Electoral District Of East Kimberley
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East Kimberley was an
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of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of
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from 1890 to 1904. Based in the eastern part of the Kimberley region, the district was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 election. In 1898, its major settlements were Wyndham and
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; it included the Kimberley Goldfield which had seen a gold rush a few years earlier. It ceased to exist at the 1904 election, at which point it was amalgamated with the district of West Kimberley to form the new district of Kimberley.


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East Kimberley 1890 establishments in Australia Constituencies established in 1890 1901 disestablishments in Australia Constituencies disestablished in 1901
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