East Kimberley was an

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of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of

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from 1890 to 1904. Based in the eastern part of the

Kimberley Kimberly or Kimberley may refer to: Places and historical events Australia Queensland * Kimberley, Queensland, a coastal locality in the Shire of Douglas South Australia * County of Kimberley, a cadastral unit in South Australia Ta ...

region, the district was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 election. In 1898, its major settlements were

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and

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; it included the Kimberley Goldfield which had seen a gold rush a few years earlier. It ceased to exist at the 1904 election, at which point it was amalgamated with the district of

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to form the new district of

Members

Election results

References

East Kimberley 1890 establishments in Australia Constituencies established in 1890 1901 disestablishments in Australia Constituencies disestablished in 1901

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