Wellington Land District, Western Australia
Wellington Land District is a land district of Western Australia, located within the South-West Land Division on the state's west coast. It spans roughly 32°56'S - 33°40'S in latitude and 115°25'E - 116°50'E in longitude.
History
The system of land districts came together in an ad hoc fashion, and the Wellington district started to be subdivided in 1835 well before any thought was given to formally defining its boundaries. The definition later used by the Lands and Surveys department came from an 1862 gazettal which read as follows:Location and features
The district is located on the Indian Ocean coast, roughly centred on the city of Bunbury and extending north to Yarloop, east to Darkan and south to just past both Capel and Donnybrook.Towns and areas
Towns
The Wellington district contains the following current or former townsites:| Townsite | Coordinates | Gazetted | Notes |
| Bunbury | 1841 | ||
| Allanson | 1907 | "West Collie" until 1916 | |
| Binningup | 1963 | ||
| Boolading | 1909 | ||
| Bowelling | 1908 | ||
| Boyanup | 1894 | ||
| Brunswick Junction | 1898* | Private town; not gazetted | |
| Burekup | 1910* | Private town; not gazetted | |
| Capel | 1897 | "Coolingup" until 1899 | |
| Capercup | 1916 | Cancelled in 1991 | |
| Collie | 1897 | "Colliefields" in 1898-99 | |
| Collie Burn | 1907 | ||
| Collie Cardiff | 1916 | ||
| Cookernup | 1894 | ||
| Cordering | 1916 | ||
| Dardanup | 1923 | ||
| Darkan | 1906 | ||
| Donnybrook | 1894 | ||
| Duranillin | 1918 | - | |
| Eaton | 1988 | ||
| Ferguson | |||
| Gungup | 1905 | Cancelled in 1918 | |
| Gwindinup | 1909 | ||
| Harvey | 1893* | Private town; not gazetted | |
| Lake Clifton | 1921 | ||
| Moodiarrup | 1909 | ||
| Muja | 1973 | ||
| Mungalup | 1906 | ||
| Myalup | 1972 | ||
| Newlands | 1907 | ||
| Nittarni | Wellington Mills. Cancelled 1965. | ||
| Noggerup | 1909 | ||
| Preston | 1899 | ||
| Preston Beach | 1975 | "Yalgorup" until 1989 | |
| Roelands | 1963 | ||
| Shotts | 1917 | ||
| Warawarrup | 1917 | Cancelled in 1964. | |
| Worsley | 1909 | ||
| Yalup Brook | 1914 | ||
| Yarloop | 1962 |
Agricultural areas
Under the Land Act 1898, the Agricultural Lands Purchase Act 1896, and preceding regulations, it was open to the Governor to declare agricultural areas on crown land or repurchased estates on private land, to which special provisions applied for both alienation and improvement. Many of these estates came into being shortly after World War I for the purposes of soldier resettlement.| Name | Coordinates | Gazetted | Notes |
| Boyanup A.A. | 1891 | ||
| Brunswick Estate | 1907 | Near Brunswick Junction | |
| Clifton Estate | 1898 | Near Brunswick Junction | |
| Collie A.A. | 1891 | ||
| Dardanup Estate | 1923 | ||
| Darkan A.A. | 1891 | ||
| Harvey A.A. | 1891 | ||
| Henty Estate | 1919 | Near Waterloo | |
| Homebush Estate | 1901 | Near Cookernup | |
| Korijekup Estate | 1921 | Near Harvey | |
| Preston A.A. | 1892 | ||
| Roseneath Estate | 1921 | South of Collie | |
| Uduc A.A. | 1894 | Near Harvey | |
| Upper Capel Estate | 1919 | Near Kirup |