Nelson Land District


Nelson Land District is a land district of Western Australia, located within the South West Division on the state's south coast. It covers part of the state's Lower South West region and includes the townsites of Bridgetown, Manjimup, Pemberton, Northcliffe and Nannup as well as Point D'Entrecasteaux and, at its far southeastern corner, Walpole.

History

The system of land districts came together in an ad hoc fashion, and the Nelson district started to be subdivided in 1858 well before any thought was given to formally defining its boundaries.

Towns and areas

Towns

The Nelson district contains the following current or former townsites:
TownsiteCoordinatesGazettedNotes
Asplin1912
Balbarrup1903"Manjimup" until 1910
Balingup1898
Boyup Brook1900"Boyup" until 1909
Bridgetown1868
Camfield1957On Broke Inlet
Dinninup1915
Eastbrook1932
Greenbushes1899
Hester1899
Jardee1927
Kirup1901
Kulikup1912
Manjimup1910
Mayanup1907
Mullalyup1901
Nannup1890
North Greenbushes1899
Northcliffe1924
Palgarup1909
Pemberton1925
Strachan1957
Tonebridge1961
Walpole1933
Wheatley1956
Wilga1915
Yanmah1923

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.
NameCoordinatesGazettedNotes
Brooklands Estate1919West of Balingup
Cammilleri Estate1920
Cascades Estate1919
Cundinup Estate1922
Glenlea Estate1919near Glenlynn
Glenmore Estate1919near Balingup
Norlup Park Estate1920near Greenbushes
Perup AA1898cancelled in 1904
Ravenscliffe Estate1919near Kirup
Tanjanerup AA1897
Tweed AA1892
Wilgarrup AA1898