Hundred of Milne (Northern Territory)

Map of Palmerston County in 1886 showing the Hundred of Milne spanning the upper Finniss River[1]

The Hundred of Milne is a cadastral unit of hundred in Palmerston County, Northern Territory, Australia.[2]

Bounded on the north by the Bynoe Harbour, the hundred was one of the first 13 hundreds gazetted in th territory in 1871, and was named after Sir William Milne, a Glasgow-born politician of South Australia. Milne carried a bill in the council authorising the construction of the Australian Overland Telegraph Line from Adelaide to Darwin.

Coordinates: 12°48′S 130°36′E / 12.800°S 130.600°E / -12.800; 130.600

References

  1. ↑ Palmerston County map (Map). Adelaide: Surveyor General's Office. 1872.
  2. ↑ Place Names Register Extract
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