County of Malmesbury was one of the five counties in the Northern Territory which are part of the Lands administrative divisions of Australia.
County of Malmesbury Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||
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![]() 1886 map showing the part of the Northern Territory near Darwin subdivided into five counties | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 13°37′S 130°26′E / 13.62°S 130.44°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
Established | 16 July 1885[2] | ||||||||||||||
Abolished | 1976[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Adjoining counties[2][3] |
This County, in the Daly River area, lapsed with the passage in 1976 and assent of the Crown Lands Ordinance 1976 (No 1 of 1977) and the Crown Lands (Validation of Proclamations) Ordinance 1976 (No.2 of 1977).[4]
Description
The County was named after James H. Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury (1807 - 1889) Foreign Secretary under Lord Derby in 1852. The South Australian administration named the Counties of Malmesbury and Rosebery on 16 July 1885 [2] at a time when these two statesmen were prominent in the British Parliament and early developments were occurring on the Daly River and in the Pine Creek mining area of the Territory.[5]
Constituent hundreds
Hundred of Berinka
The Hundred of Berinka (13°40′30″S 130°26′24″E / 13.675°S 130.44°E) was gazetted in July 1885 and was extended in October 1913.[6]
Hundred of Hawkshaw
The Hundred of Hawkshaw (13°36′00″S 130°30′52″E / 13.6°S 130.5145°E) was gazetted on 16 July 1885 and was extended in October 1913.[7][8] The Hundred was roughly ten miles by ten miles[9] in keeping with the colonial policy of forming 100 square mile units.[citation needed]