The Land Purchase Board was established by the Agricultural Lands Purchase Act (No. 34 of 1897 and No. 46 of 1909) section 7 and 6 respectively, to advise generally and value land offered for sale to the Government under the Act. Essentially run b...
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
Index to correspondence regarding locations in various districts, showing district and location numbers and relevant Field Book numbers where known. Only a few entries are recorded. The volume was then used as a field book register.
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
[REGISTERS] - APPLICATIONS TO PURCHASE CROWN LANDS
The series consists of details of applications to purchase Crown lands. In the first three volumes applicants are listed in one chronological sequence, and in the last two volumes, the listings are by district. See also WAS 1837 for details of th...
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PASTORAL LEASES - DESCRIPTION BOOKS (NORTH AND EAST DISTRICTS)
These volumes contain descriptions of leases in the North and East Districts under the following headings - No. and district, class, acreage, name, date of approval, description. Details of E1-E25 and N1-N218 can be found in WAS 2071, items 1235-1...
CROWN LANDS AND SURVEYS DEPARTMENT
LEASES AND LICENCES - RECEIPTS FOR RENEWAL OF
This series records payments on leases and licences and payments for renewals on leases and licences.
SURVEY OFFICE
Lease description books comprising a separate volume for each type of lease. Details include lessee, no., district, date and a description of the boundaries. They are arranged in chronological order of lease no.
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN LAND INFORMATION SYSTEM - UNREGISTERED FILES
This series contains unregistered files from the Western Australian Land Information System (WALIS) which became part of the Department of Land Administration's Integrated Land Information Programme (ILIP).
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
Register of Kwinana freehold town lots nos 1-333.
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
LAND SALES, RETURNS OF LAND, ETC
Record of land sales arranged chronologically and returns of land assigned, by district, town and suburban allotments, sometimes, as in 683/1-13, giving name and lot no of grantee, and other lists showing number of allotments granted in a particul...
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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
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
Entries are arranged by district and details include name of grantee, location no., area and details of survey.Volumes 671-673 include reference to Crown Grant books and diagram books and details include location no., original plan and Crown Grant...
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Register 2000 is the establishment of the document imaging system that will record the Land Title Record of Western Australia on optical disk. The successful tenderer was Kodak Australia. This series contains documentation of the Project from ince...
DEPARTMENT OF LAND ADMINISTRATION
DESCRIPTION BOOKS - LAND GRANTS AND SALES (TOWNS)
The series contains boundary descriptions of land sold in towns. Details include lot no., name of grantee and date. Registers for some towns can be seen at WAS 2094. See also WAS 2093, Description books for land grants and sales in districts.
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This card index is an A - Z of station names. Information includes: Lease number; lessee; address; acreage; correspondence file number [see WAS 211 and/or AN 3]. Detail varies from card to card.
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
This is an artificial series created by the Department of Land Administration to include records that report on the organisational structure of the Department of Lands and Survey and its successor, the Department of Land Administration, and change...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
The letterbooks contain copies of letters received, mostly from the Colonial Secretary. The letters have been registered in running number order.Abstracts of these letters can be seen at WAS 1956.
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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
WAR SERVICE LAND SETTLEMENT BOARD RECORDS - VARIOUS
The War Service Land Settlement Board operated under the aegis of the Department of Lands and Survey. This is an artificial series created by the Department of Land Administration to include minutes, agendas and other papers (correspondence, memos...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
WAR SERVICE LAND SETTLEMENT BOARD - PROPERTY INDEX
The War Service Land Settlement Board operated under the aegis of the Department of Lands and Survey. This multi purpose card index covering the whole of the WSLS operation allows most actions to be followed. Headings of each section of cards are ...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
Register of letters received. Details include letter no, date, addressee, subject matter and how disposed of.
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
A Register of mining leases, applications for which can be found at WAS 1841. Entries in the Register are grouped under districts, which are listed at the front. There is also an alphabetical list of licencee's names.The various Land Departme...
SURVEYOR-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT
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
APPLICATIONS [APPROVED] TO PURCHASE TOWN AND SUBURBAN LOTS
Information regarding applications to purchase town and suburban lots is duplicated in the Town Registers (WAS 2255). For this reason, only a few sample applications have been retained for most towns. Lists of approved applications for town and su...
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