Place Names Register Extract

Hundred of Flint

Extract date: 09/06/2026

Name	Hundred of Flint
Type Designation	Hundred
Place Id	20503
Place Type	Administrative Area
Status	Historical
Date Registered
Location (Datum GDA94)
	Latitude: -14° 38' S (Decimal degrees -14.64)
	Longitude: 134° 39' E (Decimal degrees 134.65)
Locality / Suburb
	(None Found)
Local Government Area
	Roper Gulf Shire Council
History/Origin	The Hundred of Flint was one of the six Hundreds in the County of Gladstone in the Roper River area gazetted in January 1873. It was named after the electorate of Flint in Flintshire, Cheshire, United Kingdom, where Gladstone, Prime Minister of UK had his home, at Hawarden Castle. The Hundred lapsed with the passage in 1976 and subsequent assent of the Crown Lands Ordinace 1976 (No 1 of 1977) and the Crown Lands (Validation of Proclamations) Ordinance 1976 (No 2 of 1977).

Register & Gazettal information

Date	Gazettal	Comment
09/01/1873	SAGG

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