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Land division in Northern Territory to 1976
Map of Palmerston County in 1886, showing Beaconsfield at right of map.
The Hundred officially lapsed with the passage in 1976 and assent of the Crown Lands Ordinance 1976 (No 1 of 1977) and the Crown Lands (Validation of Proclamations) Ordinance 1976 (No.2 of 1977).
