NRS-19576 | Crown Lands Tenure Cards [Balranald Lands Office]

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The series consists of Crown Lands Tenure Cards for the Balranald Lands Office.

There are a large number of types of tenures including: Road Permits; Crown Lease; Settlement Lease; After Auction Purchase; Conditional Lease; Special Lease; Conditional Purchase Lease; Annual Lease; Settlement Purchase Lease; Permissive Occupancy; Conditional Purchase; Homestead Selection; Suburban Holding; Closer Settlement Lease; and Homestead Farm.

In 1861 Crown lands management was reformed with the Crown Lands Occupation Act, 1861 (25 Vic. No.2) which allowed for the leasing of Crown lands. The Act regulated the occupation and management and subsequent alienation of Crown lands.

Details of Crown tenures were originally recorded in registers arranged by tenure type. From 1936 the district offices ceased to use the registers and created a district area set of cards. The district offices would then inform the Head Office which would create a comprehensive duplicate set of tenure cards for all districts (NRS 18096). (1)

The fields on tenure cards vary according to tenure type but the majority of the cards contain the following headings: Holding; Land District; Parish; County; Shire; Conversion/Subdivision of; Formerly; Date Applied for: Date Allowed/Approved/Confirmed; Portion; Allotment; Section; City/Town/Village; Locality; Plan; Nature of Transfer; Holder; Date of Transfer; Record; Area; Rent; Effective Date; Gazette or Authority.

Endnote
1. NSW State Archives file 08/0624 D18/23504.