The Hundred of Bagot is the cadastral unit of hundred for the city of Darwin, Northern Territory and the city of Palmerston. It includes the Local Government Areas of the City of Darwin, the northern part of the City of Palmerston and part of the north-western edge of the Shire of Litchfield.
| Hundred of Bagot Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||
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 Map of the hundred in 1872 | |||||||||||||||
  Hundred of Bagot | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 12°27′36″S 130°56′31″E / 12.46°S 130.9419°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 14 September 1871[2] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Palmerston[2] | ||||||||||||||
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History edit
Bagot is one of the 14 hundreds that were proclaimed on 14 September 1871 by the Governor of South Australia in the County of Palmerston[3] (although the map below shows 20 hundreds). It is believed to be named after John Tuthill Bagot, who was the Chief Secretary in the Strangways ministry of the Government of South Australia from 1868 to 1870.[4]
The Hundred was enlarged in 1963 when the Governor-General of Australia, William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle, revoked the Hundred of Sanderson, formerly located to the north of Bagot, and included this into Bagot.[5] Old maps of Darwin (formerly Palmerston) mention the Hundred of Bagot.[6]
Bagot Community edit
Bagot Community is an Aboriginal Community within the suburb of Ludmilla, a northern suburb of Darwin, which like the rest of the suburbs of Darwin, is part of the Hundred.
SA Bagot edit
There is also a Hundred of Bagot in South Australia; the South Australian hundred was named after Captain Charles Hervey Bagot, the father of John Tuthill Bagot.
References edit
- ^ "Place Names Register Extract for "Hundred of Bagot"". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ^ a b Milne, William (14 September 1871). "Proclamation by the Governor" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 1324. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ^ "NT Lands Group, Origin of the term "hundred"". Archived from the original on 21 February 2008. Retrieved 7 February 2008.
- ^ NT Lands Group placenames origins Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hasluck, Paul (24 January 1963). "NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA. PROCLAMATION". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Australia. p. 313. Retrieved 19 April 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ Township of Palmerston on east side of Port Darwin, Hundred of Bagot