Dundas Land District
Appearance
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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
[edit]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 |
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Buldania | 32°04′05″S 122°01′12″E / 32.068°S 122.020°E | 1897 | |
Dundas | 32°23′46″S 121°46′30″E / 32.396°S 121.775°E | 1895 | |
Norseman | 32°11′46″S 121°46′41″E / 32.196°S 121.778°E | 1895 | |
Princess Royal | 32°08′02″S 121°48′14″E / 32.134°S 121.804°E | 1904 |
History
[edit]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
[edit]32°10′S 121°50′E / 32.167°S 121.833°E