Murray Land District is a
land district
A land district is a type of administrative territorial entity in some countries.
Australia
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(cadastral division) of
Western Australia
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, located within the
South-West Land Division
The South West Land Division is one of five Land Divisions of Western Australia, a part of the cadastral divisions of Western Australia. It includes the cities of Perth, Albany, Bunbury, Busselton, Geraldton, and Mandurah. It also includes ...
on the state's west coast. It spans roughly 32°25'S - 32°56'S in latitude and 115°25'E - 116°30'E in longitude, and is located on the
Indian Ocean
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coast, taking in the Shires of
Murray
Murray may refer to:
Businesses
* Murray (bicycle company), an American manufacturer of low-cost bicycles
* Murrays, an Australian bus company
* Murray International Trust, a Scottish investment trust
* D. & W. Murray Limited, an Australian who ...
and
Waroona, the eastern part of the
Serpentine-Jarrahdale and the western suburbs of
Mandurah
Mandurah () is a coastal city in the Australian state of Western Australia, situated approximately south of the state capital, Perth. It is the state's second most populous city, with a population of 107,641 as of the 2021 Australian census, 2 ...
.
The system of land districts came together in an ad hoc fashion, and the Murray district started to be subdivided in 1837 well before any thought was given to formally defining its boundaries.
Towns and areas
The Murray district contains the following current or former townsites, with the year of gazettal noted:
[Western Australian Government Gazette, various editions. Accessed at Battye Library, Perth.]
*
Coolup (1899) and Coolup A.A. (1893)
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Dwellingup (1910)
*
Furnissdale
Furnissdale is a locality near Mandurah, Western Australia, to the south of Pinjarra Road and near the Serpentine River entrance into the Peel Inlet within the Shire of Murray. Its postcode is 6209. At the 2011 census, Furnissdale had a popula ...
(1970)
*
Hamel (1899) and Hamel A.A. (1906)
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Keysbrook (1916)
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Marrinup (1915; cancelled 1966)
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Nanga (1909; cancelled 1972)
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Pinjarra (1837)
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Wagerup (1899)
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Waroona (1895)
* Waterous (1907)
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Wuraming (1920)
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Yunderup (1898)
References
{{Land districts of Western Australia
Land districts of Western Australia