NRS-18991 | Register of Homestead Leases [Wentworth Lands Office]

Full description

This register contains a summary record of all the Homestead Leases applied for in the Land District of Wentworth, kept by the Wentworth Lands Office.

Homestead Leases were introduced in 1885 to land holders within the Western Division. The holder of the lease was required to reside on the land for at least six months of every year for the first five years of the lease and to have fenced the external boundaries within two years.

The register records information such as the number of the lease, name of Applicant, Holder or Mortgagee, address of applicant, area applied for in acres, description of lease, rent lodged with application, date of transmission of papers to the Board, annual rent, improvements, date of notification of lease, Transfer information including date of transfer, date of lodgement with Land Agent, date when sent to Head Office.