# Melbourne County

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**Melbourne County** was one of the 26 [counties of Western Australia](/source/Counties_of_Western_Australia) that were designated in 1829 as [cadastral divisions](/source/Lands_administrative_divisions_of_Western_Australia). It was named after [William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne](/source/William_Lamb,_2nd_Viscount_Melbourne), [Chief Secretary for Ireland](/source/Chief_Secretary_for_Ireland) by [Lieutenant-Governor James Stirling](/source/James_Stirling_(Royal_Navy_officer)).

It was one of the few counties to survive intact (as the [Melbourne Land District](/source/Melbourne_Land_District)) in the land district system which became the basis for land titles in the area.

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