Sussex Land District is a land district (cadastral division) of Western Australia, located within the South-West Land Division on the state's west coast. It covers the south-western corner of the state and includes the townsites of Busselton, Margaret River and Augusta as well as Cape Naturaliste and Cape Leeuwin."Index Map of Western Australia", Department of Lands and Surveys, 1949, and definition in gazette.
History The system of land districts came together in an ad-hoc fashion, and the Sussex district started to be subdivided in 1840 well before any thought was given to formally defining its boundaries.Surveyor-General. Districts of the colony – Revision of. (169/96), p.28-30. Accessed at State Records Office, Perth. The definition later used by the Lands and Surveys department came from an 1862 gazettal which read as follows:
Towns and areas
Towns The Sussex district contains the following current or former townsites:Western Australian Government Gazette, various editions. Accessed at Battye Library, Perth.
Townsite Coordinates Gazetted Notes Augusta 1830 Broadwater 1897 Busselton 1835 Carbunup River 1926 Cowaramup 1925 Dunsborough 1879 Forest Grove 1925 Cancelled in 1970 Gracetown 1963 Jarrahwood 1932 Margaret River 1913 Mowen 1925 Prevelly 1978 Quigup 1911 Quindalup 1899 Ruabon 1925 "Abba River" until 1928 Vasse 1907 Witchcliffe 1926 Wonnerup 1856 Yallingup 1911* Not formally gazetted
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 Anniebrook Estate 1930 West of Busselton Locke's Estate 1921 West of Busselton Marybrook Estate 1907 West of Busselton Stirling Estate 1904 Near Ruabon
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