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Archival descriptionAPPLICATIONS [APPROVED] TO PURCHASE TOWN AND SUBURBAN LOTS
- AU WA S1838
- Series
- 1829-01-01 - 1835-12-31
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
CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED FROM THE COLONIAL SECRETARY
- AU WA S2105
- Series
- 1840-08-27 - 1843-11-23
Collection of letters from the Colonial Secretary to the Surveyor General regarding:The streets of Perth and memos re the boundaries of Perth townsite (1840-1843); andThe draining of lakes and swamps adjacent to the Perth townsite (1847).
SURVEY OFFICE
REGISTER - ENROLLED PENSIONER GUARD LANDS
- AU WA S1308
- Series
- 1850-01-01 - 1889-12-31
Consignment 4892 consists of a volume used by the Survey Office to record pensioner holdings (location, name of holder, dates of assignation and issue of title, title deed number) and as an aide memoir. Arranged by location. See also Cons 5000, no...
SURVEY OFFICE
- AU WA S2263
- Series
- 1837-01-01 - 1970-12-31
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
LETTERS RECEIVED FROM SETTLERS
- AU WA S1852
- Series
- 1829-09-19 - 1880-12-31
Unregistered letters received from settlers (also known as SDUR - Survey Department Unregistered Received). The letters have been arranged alphabetically by surname. The letters deal mainly with applications for, and transfers of, land.
SURVEY OFFICE
LETTERS RECEIVED FROM RESIDENT MAGISTRATES
- AU WA S1854
- Series
- 1830-01-01 - 1879-12-31
Letters from Resident Magistrates (RM) arranged alphabetically under Magisterial district and numbered within each district. The letters deal with official matters concerning land in each district.
SURVEY OFFICE
LETTERS (UNREGISTERED) RECEIVED FROM SURVEYORS
- AU WA S1850
- Series
- 1831-01-01 - 1880-12-31
Letters received from surveyors, assistant and contract surveyors. Filed aplhabetically by surveyor's name. The series includes letters, reports and diaries. Reference is found by checking in the Lands Index on microfiche. Also called SDSRs.
SURVEY OFFICE
ABSTRACTS - OFFICIAL LETTERS RECEIVED
- AU WA S1956
- Series
- 1829-05-12 - 1881-05-12
Details of the letters received include date, name of writer, subject matter of letter and how disposed of.The letters can be seen at WAS 1955.
SURVEY OFFICE
PLANS AND ESTIMATES - ROADS AND BRIDGES
- AU WA S1860
- Series
- 1834-01-01 -
This collection of loose papers consists of descriptions, sketches & plans for proposed roads and bridges.The item listing for this series provides a synopsis of each plan, etc.
SURVEY OFFICE
LETTERS FORWARDED BY COMMISSIONER OF ROADS AND BRIDGES
- AU WA S1859
- Series
- 1834-08-27 -
This volume contains letters and memorandum sent by the Commissioners J.S. Roe and G.F. Moore and includes plans/specifications for bridges, ferries and roads.At the back of volume is inserted a number of pages containing abstracts of letters rece...
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LETTERS RECEIVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF ROADS AND BRIDGES
- AU WA S1858
- Series
- 1834-01-01 - 1837-12-31
Letters received by the Commissioner of Roads & Bridges, mostly from the Colonial Secretary. Includes letters of appointment to this position for J.S. Roe & G.K. Moore
SURVEY OFFICE
- AU WA S1841
- Series
- 1865-01-01 - 1882-12-31
Copies of mining leases and letters of applications for mining licences arranged by district. The names of some applicants can also be found in the Register of mining leases (WAS 1212), which is arranged alphabetically and by district.
SURVEY OFFICE
DESCRIPTION BOOKS - LAND GRANTS AND SALES (DISTRICTS)
- AU WA S2093
- Series
- 1833-01-01 - 1888-12-31
This series contains descriptions of land grants in prescribed districts and give details of lot no., acreage, name of grantee, date and description of boundaries.Registers to the land grants and sales can be seen at WAS 2094. See also WAS 1945, D...
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DESCRIPTION BOOKS - PASTORAL AND TILLAGE LEASES
- AU WA S2071
- Series
- 1845-01-01 - 1883-12-31
Description books for pastoral and tillage leases covering the period 1845-1883. Early volumes to about 1860, give the distrcit, name of lessee, date, description and remarks for each entry. After 1860, the lease no. area, class, rent and boundari...
