Nuyts Land District

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Nuyts
Western Australia
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Lands administrative divisions around Nuyts:
Buningonia Giles Giles
Balladonia Nuyts Nurina
Mardarbilla Great Australian Bight Great Australian Bight

Nuyts Land District is a land district (cadastral division) of Western Australia, located within the Eastern and Eucla land divisions on the Nullarbor Plain. It spans roughly 31°00'S - 32°50'S in latitude and 124°00'E - 125°30'E in longitude.

Location and features

The district is located on the Nullarbor Plain in the south-east of the state and falls generally between the Great Australian Bight to the south and the Trans-Australian Railway to the north. The Caiguna roadhouse on the Eyre Highway and the railway town of Rawlinna are located within its boundaries.[1] Nuyts is the location of the Nuytsland Nature Reserve, a protected area on the southern coast of the district.

History

The district was created on 4 March 1903, but only extended north to 31°30'S latitude.[2] When the Trans-Australian Railway was being built in 1914, the district was extended northwards and was defined in the Government Gazette:[3]

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Bounded on the North by the centre of the Trans-Australian Railway Line; on the East by a North line from Point Dover; on the West by a North and South line through a point situate 20 miles East from the South-East corner of East Location 12, and on the South by the sea coast.

References

  1. "Index Map of Western Australia", Department of Lands and Surveys, 1949.
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