Hampton Land District
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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.
Location and features
The district is located in the central Goldfields region, and contains the following towns or former towns:[1]
- Kalgoorlie–Boulder:
- Balagundi †
- Bardoc †
- Black Flag †
- Boorara †
- Broad Arrow †
- Bulong †
- Feysville †
- Gindalbie †
- Golden Ridge †
- Gordon †
- Gudarra †
- Kanowna †
- Kurnalpi †
- Mulgarrie †
- Ora Banda
- Paddington †
- Windanya †
† — 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. | ” |
References
Coordinates: 30°50′S 121°40′E / 30.833°S 121.667°E
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