The Hundred of Blyth is a hundred of Palmerston County, Northern Territory, Australia. [2]
A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region. It was formerly used in England, Wales, some parts of the United States, Denmark, Southern Schleswig, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, and Norway. It is still used in other places, including South Australia and the Northern Territory.
Palmerston County is one of the five counties in the Northern Territory which are part of the Lands administrative divisions of Australia. It contains the city of Darwin. It was proclaimed on 14 September 1871 and divided into hundreds. Being on the northern coast of the territory, it is bounded on the north and west by sea, the Adelaide River on the east and on the south by a line at longitude approximately 13°15' south.
The Northern Territory is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. It shares borders with Western Australia to the west, South Australia to the south, and Queensland to the east. To the north, the territory looks out to the Timor Sea, the Arafura Sea and the Gulf of Carpentaria, including Western New Guinea and other Indonesian islands. The NT covers 1,349,129 square kilometres (520,902 sq mi), making it the third-largest Australian federal division, and the 11th-largest country subdivision in the world. It is sparsely populated, with a population of only 246,700, making it the least-populous of Australia's six states and two territories, with fewer than half as many people as Tasmania.
The hundred is located at -13°12' S, 130°39' E, was gazetted on 14 September 1871 was named for Arthur Blyth.
Sir Arthur Blyth was Premier of South Australia three times; 1864–65, 1871–72 and 1873–75.
Baron Blyth, of Blythwood and of Stanstead Mountfichet in the County of Essex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1907 for Sir James Blyth, 1st Baronet. He was a Director of the gin making firm of W. & A. Gilbey as well as an expert on wine culture and wine commerce. Before his elevation to the peerage, Blyth had been created a Baronet, of Chelmsford in the County of Essex, in 1895. His eldest son, the second Baron, was a Director of W. and A. Gilbey. The latter was succeeded by his nephew, the third Baron. He was the son of the Hon. Audley James Blyth, second son of the first Baron. As of 2010 the titles are held by the third Baron's grandson, the fifth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2009.
The Hundred of Bagot is the cadastral unit of hundred for the city of Darwin, Northern Territory and also encompassing the city of Palmerston. It is one of the 14 hundreds that were proclaimed in the County of Palmerston. It was named after John Tuthill Bagot, who was the Chief Secretary in the Strangways ministry of South Australia from 1868-1870. The Hundred was enlarged in 1963 when the Governor-general revoked the Hundred of Sanderson and included this into Bagot, this was formerly located to the north of Bagot. Old maps of Darwin mention the Hundred of Bagot. The hundred is divided into sections.
Blything was a hundred of eastern Suffolk, and with an area of 87,641 acres (354.67 km2) was the largest of Suffolk's 21 hundreds.
Yatala is a former electorate of the South Australian House of Assembly located within the cadastral Hundred of Yatala. It was one of the original Assembly districts in 1857, abolished in 1902.
Everard Central is a locality in South Australia's Mid North. The locality is situated in approximately the southern two thirds of the cadastral Hundred of Everard.
The County of Stanley is one of the 49 cadastral counties of South Australia. It was proclaimed by Governor George Grey and named for Edward Stanley, Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1841 to 1845, who, in 1842, had advocated financial support for South Australia. It is roughly bounded by the Wakefield River in the south, the approximate path of the Barrier Highway in the east, latitude 33°28' S in the north and longitudes 138°08' to 138°15' E in the west.
The Hundred of Blyth is a cadastral unit of hundred on the northern Adelaide Plains of South Australia centred on the township of Blyth. It is one of the 16 hundreds of the County of Stanley. It was named in 1860 by Governor Richard MacDonnell after Arthur Blyth who arrived in South Australia as a teenager in 1839 and went on to become a local businessman, parliamentarian and thrice the premier of South Australia.
The District Council of Blyth-Snowtown was a local government area in South Australia from 1987 until 1997.
The Hundred of Hall is the cadastral unit of hundred on the northern Adelaide Plains centred on the town of Halbury. It is one of the 16 hundreds of the County of Stanley. It was named in 1860 after parliamentarian George Hall (1851-1867). The main localities in the hundred are Halbury and Hoyleton with parts of Balaklava, Stow, Watchman and Kybunga also within the hundred bounds.
The Hundred of Hutchison is a hundred in the Northern Territory of Australia within the former County of Palmerston.
The Hundred of Strangways is a hundred of Palmerston County, Northern Territory Australia.
The Hundred of Goyder is a hundred in the Northern Territory of Australia which was part of the now-lapsed cadastral unit of the County of Palmerston.
The Hundred of Finniss is a Hundred of Palmerston County, Northern Territory Australia.
The Hundred of Glyde is a Hundred of Palmerston County, Northern Territory Australia.
The Hundred of Milne is a cadastral unit of hundred in Palmerston County, Northern Territory, Australia.
The Hundred of Cavenagh is a Hundred of Palmerston County, Northern Territory Australia.
The Hundred of Howard is a hundred of Palmerston County, Northern Territory Australia.
Rakula is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 72 kilometres (45 mi) south-west of the territorial capital of Darwin.
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