VPRS 10542 Rent Rolls Unused Roads and Water Frontages

Full description

This series was created by the Local Government Branch (1903 1905) and later on by the Unused Roads and Water Frontage Branch of the Public Works Department (VA 669) (from 1905 to 1928) and since then by the Department of Crown Land and Survey (VA 538) (from 1928 to 32).

The Branch and later on the Department of Crown Lands and Survey were responsible for the issue of licences under the provisions of the Unused Roads and Water Frontages Act, 1903 (No 1894) and the subsequent Local Government Acts, 1915, 1928 and 1958 (Nos 2686,4683 and 5316) and the Land (Unused Roads and Water Frontages) Act 1961 (No 6794) for the occupation and use of unused roads and water frontages by the owners and occupiers of adjoining land and for ensuring that the annual rents were paid.

Occupiers of lands applied for a licence to the Minister for Public Works and since 1928 to the Minister for Lands to occupy and use any unused roads and water frontages. Notice of licence number issued was published in the Government Gazette with the licensee required to pay an annual rental for the use of the unused roads and water frontages.

The Registers were created to record payment of rent by the licence holders for use of unused roads or water frontages.


The information recorded includes :

- the Registered licence number

- the date and page reference number of the Government Gazette.

- the name of the applicant

- the date issued and particulars

- the name of the road or water frontage used

- the location of the land (name of the parish and municipality)

- the payment details for each year

- whether the licence was transferred or cancelled

- that the license record was transferred to card which indicated that the rent payment details was recorded on cards at a later time.

VPRS 10543 Index to Rent Rolls provides the licence number and volume and folio reference number of the rent roll located in this series. The extant index covers the period 1905-12. Not all the volumes of Rent Rolls indexed are in custody (as at August, 1999).

The P1 consignment was previously registered as Units 242 to 244 of VPRS 631 Rent Rolls.

The P2 consignment was previously registered as Unit 245 of VPRS 631 / P Rent Rolls.