Yamarna Land District

Yamarna Land District is a land district (cadastral division) of Western Australia, located within the Eastern Land Division in the Great Victoria Desert, north of the Nullarbor Plain. It spans roughly 26°50'S - 29°00'S in latitude and 123°30'E - 125°00'E in longitude.[1]

Yamarna
Western Australia
Lands administrative divisions around Yamarna:
Yelina Tugaila Tugaila
Nuleri
Weld		 Yamarna Yowalga
Edjudina Giles Giles

History

The district was created on 19 February 1930, and was defined in the Government Gazette:[2]

Bounded by lines starting from the summit of Kyffin Thomas Hill and extending East to longitude 125 deg. East; thence South to a point situate East from Survey Mark B82 at Brickey's Soak; thence West to a point situate South from the summit of Mt. Luck; thence North passing through said summit to a point East from Survey Mark JHR23; thence North-Westerly through the summit of Mt. Grant to the summit of Mt. Shenton; thence Northerly to the cairn on Mt. Cumming; thence North to a point situate East from Stirling Peaks, and thence Northward to the starting point.

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References
  1. "Index Map of Western Australia", Department of Lands and Surveys, 1949.
  2. "The Land Act, 1898. New Land District. (per 7835/97)". Western Australia Government Gazette. 19 February 1930. p. 1930:285.


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