Wellington Land District, Western Australia

The system of land districts came together in an ad hoc fashion, and the Wellington district started to be subdivided in 1835 well before any thought was given to formally defining its boundaries.[1] The definition later used by the Lands and Surveys department came from an 1862 gazettal which read as follows:[2]

Bounded on the West by the sea-coast; on the North by an East line from the said coast to the River Murray passing through the summit of Mount William, then the Murray and Williams Rivers upwards (exclusive of the licenses and locations on either bank of each) to Bannister townsite on the Williams; and on the South by an East line from the seacoast to Capel River through the North end of Wonnerup Inlet, t hen by said river upwards to location 171 (inclusive), then by a South-easterly line to junction of Padbury Brook with the River Blackwood, then by the Blackwood upwards to its junction with Balgarrup River; and on the East by an indefinite line.

The district is located on the Indian Ocean coast, roughly centred on the city of Bunbury and extending north to Yarloop, east to Darkan and south to just past both Capel and Donnybrook.[3]