Sussex Land District

Sussex Western Australia
Location in Western Australia
Lands administrative divisions around Sussex: Indian Ocean Indian Ocean Wellington Indian Ocean Sussex Nelson Indian Ocean Flinders Bay Nelson

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.[1]

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.[2] The definition later used by the Lands and Surveys department came from an 1862 gazettal which read as follows:[3]

Bounded on the North by an East line from the sea-coast to Capel River through the North end of Wonnerup Inlet, then by said river upwards to location 171 (exclusive), then by a South-easterly line to junction of Padbury Brook with the River Blackwood; on the West and South by the sea-coast; and on the East by the Blackwood downwards to its junction with a South line through Black Point, thence by that line to the sea-coast.

Towns and areas

Towns

The Sussex district contains the following current or former townsites:[4]

Townsite	Coordinates	Gazetted	Notes
Augusta	34.312°S 115.159°E / -34.312; 115.159 (Augusta)	1830
Broadwater	33.662°S 115.276°E / -33.662; 115.276 (Broadwater Suburban)	1897
Busselton	33.648°S 115.346°E / -33.648; 115.346 (Busselton)	1835
Carbunup River	33.699°S 115.189°E / -33.699; 115.189 (Carbunup River)	1926
Cowaramup	33.852°S 115.095°E / -33.852; 115.095 (Cowaramup)	1925
Dunsborough	33.614°S 115.105°E / -33.614; 115.105 (Dunsborough)	1879
Forest Grove	34.072°S 115.098°E / -34.072; 115.098 (Forest Grove)	1925	Cancelled in 1970
Gracetown	33.868°S 114.987°E / -33.868; 114.987 (Gracetown)	1963
Jarrahwood	33.797°S 115.666°E / -33.797; 115.666 (Jarrahwood)	1932
Margaret River	33.955°S 115.075°E / -33.955; 115.075 (Margaret River)	1913
Mowen	33.938°S 115.196°E / -33.938; 115.196 (Mowen)	1925
Prevelly	33.981°S 114.992°E / -33.981; 114.992 (Prevelly)	1978
Quigup	33.958°S 115.702°E / -33.958; 115.702 (Quigup)	1911
Quindalup	33.629°S 115.129°E / -33.629; 115.129 (Quindalup)	1899
Ruabon	33.654°S 115.491°E / -33.654; 115.491 (Ruabon)	1925	"Abba River" until 1928
Vasse	33.684°S 115.264°E / -33.684; 115.264 (Vasse)	1907
Witchcliffe	34.024°S 115.099°E / -34.024; 115.099 (Witchcliffe)	1926
Wonnerup	33.624°S 115.416°E / -33.624; 115.416 (Wonnerup)	1856
Yallingup	33.640°S 115.029°E / -33.640; 115.029 (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	33.654°S 115.177°E / -33.654; 115.177 (Anniebrook Estate)	1930	West of Busselton
Locke's Estate	33.664°S 115.236°E / -33.664; 115.236 (Locke's Estate)	1921	West of Busselton
Marybrook Estate	33.659°S 115.201°E / -33.659; 115.201 (Marybrook Estate)	1907	West of Busselton
Stirling Estate	33.564°S 115.482°E / -33.564; 115.482 (Stirling Estate)	1904	Near Ruabon

References

1. "Index Map of Western Australia", Department of Lands and Surveys, 1949, and definition in gazette.
2. Surveyor-General. Districts of the colony – Revision of. (169/96), p.28-30. Accessed at State Records Office, Perth.
3. "Boundaries defining the Wellington and Sussex Residencies". Western Australia Government Gazette. 1 July 1862. p. N/A.
4. Western Australian Government Gazette, various editions. Accessed at Battye Library, Perth.

33°54′56″S 115°05′06″E