Hampton Land District

Hampton Land District is a land district (cadastral division) of Western Australia, located within the Eastern Land Division in the Goldfields region of the state.

Hampton
Western Australia
Lands administrative divisions around Hampton:
Marmion Edjudina Edjudina
Jaurdi Hampton Buningonia
Ngalbain Ngalbain Buningonia

Location and features

The district is located in the central Goldfields region, and contains the following towns or former towns:[1]

† — former or ghost town.

History

The district was created on 4 October 1899, and was amended on 12 December 1900. It was described in the Government Gazette thus:[2]

Bounded by lines starting from the South-West corner of East Location 48, and extending North along part of its West boundary to the South-East corner of Location 51; thence West and South and West and North along the South and West boundaries of Location 51 and the East boundary of Location 53 to the latter's North-East corner; thence 324° 46' 36 miles 14 chains 81 links, and North 30 miles 47 chains 46 links along surveyed lines to survey mark R 3, thence East to a point situate North from the North-East corner of Location 32; thence South, through the North-East and South-East corners of said Location 32, to a point situate East from the starting point, and thence West to the starting point, partly along the South boundary of aforesaid Location 48.

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References
  1. "Index Map of Western Australia", Department of Lands and Surveys, 1949; also Plan 25/80.
  2. "Hampton (Land) District. Amended Boundaries. (per 11576/99)". Western Australia Government Gazette. 12 December 1900. p. 1900:4769. See also 1899:3328.


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