RECORDS - WA LAND COMPANY, MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY, ETC.
Registers of selections and leases and licences pertaining to the WA Land Company and showing lesses's name, lease no., area, improvements and amount of claim. See also Record Series No. 1311 (consignment 4890), a Register of leases which inc...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
A register of islands in WA granted on lease. Details include name of island, occupant's name and duration of lease.
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
This series comprises record of service registers for the Department of Land and Surveys. The registers can include details such as: date of birth; dates of employment; transfers; leave; promotions; place of employment; salary and remarks. An alph...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
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
PASTORAL DIVISIONS - INFORMATION
Apparently kept by the Board of Pastoral Appraisers this volume includes statistical information (eg. stock carrying capacity and wool values) and newspaper cuttings on the pastoral divisions (Eucla, North West, Kimberley and Eastern). Also includ...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
CROWN LANDS TRIBUNAL - MINUTES
The Crown Lands Tribunal was appointed by the Hon. Premier to examine and recommend to the Minister for Lands, Forests and Immigration the utilisation of certain areas of sparsely timbered lands for agricultural purposes. eg Tone River, Collie cat...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
WAR SERVICE LAND SETTLEMENT BOARD - VALUATIONS
This series contains valuation records of the War Service Land Settlement Scheme which was administered by the Department of Lands and Surveys for the state on behalf of the Commonwealth Government. This is an artificial series created by the Depa...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
Departmental aids for creation of cadastral maps.
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
Departmental aide-memoire to show relationship of street names to correspondence files and alterations to names. Organised by localities in alphabetical order.
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
RESERVES ADVISORY COUNCIL - MINUTES AND RESOLUTIONS
The Reserves Advisory Council was set up by the Minister for Lands as an interdepartmental committee to:- find ways and means to protect natural scenery; discuss issues re National Parks and related reserves; discuss relevant legislation in Austra...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
RECORDS REGARDING LAND - VARIOUS
This is an artificial series created by the Department of Land Administration to include various papers compiled at different times. They reflect on the legislative changes in Land Acts/Regulations and the impact on administration. Additionally th...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
EMU POINT (ALBANY) RESERVE BOARD - MINUTES
The Board was constituted for the management and control of the Emu Point Reserve (Reserve 14789) near Albany. The original board consisted of the Under Secretary for Lands, the Surveyor General, the Inspector in Charge of Local Government Office...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
REGISTERS - LEASES (REGULATIONS)
Registers pertaining to the release of Crown lands under clauses of the various Land Regulations. With the passing of the Land Act in 1898, leases continued to be issued under the relevant clause of the new Act, thus a volume may include leases is...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
Extracts from minutes of the Board of Pastoral Appraisers (now the Pastoral Board) of appeals against rent (chiefly) and other administrative decisions of the Lands and Surveys Department. Each volume is indexed alphabetically by station or lessee...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
STATE SURVEY AND MAPPING COMMITTEE - AGENDAS AND MINUTES
The State Survey and Mapping Committee was also known as the State Mapping and Co-ordinating Committee (1947-1953) and the State Mapping Committee (1954-1957). This inter-departmental committee was established at the direction of the Minister for ...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
Index plans on public plan base showing details of Original Plan numbers and Diagrams.The index sheets may also show correspondence file numbers as amended by Land Parcels Branch of DOLA.
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
Card index to Perpetual leases were granted under the War Service Land Settlement Scheme to veterans of World War ll. Such leases could be passed on but not sold, or, they could be converted to freehold by paying the value of the land. Details on ...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
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
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
PASTORAL LEASES - ACTION BOOKS
This is an artificial series created by the Department of Land Administration to include action books showing amalgamation of old pastoral leases, conversion to new leases in 1964/67 and allocation of station names (including source of name).
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
PASTORAL LEASE COMMITTEE - TRANSCRIPTS OF EVIDENCE
The Pastoral Lease Committee was appointed in February 1962 by Executive Council Minute on the direction of the Minister for Lands to investigate the granting of pastoral leases under the Land Act. It was chaired by the Surveyor-General. These t...
