County of Malmesbury

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County of Malmesbury
Northern Territory
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County of Malmesbury
Coordinates 13°37′S130°26′E / 13.62°S 130.44°E / -13.62; 130.44 Coordinates: 13°37′S130°26′E / 13.62°S 130.44°E / -13.62; 130.44 [1]
Established16 July 1885 [2]
Abolished1976 [1]
Lands administrative divisions around County of Malmesbury:
Ocean Palmerston Palmerston
OceanCounty of Malmesbury Rosebery
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FootnotesAdjoining counties [2] [3]
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County of Malmesbury was one of the five counties in the Northern Territory which are part of the Lands administrative divisions of Australia.

Contents

This County, in the Daly River area, lapsed with the passage in 1976 and assent of the Crown Lands Ordinance 1976 (No 1 of 1977) and the Crown Lands (Validation of Proclamations) Ordinance 1976 (No.2 of 1977). [4]

Description

The County was named after James H. Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury (1807 - 1889) Foreign Secretary under Lord Derby in 1852. The South Australian administration named the Counties of Malmesbury and Rosebery on 16 July 1885 [2] at a time when these two statesmen were prominent in the British Parliament and early developments were occurring on the Daly River and in the Pine Creek mining area of the Territory. [5]

Constituent hundreds

Hundred of Berinka

The Hundred of Berinka ( 13°40′30″S130°26′24″E / 13.675°S 130.44°E / -13.675; 130.44 (Hundred of Berinka) ) was gazetted in July 1885 and was extended in October 1913. [6]

Hundred of Hawkshaw

The Hundred of Hawkshaw ( 13°36′00″S130°30′52″E / 13.6°S 130.5145°E / -13.6; 130.5145 (Hundred of Hawkshaw) ) was gazetted on 16 July 1885 and was extended in October 1913. [7] [8] The Hundred was roughly ten miles by ten miles [9] in keeping with the colonial policy of forming 100 square mile units.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Search results for "County of Malmesbury"". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Spence, John B. (16 July 1885). "Proclamation of the Counties of Malmesbury and Rosebery" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. pp. 139–140. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  3. "Map of Northern Territory / John Sands". National Library of Australia. John Sands (Firm). 1886. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  4. County of Malmesbury, Place Names Register Extract.
  5. "County of Malmesbury". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  6. "Search result for "Hundred of Berinka"". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  7. Spence, John G. (16 July 1885). "Proclamation of the Hundred of Hawkshaw" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. p. 139. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  8. "Search result for "Hundred of Hawkshaw"". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  9. Frazer S. Crawford, Hawkshaw (Surveyor-General's Office, Adelaide, 1887).