Dundas Land District Explained

Type:cadastral
Dundas
State:wa
Image Upright:0.81
Near-Nw:Ngalbain
Near-N:Ngalbain
Near-Ne:Buningonia
Near-E:Fraser
Near-Se:Dempster
Near-S:Fitzgerald
Near-Sw:Leake
Near-W:Leake

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.

TownsiteCoordinatesGazettedNotes
-32.068°N 122.02°W 1897
-32.396°N 121.775°W 1895
-32.196°N 121.778°W 1895
-32.134°N 121.804°W 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.

Notes and References

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