The Hundred of Bagot is the cadastral

Cadastral divisions of Australia

Lands administrative divisions of Australia refers to the parts of Australia which are divided into the cadastral units of counties, parishes, hundreds, and other divisions for the purposes of land ownership...

 unit of hundred for the city of Darwin, Northern Territory

Darwin, Northern Territory

Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 127,500, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities...

 and also encompassing the city of Palmerston

Palmerston, Northern Territory

Palmerston is a planned satellite city of Darwin, the capital and largest city in Australia's Northern Territory. Palmerston is situated near Darwin Harbour and has an urban population of 23,614 on the 2006 Census night and making it the second largest city in the territory...

. It is one of the 14 hundreds that were proclaimed in the County of Palmerston

Palmerston County, Northern Territory

Palmerston County is one of the five counties in the Northern Territory which are part of the Lands administrative divisions of Australia. It contains the city of Darwin. It was proclaimed in the 1860s, and divided into hundreds. It is bounded by Disraeli County to the east, Roseberry County to the...

. (although the map below shows 20 hundreds) It was named after John Tuthill Bagot, who was the Chief Secretary in the Strangways

Henry Strangways

Henry Bull Templar Strangways was an Australian politician and Premier of South Australia.Strangways was the eldest son of Henry Bull Strangways of Shapwick, Somerset, England. He visited South Australia as a boy. Returning to England he entered at the Middle Temple in November 1851 and was called...

 ministry of South Australia

South Australia

South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...

 from 1868-1870. The Hundred was enlarged in 1963 when the Governor-general revoked the Hundred of Sanderson and included this into Bagot, this was formerly located to the north of Bagot. Old maps of Darwin (formerly Palmerston) mention the Hundred of Bagot. The hundred is divided into sections.

It is mentioned in various legal documents relating to land transactions, e.g. "sections 4258 and 4257 Hundred of Bagot" It includes the LGAs of the City of Darwin

City of Darwin

The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...

, the northern part of the City of Palmerston

City of Palmerston

The City of Palmerston is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory. It contains the suburbs of Darwin's satellite city, Palmerston, and is situated between the outer industrial areas of Darwin and the rural areas of Howard Springs. The City covers an area of 56.3 km² and has a...

 and part of the north-western edge of the Shire of Litchfield

Shire of Litchfield

The Litchfield Municipality is a Local Government Area located in the Northern Territory of Australia on the eastern and southeastern outskirts of the Darwin-Palmerston urban area...

. Bagot

Bagot, Northern Territory

Bagot is a small northern suburb of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.Bagot is also the name of the hundred which comprised Darwin and the surrounding area, see Hundred of Bagot.-External links:...

 is a suburb of Darwin, which like the rest of the suburbs of Darwin, are part of the Hundred.

Note that there is also a Hundred of Bagot in South Australia

Cadastral divisions of South Australia

The Lands administrative divisions of South Australia refers to the cadastral units of counties, and hundreds in South Australia.These form part of the Lands administrative divisions of Australia. They are located in the south-eastern part of the state and do not cover the whole state...

; the South Australian hundred was named after Captain Charles H. Bagot, the father of John Tuthill Bagot.