Doongan Land District

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

The lands administrative divisions of Western Australia refer to subdivisions of the state of Western Australia for cadastral purposes, most of which have been in place since the 19th century. The state is divided up for this purpose into five land divisions, which in turn are subdivided into land districts, which correspond to counties in other Australian states. These districts are then subdivided further into numbered locations, as well as gazetted townsites. Together, they form part of the lands administrative divisions of Australia.

Western Australia State in Australia

Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, and the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Australia is Australia's largest state, with a total land area of 2,529,875 square kilometres, and the second-largest country subdivision in the world, surpassed only by Russia's Sakha Republic. The state has about 2.6 million inhabitants – around 11 percent of the national total – of whom the vast majority live in the south-west corner, 79 per cent of the population living in the Perth area, leaving the remainder of the state sparsely populated.

Kimberley Land Division

Kimberley Land Division is one of five land divisions of Western Australia recognised in the Land Administration Act 1997. It occupies roughly the same area as the Kimberley region of the state.

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Location and features

The district is located on the Kimberley's rugged Timor Sea coast falls between the Princess May Range to the southwest and the Drysdale River to the east, and includes the town of Kalumburu, Western Australia and the former Drysdale River Mission.

Kimberley (Western Australia) Region in Western Australia

The Kimberley is the northernmost of the nine regions of Western Australia. It is bordered on the west by the Indian Ocean, on the north by the Timor Sea, on the south by the Great Sandy and Tanami Deserts in the region of the Pilbara, and on the east by the Northern Territory.

Timor Sea A sea bounded to the north by the island of Timor, to the east by the Arafura Sea, to the south by Australia

The Timor Sea is a relatively shallow sea bounded to the north by the island of Timor, to the east by the Arafura Sea, to the south by Australia.

Drysdale River

Drysdale River is a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

History

It was first gazetted as the Dungan Land District on 13 June 1906. [1] Its spelling was changed to Doongan on 19 May 1916 in an effort to more accurately capture its correct Aboriginal pronunciation. [2] [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "New Land Districts (per 7835/97)". Western Australia Government Gazette. 13 June 1906. p. 1906:1958.
  2. ↑ "Land Districts "Koondra" and "Doongan" (per 7835/97)". Western Australia Government Gazette. 19 May 1916. p. 1916:945.
  3. ↑ Mapping — General — Declaration of Land Districts (7835/97), March 1916.

Coordinates: 14°50′S126°40′E / 14.833°S 126.667°E / -14.833; 126.667

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