Edjudina Land District is a
land district
A land district is a type of administrative territorial entity in some countries.
Australia
The lands administrative divisions of New South Wales refers to the 141 counties within the Colony of New South Wales, that later became the Australian sta ...
(cadastral division) of
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
, located within the
Eastern Land Division
The Eastern Land Division is one of five cadastral land divisions Western Australia, Australia, within the eastern parts of the Goldfields-Esperance region and the Pilbara region. Most of its territory is covered by deserts, including the part o ...
.
The district began its modern economic history with the discovery of gold. Historic gold production of 33,215 oz @ 46.9 g/t of gold from this prospect was sourced from four major underground mines developed on these quartz lodes over a strike length of 1.4 kilometres between 1898 and 1939. Pastoral activities (sheep and cattle) were developed concurrently, and mining and exploration remains active in the region.
Edjudina
Edjudina Station is a pastoral lease within the Edjudina Land District of Western Australia, that operates as a sheep station. The station is approximately to the south of Laverton and north east of Kalgoorlie in the Goldfields-Esperance r ...
Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a
sheep station
A sheep station is a large property ( station, the equivalent of a ranch) in Australia or New Zealand, whose main activity is the raising of sheep for their wool and/or meat. In Australia, sheep stations are usually in the south-east or sout ...
in
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
approximately 80 miles N of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. In 1969, the Edjudina Stony Meteorite was discovered on
Edjudina
Edjudina Station is a pastoral lease within the Edjudina Land District of Western Australia, that operates as a sheep station. The station is approximately to the south of Laverton and north east of Kalgoorlie in the Goldfields-Esperance r ...
Station.
[Discovery of the Edjudina, Australia, Stony Meteorite. Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 53, Meteoritics 10, 133-158 (1975). The Meteoritic Society official website http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=7766 Accessed 4 December 2015]
References
Land districts of Western Australia
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