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DESCRIPTION BOOKS - RURAL LAND GRANTS AND SALES
- AU WA S2067
- Series
- 1836-01-01 - 1921-12-31
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
INDEXES - LESSEES REGISTERS AND HOLDINGS
- AU WA S2052
- Series
- 1860-01-01 - 1928-12-31
The volumes in this series comprise indexes to the Lessees' Registers at WAS 1891 and to lessees' holdings under the 1898 Land Act.
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
LOCATION REGISTERS - KOJONUP AND FREMANTLE
- AU WA S2051
- Series
- 1845-01-01 - 1928-12-31
The Kojonup register gives details of location nos 1-8347 together with acreage and plan nos.The Fremantle locations register contains sketches of located parts of Fremantle showing relative positions of boundary marks.
SURVEY OFFICE
INDEX - TOWN AND SUBURBAN LOTS
- AU WA S2304
- Series
- 1832-01-01 - 1916-12-31
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
REGISTERS - APPLICATIONS FOR LEASES AND LICENCES
- AU WA S2040
- Series
- 1847-01-01 - 1882-12-31
In the early 1840s, various local regulations for the Temporary Occupation of Crown Lands were put forward in an attempt to prevent squatting. In 1850, new regulations for the leasing of Crown Lands were published. Under these regulations, land to...
SURVEY OFFICE
REGISTERS - LANDS AND SURVEYS PLANS
- AU WA S247
- Series
- 1830-01-01 - 1980-01-01
Register of plans produced by survey staff of Lands & Surveys (and predecessor agencies) and maintained by Department's plan custodian.
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
- AU WA S238
- Series
- 1836 - 1860
These plans were drawn from official surveys of the Avon and Swan valleys conducted between 1836 & 1860.They were described in the early plan registers as Folio plans.Unlike other District Folios these plans were never registered and resorted as ...
SURVEY OFFICE
- AU WA S2276
- Series
- 1832-01-01 -
Item 393 comprises a collection of documents including recommendations for settlement on the north coast and an account of a journey from Australind to King George Sound by F Humphrey in 1844. Item 394 is a diary kept by GT Butcher while on the Bu...
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ABSTRACTS - CORRESPONDENCE - BOARD OF COUNSEL AND AUDIT
- AU WA S1944
- Series
- 1830-01-01 - 1832-12-31
Brief abstracts of letters sent to and received by the Board of Counsel and Audit which was established to assess the value of items listed by settlers in their applications to acquire Crown land allotments.
SURVEY OFFICE
- AU WA S236
- Series
- 1850 -
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
- AU WA S235
- Series
- 1835 - 1920
Plans compiled from original surveys of proposed and or declared townsites. The plans listed are an integration of:1. Original plans transferred to the State Records Office between 1970 and 1975 and then accessioned as 859C.2. Original plans trans...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
PLANS - TOWNSITES, EARLY TRACINGS
- AU WA S241
- Series
- 1838-01-01 - 1891-12-31
Early plans of individual allotments, reserves and public buildings within a number of Western Australian towns.
SURVEY OFFICE
DIARIES OF PROCEEDINGS - SURVEY OFFICE
- AU WA S1861
- Series
- 1829-05-12 - 1891-12-31
These diaries give details of employment of staff, documents received and issued by the Dept. and remarks about the proceedings of each day. The first diary was commenced at sea aboard The Parmelia. The first two volumes are described as Proceedin...
SURVEY OFFICE
- AU WA S1309
- Series
- 1829-06-01 - 1889-12-31
Register of Perth town and suburban allotments arranged alpha-numerically by lot no. There is an alphabetical index of applicants at the front of the volume. See also WAS 1838 (items 30/6&7), Perth town & suburban land applications and items 30/1-...
SURVEY OFFICE
- AU WA S240
- Series
- 1834-01-01 - 1838-12-31
With one exception all,of the plans in this series are Survey Office reductions drawn from surveys conducted by Ommanney & Shenton, and Smythe in the Avon Valley during the mid 1830s.All plans were accessioned as 401C when transferred to the Batty...
