LAND ACT 1933 - SECT 28

This legislation has been repealed.

LAND ACT 1933 - SECT 28

28 .         Divisions

                For the purposes of this Act Western Australia is divided into 5 divisions, as follows: —

SOUTH-WEST DIVISION

                Bounded by lines starting from the seashore at a point situate West from the cairn on Bompas Hill, and extending East to the Murchison River; thence South-Easterly along the said river to a point situate North from the trigonometrical station near Tallering Peak; thence South to the said trigonometrical station; thence South-Easterly through the cairn on Mugga Mugga Hill to the summit of Mount Gibson; thence Easterly to trigonometrical station K83; thence East to the No. 1 line of the rabbit-proof fence; thence Southerly along the said fence to the seashore, and thence Westerly and Northerly along the seashore, including the islands adjacent, to the starting point.

KIMBERLEY DIVISION

                All that portion of the State lying to the North of the parallel of 19° 30′ South latitude.

NORTH-WEST DIVISION

                Bounded by lines starting from the seashore at a point situate West from the cairn on Bompas Hill, and extending East to the Murchison River; thence South-Easterly along the said river to a point situate North from the trigonometrical station near Tallering Peak; thence South to the said trigonometrical station; thence South-Easterly through the cairn on Mugga Mugga Hill to the summit of Mount Gibson; thence Easterly to trigonometrical station K83; thence East to the No. 1 line of the rabbit- proof fence; thence Northerly along the said fence to the 760-mile post; thence North to the parallel of 19° 30′ South latitude; thence West to the seashore, and thence Westerly and Southerly along the seashore, including the islands adjacent, to the starting point.

EUCLA DIVISION

                Bounded by lines starting from the seashore near Wilson Bluff, at the East boundary of the State, and extending North to the parallel of 30 South latitude; thence west to the 125th meridian of East longitude; thence South to a point situate East from the summit of the granite rock near the 50-mile Soak on the Dundas-Lake Lefroy Road; thence West to the No. 1 line of the rabbit-proof fence; thence South-Easterly along the said fence to the seashore, and thence Easterly along the seashore, including the islands adjacent, to the starting point.

EASTERN DIVISION

                All that portion of the State not included in the Kimberley, North-West, South-West, and Eucla Divisions already described.