Central Land Division

Location in Western Australia

Central Land Division was a land division of Western Australia defined under section 26 of the Land Act Amendment Act 1906, and existed from 1 February 1907 until 28 March 1917, when it became part of the Eastern Land Division under section 4 of the Land Act Amendment Act 1917.^[1] It was bounded by the Rabbit-proof fence in the west, and included Kalgoorlie. It comprised parts of the eastern Wheatbelt and the Goldfields-Esperance region.

It was defined thus in the 1906 Act:^[2]

Bounded by lines starting from the No. 1 line of the rabbit-proof fence at latitude 26° South, and extending Southerly along the said fence to a point situate West from the summit of the granite rock near the 50-Mile Soak on the Dundas-Lake Lefroy Road; thence East to the 125th meridian of East longitude; thence North to the parallel of 26° South latitude aforesaid, and thence West to the starting point.

References

1. "THE LAND ACT". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 17 March 1917. p. 6. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
2. "Land Act Amendment Act 1906 (6 Edw. VII No. 29)". 14 December 1906. Retrieved 12 December 2010.

29°00′S 121°40′E