The district was created on 22 August 1900,[2] and was amended on 8 May 1907. It was described in the Government Gazette thus:[3]
Bounded by lines starting from a point situate 2 miles 10 chains West from Survey mark B82, at Brickey's Soak, and extending West to a point situate South from the 24-mile post on the Lawlers–Leonora telegraph line; thence North through the said 24-mile post to a point situate West of Survey mark AN62; thence East through the said survey mark AN62 to a point situate North from the starting point; thence South to the starting point.
