Place Names Register Extract
Hundred of Ayers
Extract date: 30/04/2025
| Name |
Hundred of Ayers |
| Type Designation |
Hundred |
| Place Id |
20492 |
| Place Type |
Administrative Area |
| Status |
Assigned |
| Date Registered |
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| Location (Datum GDA94) |
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Latitude:
-12° 38' S
(Decimal degrees -12.64) |
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Longitude:
130° 55' E
(Decimal degrees 130.92) |
| Locality / Suburb |
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(None Found) |
| Local Government Area |
|
| |
Litchfield Council |
| History/Origin |
This Hundred takes in Berry Springs and extends to the southern part of the Darwin Harbour and is named after Sir Henry Ayers, the Chief Secretary of South Australia (Premier) and who was honoured by the explorer W.C Gosse in 1873 in naming of Ayers Rock in Central Australia. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| 14/09/1871 |
SAGG |
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