Palmerston County

Summary

Palmerston County is one of the five counties in the Northern Territory of Australia which are part of the Lands administrative divisions of Australia. It contains the city of Darwin. It was proclaimed on 14 September 1871[2] 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 (from a point adjacent to the southernmost of the Peron Islands to the township of Adelaide River).

Palmerston
Northern Territory
Map of Palmerston County in 1886 showing the hundreds
Palmerston is located in Northern Territory
Palmerston
Palmerston
Coordinates12°51′18″S 130°44′42″E / 12.855°S 130.745°E / -12.855; 130.745[1]
Established14 September 1871[2]
Lands administrative divisions around Palmerston:
Timor Sea Beagle Gulf Van Diemen Gulf
Timor Sea Palmerston Disraeli
Timor Sea Malmesbury Roseberry
FootnotesAdjoining counties[3]

Hundreds edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Place Names Register Extract for "County of Palmerston"". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b Milne, William (14 September 1871). "PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR. County of Palmerston" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. pp. 1325–1326. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Map of Northern Territory / John Sands". National Library of Australia. John Sands (Firm). 1886. Retrieved 24 September 2018.