Wellington Land District is a land district (cadastral division) of Western Australia, located within the South-West Land Division on the state's west coast. It spans roughly 32°56'S – 33°40'S in latitude and 115°25'E – 116°50'E in longitude.
History The system of land districts came together in an ad hoc fashion, and the Wellington district started to be subdivided in 1835 well before any thought was given to formally defining its boundaries.Surveyor-General. Districts of the colony – Revision of. (169/96), p.28-30. Accessed at State Records Office, Perth. The definition later used by the Lands and Surveys department came from an 1862 gazettal which read as follows:
Location and features The district is located on the Indian Ocean coast, roughly centred on the city of Bunbury and extending north to Yarloop, east to Darkan and south to just past both Capel and Donnybrook."Index Map of Western Australia", Department of Lands and Surveys, 1949, and definition in gazette.
Towns and areas
Towns The Wellington district contains the following current or former townsites:Western Australian Government Gazette, various editions. Accessed at Battye Library, Perth.
Townsite Coordinates Gazetted Notes Bunbury 1841 Allanson 1907 "West Collie" until 1916 Binningup 1963 Boolading 1909 Bowelling 1908 Boyanup 1894 Brunswick Junction 1898* Private town; not gazetted Burekup 1910* Private town; not gazetted Capel 1897 "Coolingup" until 1899 Capercup 1916 Cancelled in 1991 Collie 1897 "Colliefields" in 1898–99 Collie Burn 1907 Collie Cardiff 1916 Cookernup 1894 Cordering 1916 Dardanup 1923 Darkan 1906 Donnybrook 1894 Duranillin 1918 Eaton 1988 Ferguson Gungup 1905 Cancelled in 1918 Gwindinup 1909 Harvey 1893* Private town; not gazetted Lake Clifton 1921 Moodiarrup 1909 Muja 1973 Mungalup 1906 Myalup 1972 Newlands 1907 Nittarni Wellington Mills. Cancelled 1965. Noggerup 1909 Preston 1899 Preston Beach 1975 "Yalgorup" until 1989 Roelands 1963 Shotts 1917 Warawarrup 1917 Cancelled in 1964. Worsley 1909 Yalup Brook 1914 Yarloop 1962
Agricultural areas Under the Land Act 1898, the Agricultural Lands Purchase Act 1896, and preceding regulations, it was open to the Governor to declare agricultural areas on crown land or repurchased estates on private land, to which special provisions applied for both alienation and improvement. Many of these estates came into being shortly after World War I for the purposes of soldier resettlement.
Name Coordinates Gazetted Notes Boyanup A.A. 1891 Brunswick Estate 1907 Near Brunswick Junction Clifton Estate 1898 Near Brunswick Junction Collie A.A. 1891 Dardanup Estate 1923 Darkan A.A. 1891 Harvey A.A. 1891 Henty Estate 1919 Near Waterloo Homebush Estate 1901 Near Cookernup Korijekup Estate 1921 Near Harvey Preston A.A. 1892 Roseneath Estate 1921 South of Collie Uduc A.A. 1894 Near Harvey Upper Capel Estate 1919 Near Kirup
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