This series comprises registers of diagrams and plans, bromides, etc. Entries are grouped according to the type of diagram/plan, and details include no., district, location, date received, surveyor, field book and page.
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
DESCRIPTION BOOKS - RURAL LAND GRANTS AND SALES
Description books for rural land grants and sales arranged by district and then by location no. Details provided include name of grantee, lot no., acreage and description of the boundaries.
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
REGISTERS - RURAL LAND GRANTS AND SALES
Although labelled Description Books, these volumes are more like registers. Details include name of grantee, date and file no.
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
DESCRIPTION BOOKS - TOWN AND SUBURBAN LAND SALES
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
In 1875, special regulations for land grants to immigrants were proclaimed. These regulations were superseded by others in 1878, but special grants to immigrants were not discontinued until 1882. The first three volumes contain details of these sp...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
This is the main series for correspondence files dealing with the administration of land in the State. The series covers the full span of activities carried out by the departments responsible for land administration.On 2 January 1882, the Chief Cl...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
The series comprises original exploration journals and diaries and copies of some explorarion journals, some of which are loose and some which have been copied into volumes.
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
LEASES AND LICENCES TRANSFERRED
This series records the transfer of leases for pastoral and tillage lands. There is an alphabetical index of lessee's names at the front of each volume, and details for each entry include No., acres, class, from whom, to whom and date of tran...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
LEASES AND LICENCES - RENEWALS AND PAYMENTS OF RENT
This series of registers records renewals and payments of rent. Details include lessee's name, lease or licence no. See also WAS 1890, Lease books, wherein is included very similar information.
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
MINERAL LEASES, DESCRIPTIONS, PERMITS
The series consists of items relating to mining leases, a function carried out by the Crown Lands & Survey Department and the Department of Lands & Survey prior to the creation of the Mines Department. See also WAS 1212, Register of mining licences.
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
Index in sequential number order, some with a number on year notation. No file titles are given.
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
APPLICATIONS FOR LEASES AND LICENCES
Applications for leases and licences, known as the Guard Books, issued under the Regulations. The forms contain details of the lease number on a standard plan, and give the land division and place of application. The applicant's name, acreage...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
This series comprises Cancelled Public Plans at small scale Decimal System map series drawn in WA since 1969.The scales are; 1:500,000; 1:250,000; 1:50,000; 1:25,000.For a listing of plans produced under the large scale mapping system see WAS 2167...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
LARGE SCALE PLANS (METRIC - TOWNSITES)
In 1970 a new referencing system for small scale public plans was introduced in Western Australia.The system is based on the identification of Primary rectangles, each comprising 8x8 1:10,000 sheets. Each primary rectangle is identified by:1. the ...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
Register recording transfers of leases under the 1933 Land Act. Details include names of transferree and transferror, district and lease number. There is an index at the front of the volume.
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
LAND ACT APPLICATIONS REGISTERS
Details include date of application and lodgement, name of applicant, lease nos, and change of name and tenure. The registers recorded amendments to change of name or ownership. Applications were entered in numerical order on a yearly basis. There...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
The Registers cover the period 1832-1916. Town lots granted within a town are listed numerically, with some early ones having an alpha prefix or just a single letter. Each volume has an index as data relating to a town can appear at random through...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
Registers pertaining to the release of Crown lands under Clauses of the 1898 Land Act. With the passing of the 1933 Land Act, leases continued to be issued under the relevant clause of the new Act, thus a volume may contain leases issued under the...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
The townsite registers recorded surveying of lots resumed from reserves or created from vacant Crown land.The lots are arranged under town name with further sub-divisions of any lot being recorded. Details include the original plan/diagram numbers...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
The cards are arranged alphabetically by location (Avon, Hay, Wellington, etc) and within each location, numerically by location number.The cards provide a history of a Crown location within a specified land district. Details may include the name ...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
CARD INDEX - TOWNSITE CROWN ALLOTMENTS
Arranged alphabetically by town then numerically by lot number. The index provides a history of the lot such as being revested in any way. Details may also include grantee's name, name of street, plan/map no., file no.(Original card index is ...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
CARD INDEX - LAND ACTS (CLAUSES)
The series constitutes a card index to leasehold land issued under various clauses of the Regulations, the 1898 Land Act and the 1933 Land Act. Each card provides a history of a particular lease, and noted are the names of the leaseholders and the...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
CARD INDEX - AGRICULTURAL AREAS
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
REGISTER - LAND PURCHASES UNDER CL. 92 AND 62
Register of land purchases under 92/1874 and 62/1878. Entries are made under the districts concerned and show name of applicant, acreage and purchase price.
