Hampton Land District

Hampton Western Australia
Lands administrative divisions around Hampton: Marmion Edjudina Edjudina Jaurdi Hampton Buningonia Ngalbain Ngalbain Buningonia

Hampton Land District is a land district (cadastral division) of Western Australia, located within the Eastern Land Division in the Goldfields region of the state.

Location and features[]

The district is located in the central Goldfields region, and contains the following towns or former towns:^[1]

• Kalgoorlie–Boulder:
  • †
  • Hannans
  • †
  • Lakewood †
  • Parkeston
  • †
• Balagundi †
• Bardoc †
• Black Flag †
• Boorara †
• Broad Arrow †
• Bulong †
• Feysville †
• Gindalbie †
• Golden Ridge †
• †
• Gudarra †
• Kanowna †
• Kurnalpi †
• Mulgarrie †
• Ora Banda
• Paddington †
• Windanya †

† — former or ghost town.

History[]

The district was created on 4 October 1899, and was amended on 12 December 1900. It was described in the Government Gazette thus:^[2]

Bounded by lines starting from the South-West corner of East Location 48, and extending North along part of its West boundary to the South-East corner of Location 51; thence West and South and West and North along the South and West boundaries of Location 51 and the East boundary of Location 53 to the latter's North-East corner; thence 324° 46' 36 miles 14 chains 81 links, and North 30 miles 47 chains 46 links along surveyed lines to survey mark R 3, thence East to a point situate North from the North-East corner of Location 32; thence South, through the North-East and South-East corners of said Location 32, to a point situate East from the starting point, and thence West to the starting point, partly along the South boundary of aforesaid Location 48.

References[]

Coordinates: 30°50′S 121°40′E / 30.833°S 121.667°E / -30.833; 121.667

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