Weld Land District
land district of Western Australia
Weld Land District is one of the land districts of Western Australia, which is located within the Eastern Land Division in the north-eastern Goldfields region of the state.
Location
Its main centre of population is the town of Laverton, and it also includes the former towns of Mount Morgans, Mount Margaret, Burtville and Yundamindera to the west and the Mount Weld mine site to the south. It spans roughly 28°10'S - 29°00'S in latitude and 122°00'E - 123°30'E in longitude.
History
The district was created on 25 November 1901 and was defined in the Government Gazette:
Bounded by lines starting from a point situate 2 miles 10 chains West from Survey mark B82 at Brickey's Soak, and extending North to a point situate West from SUrvey mark HR (conjoined) 23; thence East to a point situate North from the summit of Mt Luck; thence South to a point situate East from the starting point; and thence West to the starting point.
References
"Weld (Land) District (per 11615/01)". Western Australia Government Gazette. 25 November 1901. p. 1901:4741.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Weld Land District” is land district of Western Australia. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Weld, Land and District, not as a finished interpretation.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 6, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q7980858. Authority coordinates are -28.665, 122.418. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1901.
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