The Hundred of Hutchison is a hundred in the Northern Territory of Australia within the former County of Palmerston.
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The hundred is located to the east of Palmerston and is bounded on the east by the Adelaide River.[1]
Name
editThe 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]
References
edit- ^ County of Palmerston map: Surveyor General's Office, (Adelaide, 1872)
- ^ Northern Territory Place Names Register