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Eastern Land Division
Land division in Western Australia, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Eastern Land Division is one of five cadastral divisions of Western Australia, within the eastern parts of the Goldfields-Esperance region and the Pilbara region. Most of its territory is covered by deserts, including the part of the Great Sandy Desert, Gibson Desert and Great Victoria Desert.[1]
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The Eastern Land Division was created on 2 March 1887, in a reform to the land divisions.[2] On 28 March 1917, the Central Land Division had been incorporated into the Eastern Land Division.[3] The current boundaries of the land enacted on 30 March 1998.[1][4]
Prior to the construction of the Trans-Australian Railway in 1917, the Eastern Land Division, which consists almost entirely of the Great Victoria and Great Sandy Deserts, did not contain any districts.[5]
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The Eastern Land Division is subdivided into 40 land districts.
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