Rosebery, Northern Territory

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Coordinates: 12°30′17″S 130°59′31″E / -12.504825, 130.991815

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Rosebery
Rosebery, Northern Territory

Suburb of Rosebery
Population: 1,529 (2006) [1]
Established: 1990's
Postcode: 0832
Area: 1.7 km² (0.7 sq mi)
Property Value: AUD $180,000[2]
Location:
LGA: City of Palmerston
State District: Blain
Federal Division: Solomon
Suburbs around Rosebery:
Woodroffe Bakewell Johnston
Woodroffe Rosebery Zuccoli
Woodroffe Bellamack Mitchell

Rosebery is an outer southern suburb of Palmerston. It is 26km SE of the Darwin CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston.

This suburb is named after the Fifth Earl of Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, a then British statesman who visited South Australia in 1884. A decade later he became the Prime Minister of Britain.

It was during his overseas visit, that the South Australian Government decided to name additional Counties in the Top End. After the initial group of Palmerston, Gladstone and Disraeli, the County of Rosebery was gazetted in 1885. Rosebery covered the area north of Pine Creek.

The Place Names Committee in conjunction with the Palmerston Development Authority decided to perpetuate the Rosebery name as the County of Rosebery fell into disuse and was cancelled on 7 January 1977. [3]

Rosebery is located on the periphery of Palmerston and is one of its newer residential suburbs. It has experienced a lot of growth in recent times.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Northern Territory Regional Population", 25/10/2007 2008. Retrieved on 2008-04-01. 
  2. ^ 2008 Rosebery Property Value
  3. ^ NT Lands Group - NT Government - Australia

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