Place Names Register Extract
Hundred of Blyth
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Print Extract | Search Again| Name | Hundred of Blyth |
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| Type Designation | Hundred |
| Place Id | 13673 |
| Place Type | Administrative Area |
| Status | Assigned |
| Date Registered | |
| Location (Datum GDA94) | |
| Latitude: -13° 12' S (Decimal degrees -13.21) | |
| Longitude: 130° 39' E (Decimal degrees 130.65) | |
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| Local Government Area | |
| History/Origin | This Hundred is named after Arthur Blyth who was born in 1823, educated in Birmingham and who came to South Australia with his father, William Blyth, a pioneer colonist, City Councillor in Adelaide. Arthur Blyth entered Parliament in 1855 and represented Gumeracha in 1857. He was Commisioner of Crown Lands in 1870 when the Hundreds were named (included the Hundred of Blyth) following Goyder's survey of Palmerston (Port Darwin) and the adjacent rural hinterland. In 1871 he was Treasurer and Premier when the first freehold titles were issued in the Territory. He became a Knight in 1877 and was associated with Sir John Downer as SA representatives at the Colonial Conference in 1887 before Federation. He died in 1891 at Bournemouth . |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date | Gazettal | Comment |
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| 14/09/1871 | SAGG |