VPRS 14367 Register of Applications, Mallee Allotments, Mallee Pastoral Leases Act 1883

Full description

This series consists of the Registers of Applications for Mallee Allotments created and maintained by the Mallee Division of the Department of Crown Lands and Survey. This Division dealt with the lands in the Mallee region and lands in such Land Districts as Horsham, St Arnaud and Kerang which were classified as being of the same type.

Details given in the registers are the number and date of the application, the name and address of the applicant and the location and extent of the land. It should be noted that for most Mallee lands the location is given as the county (e.g. Karkaroc, Tatchera, Borung) rather than the more usual parish. Other details are of the results of Local Land Board hearings regarding the application, the date of the lease, details of any transfer of the lease and details in the Remarks column relating to the management of the file and any correspondence.

Sections 15 to 17 of the Mallee Pastoral Leases Act 1883 set out the terms and conditions for these leases. Mallee allotments were to be for not more than twenty years, with half a year's rent being payable in advance. At the end of the lease, the land and all improvements were to revert to the Crown. Existing occupiers of the land were entitled to the lease of one Mallee allotment if they applied within one month. Otherwise, the land was to become part of that generally available. By the 1890 Land Act, the area of all allotments held by one person was not to exceed 20,000 acres.

VPRS 14367/P1 was previously registered as follows:

Unit 1 was Unit 254 of VPRS 458 / P Applications Registers, Land Act Unknown.
Unit 2 was Unit 6 of VPRS 458 / P Applications Registers, Land Act Unknown.
Unit 3 was Unit 161 of VPRS 458 / P Applications Registers, Land Act Unknown.
Unit 4 was Unit 212 of VPRS 458 / P Applications Registers, Land Act Unknown.
Unit 5 was Unit 196 of VPRS 458 / P Applications Registers, Land Act Unknown.
Unit 6 was Unit 165 of VPRS 458 / P Applications Registers, Land Act Unknown.
Units 7, 8 and 9 were Units 1 - 3 of VPRS 1306/P Registers of Applications - Mallee Allotments.
Unit 10 was Unit 225 of VPRS 458 / P Applications Registers, Land Act Unknown.
Unit 11 was Unit 2 of VPRS 458 / P Applications Registers, Land Act Unknown.
Unit 12 was Unit 3 of VPRS 458 / P Applications Registers, Land Act Unknown.
Unit 13 was Unit 164 of VPRS 458 / P Applications Registers, Land Act Unknown.
Unit 14 was Unit 69 of VPRS 458 / P Applications Registers, Land Act Unknown.
Unit 15 was Unit 150 of VPRS 458 / P Applications Registers, Land Act Unknown.