Rosebery, Northern Territory
Rosebery is an outer southern suburb of Palmerston. It is located 26 km SE of the Darwin CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston.
| Rosebery Rosebery, Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||
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 Suburb of Rosebery | |||||||||||||||
  Rosebery | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 12°30′17″S 130°59′31″E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 4,218 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 2,480/km2 (6,430/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1990s | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 0832 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 1.7 km2 (0.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | City of Palmerston | ||||||||||||||
| Territory electorate(s) | Blain | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Solomon | ||||||||||||||
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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 the United Kingdom.
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.[2]
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.
References
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Rosebery (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- "Place Names – Territory Origins". Nt.gov.au. 7 August 2014. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2015.