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
FILES - HUMAN RESOURCE SERVICES BRANCH
Organisational files held by Human Resource Services Branch, superseded by a new cover style and control numbers. The files deal with a variety of employment issues, structure of the Department and internal directives. The "General Disposal Author...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
WORK RECORDS - SURVEY EXAMINER BRIAN WRAY
This series contains an example of the manual records of one officer's (Brian Wray, Survey Examiner) work jobs from his appointment to the Department of Lands and Survey until the introduction of computer control of jobs. Archived as a sampl...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
AGRICULTURAL RAILWAYS ADVISORY BOARD - MINUTES
The Agricultural Railways Advisory Board was established in 1911 as an inter-departmental committee under the chair of the Surveyor-General to advise the Government through the Premier on the establishment and extension of agricultural railways. I...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
AGRICULTURAL RAILWAYS ADVISORY BOARD - FILES
The Agricultural Railways Advisory Board was established in 1911 as an inter-departmental committee, under the chair of the Surveyor-General, to advise the Government, through the Premier, on the establishment and extension of agricultural railway...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
RESERVE BILL - MINISTERIAL NOTES
Briefing notes supplied to the Hon Minister for Lands by the Department of Lands and Survey. Also includes speech notes for use in parliament, draft bills and cabinet approvals.
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 - CREDIT AUTHORITY FILES
The War Service Land Settlent Board operated under the aegis of the Department of Lands and Survey. This series contains unregistered files of correspondence between the War Service Land Settlement Board, the Commonwealth of Australia and the Rura...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
WAR SERVICE LAND SETTLEMENT - FARM LEDGER CARDS
The War Service Land Settlement Scheme operated under the aegis of the Department of Lands and Survey. This series contains a sample from a larger holding now destroyed. The sample is based on approximately six cards in each geographical region wh...
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
WAR SERVICE LAND SETTLEMENT - PROPERTY REGISTER
The War Service Land Settlement Board operated under the aegis of the Department of Lands and Survey. This series contains a one volume register of acquired properties and relates to their conversion into WSLS farms. Details given include: Commonw...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
The Land Board is a mechanism under the 1933 Land Act that allows land opened for selection to be awarded to an applicant chosen on merit. The motivation was to ensure that genuine aplicants only would clear land and develop farms and thus to avo...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
FOREMAN'S REPORTS - GROUP SETTLEMENT
Foreman's monthly returns form various Groups. Details include the settler's name, location and remarks.As there is no known system of arrangement/control for this series, the State Archives has imposed a numerical system.
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
SETTLER'S FILES - GROUP SETTLEMENT
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
Index created by the Land and Property Branch of Public Works Department to files held by that Branch. The cards were transferred to the Department of Land Administration in 1986.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
WAR SERVICE LAND SETTLEMENT - LEDGERS
Ledgers realting to various aspects of the War Service Land Settlement Scheme especially the financial side of the Scheme.
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
The series provides details of receipts and issues of stores and details of suppliers in country areas and Perth.
SURVEY OFFICE
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
PURCHASE BOOKS - COUNTRY LANDS
Entries are grouped under district and date from the beginning of the colony. Details include lot no., name of grantee and no. of acres.Description books and Registers for these lot numbers can be found at WAS 2093 and WAS 2094.See also WAS 2092, ...
SURVEY OFFICE
Official letters received, mostly from the Colonial Secretary and relating to administrative matters or reporting on the Governor's decisions re land requests. The letters have been arranged in a chronological sequence.A Register of the lette...
SURVEY OFFICE
Cash books, accounts and estimates of revenue and expenditure for the Survey Office and contract surveyors.
SURVEY OFFICE
This series consists of volumes recording queries regarding land holdings and deals submitted by settlers, together with comments, reports and answers made by the Department.An Index to the Queries can be seen at WAS 1836.
SURVEY OFFICE
Alphabetical index, by subject, to Queries in WAS 1835.
SURVEY OFFICE
APPLICATIONS TO PURCHASE CROWN LANDS
Individual applications to purchase Crown lands and arranged in lot number order under the relevant district. Generally, the applications ceased in 1881 when a more modern system of record keeping was introduced.
SURVEY OFFICE
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...
SURVEY OFFICE
LAND APPLICATIONS BY ENROLLED PENSIONERS
Land applications by members of the Enrolled Pensioner Force for both town lots and Crown grants. The applications are arranged alphabetically and generally note the pensioner's rank, regiment and amount of pension. The series also includes p...
SURVEY OFFICE
LAND APPLICATIONS BY RELIGIOUS BODIES
Applications for land by religious bodies in Perth and country towns including New Norcia for the period 1843-1880. Nos 1 and 2 are mostly applications from the Church of England, No 3 is mostly applications from the Roman Catholic Church.
SURVEY OFFICE