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
The series comprises registers arranged by location (e.g. Albany, Avon, Bridgetown, etc). Within each volume, entries are recorded in location number order with, in some volumes, the name of the applicant/grantee being given (see also Record Serie...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
Registers pertaining to the release of Crown land under the various Clauses of the 1933 Land Act. Details include lease/licence application no., name, lot/location no., survey plan/diagram, terms of lease.Please note that Clauses under the 1933 Ac...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
A register maintained by Department of Lands & Survey for the purpose of recording land taken over by the Commonwealth for defence, postal, meteorological, etc purposes.The register notes date of gazettal, name of owner, locality and file number.
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
INDEX - TOWN AND SUBURBAN LOTS
Index to the Town Registers at WAS 2255. The volume lists town names and a reference to the volume number in WAS 2255.The index was succeeded by WAS 2265 and associated card indexes in 1916.
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
RESUMPTIONS AND RESERVES WITHIN AND OVER PASTORAL LEASES
The volume records details of lease resumptions giving lessee's name and date of resumption. There is an index to names at the front of the volume.
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
This series consists of cadastral plans compiled from original surveys. The plans consist of one or more locations within the same Land District. They are drawn on different scales and do not conform to a grid pattern. Each sheet includes a table ...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
Various registers and volumes of newspaper cuttings relating to immigrants. The 9 volumes in Acc. 568 were transferred by the Commonwealth Department of Immigration in 1953.The volumes were received from the Commonwealth Department of Immigration ...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
Details include names of mortgagor and mortgageee and date of discharge of mortgage.
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
Details include names of lessors and sub lessees.
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
Register of Kwinana freehold town lots nos 1-333.
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
REPORT RE CALVERT EXPLORING PARTY
Two typed copies of a report by WF Rudall, the leader of an expedition searching for missing members of the Calvert Exploring Party.
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
Card index to station lessees, whether individual persons or companies issuing shares. Details include name of company/individual, name of station, date registered, paid up capital and number of shares issued and to whom.
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
CARD INDEX - CLAUSE 20 (ESTATES)
Documents land which was issued under Clause 20 to become part of a land estate.
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
Index cards to land issued in Estates and showing relevant Clause and lease numbers.
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
NOMINAL INDEX TO SPECIAL LEASES
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
REGISTERS - LANDS AND SURVEYS PLANS
Register of plans produced by survey staff of Lands & Surveys (and predecessor agencies) and maintained by Department's plan custodian. The headings in item 1 of Consignment 7223 include old and new plan numbers, the locality of the survey an...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
REGISTERS - DIAGRAMS CROWN SURVEYS
Except for the first three registers, all items in this series are held by DOLA. The three books listed on Consignment 3636 describe Crown Survey diagrams registered in the old series prior to mid 1898.The registers show: Class of holding, name of...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
Personal files of senior members of staff of the Department of Lands and Surveys.(Files in this Record Series were previously listed at the State Records Office at reference: AN 3, Accession 1382).
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
MINUTES - NOMENCLATURE ADVISORY COMMITTEE / GEOGRAPHIC NAMES COMMITTEE
Official minutes of the Nomenclature Advisory Committee / Geographic Names Committee.The Nomenclature Advisory Committee held its inaugural meeting on 27/07/1936. The Committee was formed following a deputation of the WA Historical Society to the ...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
Nomenclature cards created throughout the latter half of the 20th C by the Department of Lands and Surveys and succeeding agencies, documenting the naming of geographical places and features within Western Australia. The cards also provide informa...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS