Dundas Land District

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Dundas
Western Australia
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Lands administrative divisions around Dundas:
Ngalbain Ngalbain Buningonia
Leake Dundas Fraser
Leake Fitzgerald Dempster

Dundas Land District is a land district (cadastral division) of Western Australia within the Eucla Land Division. It spans roughly 31°40'S - 32°40'S in latitude and 121°00'E - 122°15'E in longitude.

Location and features

The district is located in the western part of the Shire of Dundas between Coolgardie and Esperance.[1] It contains four gazetted townsites, the largest of which is Norseman, the western terminus of the Eyre Highway.

Townsite Coordinates Gazetted Notes
Buldania Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1897
Dundas Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1895
Norseman Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1895
Princess Royal Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1904

History

The district was approved on 25 September 1897 by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.[2] As it was approved prior to the Land Act 1898, its boundaries were never gazetted.

References

  1. "Index Map of Western Australia", Department of Lands and Surveys, 1949.
  2. Mapping — General — Declaration of Land Districts (7835/97), p.5.

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