County of Fraser
Introduction


The **County of Fraser** is one of 322 [counties](/wiki/County "County") (a [cadastral division](/wiki/Lands_administrative_divisions_of_Queensland "Lands administrative divisions of Queensland")) of [Queensland](/wiki/Queensland "Queensland"), Australia, in the [Wide Bay–Burnett](/wiki/Wide_Bay%E2%80%93Burnett "Wide Bay–Burnett") region, which consists [Fraser Island](/wiki/Fraser_Island "Fraser Island") and some satellite islands off its southwestern coast. It was established on 7 March 1901 under the *Land Act 1897*, and borders [County of March](/wiki/County_of_March "County of March"), which lies mainly on the Queensland mainland, but also includes [Big Woody Island](/wiki/Big_Woody_Island "Big Woody Island") and other islands in the northern [Great Sandy Strait](/wiki/Great_Sandy_Strait "Great Sandy Strait").[Wide Bay/Burnett District, County of Fraser Maps \- D3 Series](http://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/Search/SeriesDetails.aspx?SeriesId=1758)  at Queensland Archives.


How does the establishment of a county affect the surrounding area?