Hundred of Howard

The Hundred of Howard is a hundred of Palmerston County, Northern Territory Australia.

Map of Palmerston County in 1886,[1] showing the hundreds

The Hundred is located at latitude-13°01'S and longitude 131° 10'E, south east of Darwin, but west of the Adelaide River, and was one of the first thirteen gazetted in the Northern Territory on 14/09/1871.[2] It was named after Captain Frederick Howard.

References
  1. Palmerston County map, Surveyor General's Office, (Adelaide, 1872)
  2. NT Place Names Register


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