Weld Land District is one of the
land districts 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 ...
, which is 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 ...
in the north-eastern
Goldfields
Goldfield or Goldfields may refer to:
Places
* Goldfield, Arizona, the former name of Youngberg, Arizona, a populated place in the United States
* Goldfield, Colorado, a community in the United States
* Goldfield, Iowa, a city in the United State ...
region of the state.
Location
Its main centre of population is the town of
Laverton, and it also includes the former towns of
Mount Morgans,
Mount Margaret
Mount Margaret was an abandoned town located northeast of Perth and southwest of Laverton in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.
The first European to visit the area was government surveyor John Forrest who passed throug ...
,
Burtville and
Yundamindera to the west and the
Mount Weld
Mount Weld mine is a rare earth mine in Western Australia, located about south of Laverton and east of Leonora. It ranks as one of the richest major rare-earth deposits in the world.
Rare earths are contained in secondary phosphates and a ...
mine site to the south. It spans roughly 28°10'S - 29°00'S in latitude and 122°00'E - 123°30'E in longitude.
History
The district was created on 25 November 1901 and was defined in the ''Government Gazette'':
References
Land districts of Western Australia
Goldfields-Esperance
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