Murray Land District is a land district (cadastral division) of Western Australia

Western Australia

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, located within the South-West Land Division on the state's west coast. It spans roughly 32°25'S - 32°56'S in latitude and 115°25'E - 116°30'E in longitude, and is located on the Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean

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 coast, taking in the Shires of Murray

Shire of Murray

The Shire of Murray is a Local Government Area of Western Australia. It covers an area of just beyond metropolitan Perth, the capital of Western Australia. It lies about 80 km south of the Perth central business district. The Shire of Murray had a population of 11,969 as at the 2006...

 and Waroona

Shire of Waroona

The Shire of Waroona is a Local Government Area in the Peel region of Western Australia between Mandurah and Harvey and about 110 kilometres south of Perth, the state capital...

, the eastern part of the Serpentine-Jarrahdale and the western suburbs of Mandurah

Mandurah, Western Australia

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.

The system of land districts came together in an ad-hoc fashion, and the Murray district started to be subdivided in 1837 well before any thought was given to formally defining its boundaries.

Towns and areas

The Murray district contains the following current or former townsites, with the year of gazettal noted:

• Coolup
  Coolup, Western Australia
  Coolup is a small town in the Peel region of Western Australia. The town is situated just off the South Western Highway and close to the Murray River.The area was first settled in 1886 and the townsite was gazetted in 1899....
  
   (1899) and Coolup A.A. (1893)
• Dwellingup
  Dwellingup, Western Australia
  Dwellingup is a town in Western Australia, located in a timber and fruitgrowing area in the Darling Range east-south-east of Pinjarra. At the 2006 census, Dwellingup had a population of 346.-Name:...
  
   (1910)
• Furnissdale
  Furnissdale, Western Australia
  Furnissdale is a locality near Mandurah, Western Australia, located to the south of Pinjarra Road situated near the Serpentine River entrance into the Peel Inlet within the Shire of Murray. Its postcode is 6210...
  
   (1970)
• Hamel
  Hamel, Western Australia
  Hamel is a town located in the Peel region of Western Australia just off the South Western Highway, between Waroona and Harvey. At the 2006 census, Hamel had a population of 347.-History:...
  
   (1899) and Hamel A.A. (1906)
• Keysbrook
  Keysbrook, Western Australia
  Keysbrook is an outer southern suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale along the South Western Highway. It was first established as a railway siding on the South Western Railway in 1897, and is believed to have been named after Charles Key , who leased...
  
   (1916)
• Marrinup (1915; cancelled 1966)
• Nanga
  Nanga Brook, Western Australia
  Nanga Brook is a former town located in the Peel region of Western Australia in the Lane-Poole Reserve between Dwellingup and Waroona.-History:The area was home to a milling town that operated from about 1900 until the Dwellingup fires of 1961...
  
   (1909; cancelled 1972)
• Pinjarra
  Pinjarra, Western Australia
  Pinjarra is a town in the Peel region of Western Australia along the South Western Highway, from the state capital, Perth and south-east of the coastal city of Mandurah. Its local government area is the Shire of Murray. At the 2006 census, Pinjarra had a population of 3,279.Pinjarra is an area...
  
   (1837)
• Wagerup
  Wagerup, Western Australia
  Wagerup is a town located in the Peel region of Western Australia just off the South Western Highway, between Waroona and Harvey.-History:...
  
   (1899)
• Waroona
  Waroona, Western Australia
  Waroona is a town located in the Peel region of Western Australia along the South Western Highway, between Pinjarra and Harvey. The town is the seat of the Shire of Waroona. At the 2006 census, Waroona had a population of 1,864.-History:...
  
   (1895)
• Waterous (1907)
• Wuraming (1920)
• Yunderup
  South Yunderup, Western Australia
  South Yunderup is a township near Mandurah, Western Australia, located on the south bank of the Murray River within the Shire of Murray. Its postcode is 6208, and in the 2006 Census, it had a population of 1,965 with a median age of 50...
  
  (1898)