Eastern Land Division Explained

Eastern Land Division
Settlement Type:Land division
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Western Australia
Subdivision Type2:Regions
Subdivision Name2:Goldfields–Esperance
Pilbara
Parts Type:Land districts
Parts:40 land districts

The Eastern Land Division is one of five cadastral divisions of Western Australia, within the eastern parts of the Goldfields-Esperance region and the Pilbara region. Most of its territory is covered by deserts, including the part of the Great Sandy Desert, Gibson Desert and Great Victoria Desert.

History

The Eastern Land Division was created on 2 March 1887, in a reform to the land divisions. On 28 March 1917, the Central Land Division had been incorporated into the Eastern Land Division.[1] The current boundaries of the land enacted on 30 March 1998.[2] [3]

Prior to the construction of the Trans-Australian Railway in 1917, the Eastern Land Division, which consists almost entirely of the Great Victoria and Great Sandy Deserts, did not contain any districts.[4]

Subdivisions

The Eastern Land Division is subdivided into 40 land districts.

DistrictLocationCreatedNotes
1897 Partially located within Eucla Land Division
1928
1903
1903
1916
1897 Partially located within Eucla Land Division
1903
1897 Partially located within Eucla Land Division
1916 Partially located within Eucla Land Division
1899
1925
1903
1903
1903
1900
1899
1932
1903
1903
1903
1906 Partially located within Kimberley and North-West Land Divisions
1932
1903
1950s
1901
1925
1930
1903
1900
1932

Notes and References

  1. Land Act Amendment Act 1917 (No. 19), s. 4.
  2. Web site: LAND ADMINISTRATION ACT 1997 - SCHEDULE 1. 1 December 2010.
  3. Land Administration Act 1997. Proclamation. In: Western Australia Government Gazette. 27 March 1998. p. 1998:1765.
  4. Western Australia. Dept. of Lands and Surveys (1913). South western portion of Western Australia shewing land districts (map), Government Lithographer, Perth.