The district falls between the Princess May Range to the north and the Wunaamin-Miliwundi Ranges to the south, on the Kimberley's rugged Timor Sea coast, approximately 200 kilometres (120 mi) north-east of Derby and 400 kilometres (250 mi) west of Kununurra. No towns or former towns fall within the district, with the only notable non-natural feature being the former Kunmainya Aboriginal mission run by the Presbyterian Church of Australia.
History
It was first gazetted as the Kwinana Land District on 13 June 1906.[1] It was renamed on 22 August 1956 to Easton in order to avoid confusion with the new Kwinana industrial development south of Perth. The new name honoured William Easton, who in 1921 was the first European to traverse the Mitchell Plateau and led a state government expedition into the North Kimberley area.[2][3]
References
^"New Land Districts (per 7835/97)". Western Australia Government Gazette. 13 June 1906. p. 1906:1958.
^"Change of Name. Kwinana Land District (per 7835/97 V2)". Western Australia Government Gazette. 22 August 1956. p. 1956:2188.
^Mapping — General — Declaration of Land Districts (7835/97 V2), March 1956.
easton, land, district, land, district, cadastral, division, western, australia, kimberley, land, division, kimberley, region, state, easton, western, australiaestablished1906lands, administrative, divisions, around, easton, timor, timor, doongantimor, easton,. Easton Land District is a land district cadastral division of Western Australia in the Kimberley Land Division in the Kimberley region of the state Easton Western AustraliaEstablished1906Lands administrative divisions around Easton Timor Sea Timor Sea DoonganTimor Sea Easton NumalgunMeda Meda NumalgunLocation and features EditThe district falls between the Princess May Range to the north and the Wunaamin Miliwundi Ranges to the south on the Kimberley s rugged Timor Sea coast approximately 200 kilometres 120 mi north east of Derby and 400 kilometres 250 mi west of Kununurra No towns or former towns fall within the district with the only notable non natural feature being the former Kunmainya Aboriginal mission run by the Presbyterian Church of Australia History EditIt was first gazetted as the Kwinana Land District on 13 June 1906 1 It was renamed on 22 August 1956 to Easton in order to avoid confusion with the new Kwinana industrial development south of Perth The new name honoured William Easton who in 1921 was the first European to traverse the Mitchell Plateau and led a state government expedition into the North Kimberley area 2 3 References Edit New Land Districts per 7835 97 Western Australia Government Gazette 13 June 1906 p 1906 1958 Change of Name Kwinana Land District per 7835 97 V2 Western Australia Government Gazette 22 August 1956 p 1956 2188 Mapping General Declaration of Land Districts 7835 97 V2 March 1956 Coordinates 15 56 S 125 03 E 15 933 S 125 050 E 15 933 125 050 This article about a location in Western Australia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Easton Land District amp oldid 1014499004, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
