Roseberry County, Northern Territory Explained

Type:	cadastral
County of Roseberry
State:	nt
Coordinates:	-13.6167°N 131.4333°W
Coord Ref:	^[1]
Pushpin Label Position:	left
Established:	15 July 1885
Established Footnotes:	^[2]
Footnotes:	Adjoining counties^[3]

Roseberry County is one of the five counties in the Northern Territory which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia.The County of Rosebery was gazetted on 15 July 1885 and covered the area north of Pine Creek. The county was not subdivided into hundreds. The County of Rosebery fell into disuse on 7 January 1977.^[4]

County Name

Like the other Counties of the Northern Territory, Roseberry is named for a British Prime Minister. In this case Roseberry County is named after the Fifth Earl of Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, who was visiting the colony of South Australia at the time of the creation of the county and who a decade later he became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Notes and References

1. Web site: County of Rosebery . NT Place Names Register . Northern Territory Government . 24 September 2018.
2. Web site: Spence . John B . Untitled proclamation re Northern Territory Crown Lands Consolidation Act, 1882 . The South Australian Government Gazette . South Australian government . 24 September 2018 . 139–140 . 15 July 1885.
3. Web site: Map of Northern Territory / John Sands . National Library of Australia . John Sands (Firm) . 24 September 2018 . 1886.
4. Web site: Place Names - Territory Origins . Nt.gov.au . 2014-08-07 . 2015-05-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110629040718/http://www.nt.gov.au/lands/lis/placenames/origins/greaterdarwin.shtml . 2011-06-29 .