Roseberry County, Northern Territory
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County of Roseberry Northern Territory | |
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![]() 1886 map showing the small part of the Northern Territory subdivided into five counties | |
Coordinates | 13°37′0″S 131°26′0″E / 13.61667°S 131.43333°E[1] |
Established | 15 July 1885[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.
References
- ^ "County of Rosebery". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ Spence, John B (15 July 1885). "Untitled proclamation re Northern Territory Crown Lands Consolidation Act, 1882" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian government. pp. 139–140. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ "Map of Northern Territory / John Sands". National Library of Australia. John Sands (Firm). 1886. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ "Place Names - Territory Origins". Nt.gov.au. 7 August 2014. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
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