NRS-8054 | Closer Settlement and Returned Soldiers Settlement transfer files

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These transfer records appear to include land originally purchased under the Closer Settlement Acts of 1901 (Act No.7, 1902) and 1904 (Act No.37, 1904), the Closer Settlement (Amendment) Acts of 1906 (Act No.44, 1906) and 1907 (Act No.12, 1907), the Closer Settlement Promotion Act 1910 (Act No.7, 1910) and the Returned Soldiers Settlement Act 1916 (Act No.21, 1916).

The transfer files relate to the transfer of land ownership. Most files contain Form 31 under the Closer Settlement Regulations. (1) The form records for each transfer (by sale, mortgage or release): surname and first names of transferor and transferee, residence, occupation or designation of each, Settlement Purchase number (or Settlement Purchase Lease number or Group Settlement Purchase number), Farm number, acreage, Parish, and County, Lands Office, Name of Estate of Settlement Purchase area, date of transfer, witness, receipt of payment by the Land Agent and receipt into the Office of the Registrar-General at Sydney with reference to the Book and number in the General Register of Deeds. Some files also include declarations, related forms and correspondence.

The files are arranged by annual single number and range from 1907/11048 to 1951/748. They include Settlement Purchase numbers issued from at least 1905 to 1944.

Endnote
1. NSW Government Gazette No.68, 4 February 1905, pp.883-3891; NSW Government Gazette No.19, 12 February 1908, pp.956-966; NSW Government Gazette No.123, 21 August 1912, pp.5305-5308; NSW Government Gazette No.216, 15 December 1916, pp.7566-7569, NSW Government Gazette No.65, 6 May 1921, pp.2727-2736.