NRS-14647 | Registers of Aboriginal reserves

Full description

One of the major functions of the Board for the Protection of Aborigines, and its successor agencies, was the management and regulation of the use of reserves set apart for Aborigines.

These registers consist of maps of the reserves pasted into two volumes. The following details are also recorded: reserve number, date of notification (which ranges from 15 June 1875 to 17 November 1971), area in acres, county and parish, and revocation date where applicable (which ranges from 21 February 1912 to 5 September 1969). Extracts from the Government Gazette re notification and/or revocation, correspondence relating to the reserves and references to the Board's correspondence files ("C" files) are occasionally included.

It is not known when these registers were begun. Although they contain maps of reserves notified since 15 June 1875, they are obviously later compilations.

(4/10590-91). 2 vols.

Note:
This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.