook	15°20′S 144°31′E
Endeavour	Hope Vale (A)	15°21′S 145°15′E
Flattery	Hope Vale (A)	14°54′S 145°11′E
Gore	Cook	15°52′S 145°04′E
Green	Cook	15°32′S 144°56′E
Gresley	Cook	15°47′S 144°30′E
Hann	Hope Vale (A)	15°20′S 145°07′E	Hope Vale
Hicks	Cook	15°34′S 145°05′E
Lythe	Cook	14°57′S 144°40′E
Macquarie	Cook	15°39′S 144°34′E
McIvor	Cook	15°07′S 145°03′E
Melsonby	Cook	15°07′S 144°51′E
Monkhouse	Cook	15°45′S 145°17′E
Munburra	Cook	14°53′S 145°04′E
Ninda	Cook	15°38′S 144°46′E
Pickersgill	Cook	15°18′S 144°56′E
Pryde	Cook	15°10′S 145°01′E
Ruby	Cook	15°29′S 144°47′E
Saunders	Cook	15°39′S 144°54′E
Solander	Cook	15°27′S 145°06′E
Tayeto	Hope Vale (A)	15°03′S 145°12′E
Tupia	Cook	15°02′S 145°03′E
Welbury	Cook	15°06′S 144°39′E
Yarico	Cook	15°18′S 144°48′E

References

1. Queensland showing counties / compiled and published at the Survey Department, Brisbane, Brisbane : Survey Dept., 1900.
2. Cook District, County of Banks Maps - N3 Series at Queensland Archives.

15°23′S 144°52′E