Place Names Register Extract

Hundred of Glynne

Extract date: 30/03/2024

Name Hundred of Glynne
Type Designation Hundred
Place Id 20506
Place Type Administrative Area
Status Historical
Date Registered
Location (Datum GDA94)  
Latitude: -14° 38' S (Decimal degrees -14.64)
Longitude: 134° 48' E (Decimal degrees 134.81)
Locality / Suburb  
  (None Found)
Local Government Area  
  Roper Gulf Shire Council
History/Origin The Hundred of Glynne 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 wife of Prime Minister W.E Gladstone, Catherine Glynne, whose brother was the baronet, Sir Stephen Glynne.

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). The Hundred was cancelled in 1977 under 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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