Yowalga Land District

Yowalga
Western Australia
Lands administrative divisions around Yowalga:
Tugaila Milyuga South Australia
Yamarna Yowalga South Australia
Giles Delisser South Australia

Yowalga Land District is a land district (cadastral division) of Western Australia, located within the Eastern Land Division in the Great Victoria Desert, north of the Nullarbor Plain. It spans roughly 26°50'S - 29°00'S in latitude and 125°00'E - 129°00'E in longitude.[1]

History

The district was created on 3 February 1932, and was defined in the Government Gazette:[2]

“ Bounded by lines starting from a point on the 125deg. meridian of longitude East situate East from Survey Mark B. 82 at Brickey Soak, and extending due North to a point situate East from the summit of Kyffin Thomas Hill; thence due East to the East boundary of the State; thence due South, passing along said boundary to a point situate East from the starting point, and thence due West to said starting point. ”

References

  1. ↑ "Index Map of Western Australia", Department of Lands and Surveys, 1949.
  2. ↑ "The Land Act, 1898. New Land Districts. (per 7835/97)". Western Australia Government Gazette. 3 February 1932. p. 1932:184.

Coordinates: 27°55′S 127°25′E / 27.917°S 127.417°E / -27.917; 127.417


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