The Hundred of Reynolds was a
hundred
100 or one hundred (Roman numerals, Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 (number), 99 and preceding 101 (number), 101.
In mathematics
100 is the square of 10 (number), 10 (in scientific notation it is written as 102). The standar ...
of the
County of Gladstone in the
Northern Territory of Australia
The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT; known formally as the Northern Territory of Australia and informally as the Territory) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian internal territory in the central and central-northern regi ...
which was created in 1873 and which lapsed in 1976.
It is located 600 km south-east of the territorial capital of
Darwin.
History
The Hundred is on the treadtional lands of the
Alawa and
Mara people
The Mara (, ; , ), also historically known as ''Lakher'', are an ethnic group native to Mizoram, India, and Chin State, Myanmar.
Ethnonyms
While the community refers to themselves as Maras, various exonyms have been used by neighbouring trib ...
.
The first European to see the Hundred was
Ludwig Leichhardt
Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt (; 23 October 1813 – ), known as Ludwig Leichhardt, was a German explorer and naturalist, most famous for his exploration of northern and central Australia.Ken Eastwood,'Cold case: Leichhardt's disappearanc ...
who crossed the Roper River at the
Roper Bar
Roper Bar is a location in Australia's Northern Territory. It lies on the traditional land of the Ngalakgan people, who refer to it as ''Yurlhbunji''. This part of Australia is extremely remote for travellers, although there are a number of Abo ...
in 1845, and in 1855
Augustus Charles Gregory
Sir Augustus Charles Gregory (1 August 1819 – 25 June 1905) was an English-born Australian explorer and surveyor. Between 1846 and 1858 he undertook four major expeditions. He was the first Surveyor-General of Queensland. He was appointed a ...
passed to the south of the Hundred on his route to
Gladstone, Queensland
Gladstone () is a coastal city in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the Gladstone urban area had a population of 45,185 people.
It is by road north-west of the state capital, Brisbane, and south-east of Rockhampton, Queensl ...
.
The Hundred was gazetted on 9 January 1873 along with six others in the County of Gladstone.
It was named after
Thomas Reynolds, a former
Premier of South Australia
The premier of South Australia is the head of government in the state of South Australia, Australia. The Government of South Australia follows the Westminster system, with a Parliament of South Australia acting as the legislature. The premier i ...
, who lived in the North Territory during the years 1873-74 and who died in the wrecking of the
SS ''Gothenburg'' in February 1875.
The Hundred lapsed with the passage in 1976 and subsequent assent of the ''Crown Lands Ordinance 1976'' (No 1 of 1977) and the ''Crown Lands (Validation of Proclamations) Ordinance 1976''.
See also
*
Hundred of Reynolds
The Hundred of Reynolds is a cadastral hundred of the County of Victoria, South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total l ...
in
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ...
References
{{Counties and Hundreds of the Northern Territory, state=collapsed
Hundreds of the Northern Territory