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CANCELLED PUBLIC PLANS (DISTRICTS) - PRE STANDARD SERIES
- AU WA S978
- Series
- 1856-01-01 - 1880-01-01
These plans illustrate the alienation and subdivision of land in the settled districts of the Colony during the mid-nineteenth century.Each subseries of plans within this series is grouped within distinct consignments.These subseries reflect the f...
SURVEY OFFICE
- AU WA S234
- Series
- 1830-01-01 - 1882-01-01
The plans record original surveys made in the south west of the colony of Western Australia. The majority of the plans were originally recorded in the Plan Register as unnumbered folios.Plans 228-247 were originally registered as 'Plans, Sect...
SURVEY OFFICE
- AU WA S237
- Series
- 1841-01-01 - 1930-01-01
Various rolled plans registered as a discrete series by the Custodian of Plans of the Department of Lands and Survey. The series comprises: a) Rolls transferred to the Battye Library map collection in 1969, originally accessioned as 784C and in th...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
- AU WA S50
- Series
- 1833 -
This series consists chiefly of plans recording exploration routes in Western Australia throughout the 19th and 20th Centuries. The plans are both original maps of explorations commissioned by the Survey Office (and its successor agencies) as well...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
- AU WA S3607
- Series
- 1832 -
Pen and ink tracings, with watercolour wash, of plans prepared from survey reports and expeditions in the Blackwood and Vasse region.
SURVEY OFFICE
- AU WA S3185
- Series
- 1831-05-12 -
The item in this records series consists of the Regulations in the Surveyor Generals Office. The Regulations are effectively administrative regulations to be abided by Survey Office staff.
SURVEY OFFICE
- AU WA S2277
- Series
- 1835-01-01 - 1964-12-31
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
- AU WA S75
- Series
- 1819-01-01 - 1904-12-31
These registers refer to fieldbooks (Record Series No. 32) compiled by the surveyors who undertook surveys for the Department of Lands and Surveys (and predecessor departments). The information given in the registers is the name of the surveyor, f...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
PURCHASE OF CROWN LANDS UNDER PRE-EMPTIVE CLAIMS
- AU WA S2275
- Series
- 1855-01-01 -
Details include district, acreage purchased, no of lease and date of application.
SURVEY OFFICE
- AU WA S2188
- Series
- 1830-01-01 -
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...
SURVEY OFFICE
INDEX TO GRANTS OF TOWN ALLOTMENTS
- AU WA S2212
- Series
- 1860-01-01 -
Arranged by towns, the index provides lot numbers and matching deed numbers. Details of the Lot nos can be found at WAS 2093.
SURVEY OFFICE
- AU WA S2138
- Series
- 1856-01-01 -
Details of expenditure on stamps and to whom the letters were sent. At the back of each volume are details of expenditure on stamps by the Assistant Surveyor.
SURVEY OFFICE
- AU WA S2140
- Series
- 1850-01-20 -
Logbook of the "Evergreen" and the "Perseverance". At the back of the first one there is a diary kept by CF Gregory while in charge of a party working on the Perth-Fremantle road.The second logbook records a journey from Fremantle to Shark Bay and...
SURVEY OFFICE
- AU WA S2064
- Series
- 1850-01-01 -
Register comprising a list of street names under each town, with an alphabetical towns index. There are very few entries in the volume.
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[REGISTERS] - APPLICATIONS TO PURCHASE CROWN LANDS
- AU WA S2139
- Series
- 1833-01-01 -
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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REGISTER OF TEMPORARY OCCUPATIONS
- AU WA S2146
- Series
- 1831-01-01 -
A list of persons receiving temporary permission to occupy land. (Two pages of entries only)
SURVEY OFFICE
- AU WA S2159
- Series
- 1833-01-01 -
Index to town allotments in fee simple for Albany, Augusta, Bunbury, Busselton, Fremantle, Guildford, Kelmscott, Perth and York. Details include lot no., deed no., grantee, original assignee, date of application in fee simple and date of new grant...
SURVEY OFFICE
- AU WA S2141
- Series
- 1830-01-01 -
Permanent boundary records giving name of grantee and district, lot no. and description. Where dates overlap, applications can be seen at WAS 1837. Technical descriptions, similar to this series can also be seen at WAS 2093. Some volumes have an i...
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