Dundas Land District

Dundas
Western Australia

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 1897
Dundas 1895
Norseman 1895
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.

References

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