NRS-22542 | Books of Reference for Proclaimed Plans

Full description

This series consists of Books of Reference for Proclaimed Plans. They record: the title; plan part; name of parish; number on plan; description of property; the quantity of land required for railway purposes; the owners, lessees and occupiers and remarks.

This series of Books of Reference was forwarded to land valuers. Some of the documents have the land valuer's initials and one has a signature. A number of books also include railway copies from the Public Works Department, containing addition information. This includes the stamps and signatures of the Minister for Public Works and the Executive Council, respectively.

Some items are fragile. All the entries are handwritten.

Custody History

From 1955 until 2000 the State Rail Authority of New South Wales maintained an 'in house archives' consisting of the archival records of the Authority, its predecessor agencies and the private railway companies taken over by the government. The date ranges of the records were from 1849 until 2000. When the decision was made to close the 'State Rail Archives' the parts of the collection that were required as State archives were transferred to the State Records Authority of NSW. Those record series were incorporated into the State Records series system of archives control and were re-numbered.

This series was formerly part of the State Rail Archives collection where it was identified as series R416. It may have been viewed in the State Rail Archives as series R416 and could have been previously cited as such in notes by researchers at State Rail Archives or in publications or unpublished works.