Roseberry County, Queensland


The County of Rosebery is a county in Queensland, Australia. It is centred in the South Gregory Lands District. Like all counties in Queensland, it is a non-functional administrative unit, that is used mainly for the purpose of registering land titles.

History

County of Rosebery was traditional lands of the Wongkanguru people, and the first pastoralists to the area were in the 1870s with the town of Birdsville founded in the early 1880s.
The seat of local government is in Bedourie, Queensland, having been in Birdsville till 1953. The Courthouse at Birdsville still operates.