PALMERSTON
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V20,
Page 649
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
PALMERSTON
, the See also:chief See also:town of the See also:Northern Territory of See also:South See also:Australia, in Palmerston See also:county, on the E. See also:shore of See also:Port See also:Darwin, 2000 M. See also:direct N.N.W. of See also:Adelaide
.
The town stands 6o ft. above the level of the See also:sea, by which it is almost surrounded
.
There are a See also:government See also:house, a town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, and an experimental nursery See also:garden
.
Palmerston has a magnificent See also:harbour, accessible to ocean-going vessels, and the See also:jetty is connected by See also:rail with Playford, 146 m. distant
.
Cool breezes See also:blow almost continuously throughout the See also:year
.
The mean See also:annual rainfall is 62.21 in
.
Pop
.
(19o1), 1973, mostly See also:Chinese
.
End of Article: PALMERSTON
|
[back] BART SIR CHARLES MARK PALMER
|
[next] 3RD VISCOUNT HENRY JOHN TEMPLE PALMERSTON (1784-186...
|