Western Australia border

Western Australia border

Western Australia's eastern border is longitude 129° east. Following the settlement of the Swan River Colony in 1829, the colony of Western Australia was commissioned in March 1831.cite web | url = http://www.foundingdocs.gov.au/item.asp?dID=94 | title = Commission appointing Stirling Governor and Commander-in-Chief 4 March 1831 (UK) | work = Documenting a Democracy | publisher = National Archives of Australia | accessdate = 2006-05-28] The eastern boundary was declared to be 129° , that is coinciding with the western boundary of New South Wales at the time.cite web | url = http://www.foundingdocs.gov.au/resources/transcripts/wa5i_doc_1831.pdf | title = Transcript of Commission appointing Stirling Governor and Commander-in-Chief 4 March 1831 (UK) | format = pdf| work = Documenting a Democracy | publisher = National Archives of Australia | accessdate = 2006-05-28]

In 1788, Governor Phillip claimed the continent of Australia only as far west as the 135th meridian in accordance with his commission.cite web | url = http://www.foundingdocs.gov.au/item.asp?dID=35 | title = Governor Phillip's Instructions 25 April 1787 (UK) | work = Documenting a Democracy | publisher = National Archives of Australia | accessdate = 2006-05-28] In 1825, the western boundary of New South Wales was relocated at 129° to take in the new settlement at Melville Island.cite book | last = Taylor
first = Peter | authorlink = | year = 1990 | title = The Atlas of Australian History | publisher = Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd | location = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | id = ISBN 0-86777-429-0 | pages = pages 118-9 | chapter = Chapter 10: Government and the States]

It has been suggested that the 1788 claim by the British of 135° east was in reference to Spain's claims under the Treaty of Tordesillas. Spain was seen as no longer having an interest in the area. On the other hand, the other signatories to the treaty, the Portuguese still had a presence in Macau and East Timor. Adoption of 135° east as a boundary would minimise provocation of the Portuguese. By 1825, however, Britain was powerful enough and found it convenient to adopt the original line of the Portuguese under the treaty, 129° east.cite web
last = Brown
first = A. J.
authorlink =
coauthors =
year = 2003
url = http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/uploads/approved/adt-QGU20041105.092443/public/03Chapter2.pdf
title = Chapter two: Union or unity? Anglo-Australian teritorial theory to the 1840s
format = pdf
work = The Frozen Continent: The fall and rise of territory in Australian constitutional thought 1815- 2003 ( [http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/uploads/approved/adt-QGU20041105.092443/public/01Front.pdf PhD Thesis] )
publisher = Griffith University
accessdate = 2006-05-28]

The actual border is not quite straight, with the WA-NT and WA-SA borders being displaced by 127m due to a survey error. In June 1968, two monuments were erected to mark the borders at Surveyor-General's corner. [cite web|url=http://www.ga.gov.au/education/facts/dimensions/borders.htm|title=State and Territory Borders|date=2007-09-11|publisher=Geosicence Australia|accessdate=2008-07-13]

See also

*South Australia-Victoria border dispute

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