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
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
Examples of departmental forms in use in the 1880's by the Crown Lands and Surveys Department.
CROWN LANDS AND SURVEYS DEPARTMENT
CANCELLED PUBLIC PLANS - STANDARD SERIES
This series represents the first attempt to cover the colony within one integrated cadastral mapping system.The series consists of the following plan sequences:K (Kimberley) 80 chain, 1884-1885 (consignment 4897);K (Kimberley) 300 chain, 1886-1902...
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
TELEGRAMS TO AND FROM SURVEYOR GENERAL AND COMMISSIONER OF CROWN LANDS
Handwritten letterpress copies of telegrams sent, and telegrams received by the Surveyor General, the latter often in Malcolm Fraser's or John Forrest's handwriting.
CROWN LANDS AND SURVEYS DEPARTMENT
Details of public fees received showing from whom and reason for payment.
SURVEY OFFICE
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
TOWN AND SUBURBAN LAND PURCHASE BOOK
Record of purchases of town and suburban lands. Details include applicant's name, price realised, date of title deed. The volume includes an alphabetical index.
CROWN LANDS AND SURVEYS DEPARTMENT
Land Act and regulations, government notices and instructions re granting of land; forms and regulations used elsewhere, reports etc re amendments to land regulations and for the disposal of mineral lands.
SURVEY OFFICE
CARD INDEX - AGRICULTURAL AREAS
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED - 'C' SERIES - SURVEYORS
This series consists of letters received by the Crown Land and Surveys Department from surveyors dealing essentially with survey work in 1881.R. Cecil Clifton, Chief Clerk, introduced a new system of registering letters in February 1881. Under t...
CROWN LANDS AND SURVEYS DEPARTMENT
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
ABSTRACTS - LETTERS RECEIVED FROM GOVERNMENT RESIDENTS
Abstracts of letters received by the Surveyor General from Government Residents. Details include letter no., date, from whom, date received and subject of letter.
SURVEY OFFICE
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
DIARIES OF PROCEEDINGS - SURVEY OFFICE
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
RESERVES - CORRESPONDENCE, PROCLAMATIONS
Correspondence, proclamations, etc relating to the establishment of parks and reserves.
SURVEYOR-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT
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
PLANS - TOWNSITES, EARLY TRACINGS
Early plans of individual allotments, reserves and public buildings within a number of Western Australian towns.
SURVEY OFFICE
CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED - 'T' SERIES - TELEGRAMS
This series consists of telegrams received by the Crown Land and Surveys Department that deal with the general administration of the Department.R. Cecil Clifton, Chief Clerk, introduced a new system of registering letters in February 1881. Under...
CROWN LANDS AND SURVEYS DEPARTMENT
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] - 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...
SURVEY OFFICE
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
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...
SURVEY OFFICE