Hundred of Hutchison (Northern Territory)
The Hundred of Hutchison is a hundred in the Northern Territory of Australia within the former County of Palmerston.
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Map of Palmerston County in 1886, showing the hundreds.
The hundred is located to the east of Palmerston and is bounded on the east by the Adelaide River.[1]
Name
The Hundred of Hutchison was named after Commander John Hutchison a marine surveyor of the South Australian Survey Station between 1852 and 1865, and who mapped much of the Northern Territory coastline.[2]
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References
- County of Palmerston map: Surveyor General's Office, (Adelaide, 1872)
- Northern Territory Place Names Register
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