Palmerston County Explained

Type:cadastral
Palmerston
State:nt
Coordinates:-12.855°N 130.745°W
Coord Ref:[1]
Pushpin Label Position:left
Established:14 September 1871
Established Footnotes:[2]
Near-Nw:Timor Sea
Near-N:Beagle Gulf
Near-Ne:Van Diemen Gulf
Near-E:Disraeli
Near-Se:Roseberry
Near-S:Malmesbury
Near-Sw:Timor Sea
Near-W:Timor Sea
Footnotes:Adjoining counties[3]

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).

Notes and References

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