MEMORANDA

• AU WA S1946
• Series
• 1876-09-18 - 1915-12-31

Handwritten paper copies of memoranda sent by the Surveyor General and the Under Secretary for Lands.

DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS

REGISTERS - CONDITIONAL PURCHASE

• AU WA S1958
• Series
• 1883-01-01 - 1899-12-31

The registers of conditional purchase are arranged under the Clause to which the conditional purchase refers. Details include no., name, area, district, and location no.

DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS

RECORDS - WA LAND COMPANY, MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY, ETC.

• AU WA S1210
• Series
• 1888-01-01 - 1892-12-31

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

REGISTER - ISLANDS LEASED

• AU WA S1211
• Series
• 1872-01-01 - 1894-12-31

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

REGISTERS - APPLICATIONS FOR SPECIAL OCCUPATION LEASES AND LICENCES

• AU WA S2226
• Series
• 1872-01-01 -

Registers of applications for Special Occupation Leases & Licences (SOL's) made under the Land Regulation of 1872. After the first volume the applications are grouped under district. Other details include no of acres, name of applicant and da...

SURVEYOR-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT

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

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

STORES, SUPPLIES, ETC

• AU WA S1813
• Series
• 1830-01-01 - 1881-12-31

The series provides details of receipts and issues of stores and details of suppliers in country areas and Perth.

SURVEY OFFICE

REGISTERS - LEASES (REGULATIONS)

• AU WA S1311
• Series
• 1887-01-01 - 1981-12-31

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

OFFICIAL LETTERS RECEIVED

• AU WA S1825
• Series
• 1829-01-01 - 1880-12-31

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

APPLICATIONS TO RUN STOCK IN EASTERN AND NORTHERN DISTRICTS

• AU WA S2035
• Series
• 1873-01-01 - 1878-12-31

Applications on official forms under Regulations of 20 August 1864 giving details of applicant and stock to be conveyed to nominated district.

CROWN LANDS AND SURVEYS DEPARTMENT

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. 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 - 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

EXPLORATION ROLLS

• AU WA S233
• Series
• 1858-01-01 - 1955-01-01

Original plans (or copies) of explorations undertaken mainly between 1870 & 1910, in the Kimberley, Interior and eastern districts of the state. Due to their size these plans were registered and stored separately to the Exploration Plans (WAS 50)....

DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS

SURVEY PLANS - HISTORIC

• 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

SURVEY PLANS - ROLL PLANS

• 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

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 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

CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED - 'A' SERIES - SETTLERS

• AU WA S3144
• Series
• 1881-02 - 1882-01

This series consists of letters received by the Crown Land and Surveys Department from settlers.R. Cecil Clifton, Chief Clerk, introduced a new system of registering letters in February 1881. Under this system letters were registered under one o...

CROWN LANDS AND SURVEYS DEPARTMENT

EXPLORATION JOURNALS

• AU WA S2117
• Series
• 1827-01-01 - 1944-12-31

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

LAND GRANTS - IMMIGRANTS

• AU WA S2092
• Series
• 1876-01-01 - 1896-12-31

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

LAND APPLICATIONS BY RELIGIOUS BODIES

• AU WA S1840
• Series
• 1843-01-01 - 1881-12-31

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

APPLICATIONS TO PURCHASE CROWN LANDS

• AU WA S1837
• Series
• 1851-01-01 - 1880-12-31

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

MINING LEASES AND LICENCES

• 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

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