Dundas Land District

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.

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

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
Buldania32.068°S 122.020°E / -32.068; 122.020 (Buldania)1897
Dundas32.396°S 121.775°E / -32.396; 121.775 (Dundas)1895
Norseman32.196°S 121.778°E / -32.196; 121.778 (Norseman)1895
Princess Royal32.134°S 121.804°E / -32.134; 121.804 (Princess Royal)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.

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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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