ABSTRACTS - CORRESPONDENCE - BOARD OF COUNSEL AND AUDIT
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.
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CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS - SURVEYORS
Copies of memoranda and contracts with surveyors (nos 1-58) and chainers to survey specific areas.
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CANCELLED PUBLIC PLANS (DISTRICTS) - PRE STANDARD SERIES
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...
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REGISTER - OFFICIAL LETTERS FORWARDED
Lists in date and letter number order the official letters forwarded by the Survey Department. Copies of official letters forwarded (numbered) can be found at WAS 1844. Abstracts for letters nos 1-283 can be found at WAS 1845.
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SURVEYOR GENERAL - CORRESPONDENCE
The series consists of letters received by the Surveyor General.
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ABSTRACTS - LETTERS FORWARDED TO OFFICIALS
Abstracts of letters forwarded to officials, the full copies of which can be seen at WAS 1844.
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LETTERS FORWARDED TO GOVERNMENT RESIDENTS
This series contains copies of letters to government residents relating to land in the Resident's district. There is an index at the back of vol 47. Abstracts can be seen at WAS 1847.
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LETTERS (UNREGISTERED) RECEIVED FROM SURVEYORS
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PASSENGERS
At the front of the volume passengers are listed in order of arrival August-December 1829. At the back of the volume, these settlers are listed alphabetically and the number of acres assigned to each is given.
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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...
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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...
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ABSTRACTS - LETTERS RECEIVED FROM SETTLERS
Abstracts of letters received from settlers arranged chronologically. Details include no. & date of letter, from whom, date received and content. See also WAS 1852.
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LETTERS RECEIVED FROM SETTLERS
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.
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LETTERS RECEIVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF ROADS AND BRIDGES
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
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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.
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LETTERS RECEIVED FROM RESIDENT MAGISTRATES
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.
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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.
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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...
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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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BOUNDARIES MARKED BY SURVEYORS
The volumes contain descriptions of locations and allotments with details of district boundaries and surveyor's names being noted.
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Pen and ink tracings, with watercolour wash, of plans prepared from survey reports and expeditions in the Blackwood and Vasse region.
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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...
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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
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
REGISTER - LETTERS RECEIVED BY THE SURVEY OFFICE TO REPORT UPON
The Register of letters received by the Survey Office to report upon comprises most of this volume. Details include date, addressee, date reported upon and date returned. The first two or three pages of the volume contain copies of administrative ...
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REGISTERS - APPLICATIONS FOR LEASES AND LICENCES
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...
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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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REGISTERS - LANDS AND SURVEYS PLANS
Register of plans produced by survey staff of Lands & Surveys (and predecessor agencies) and maintained by Department's plan custodian.
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INDEXES - LESSEES REGISTERS AND HOLDINGS
The volumes in this series comprise indexes to the Lessees' Registers at WAS 1891 and to lessees' holdings under the 1898 Land Act.
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The series provides details of receipts and issues of stores and details of suppliers in country areas and Perth.
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ABSTRACTS - LETTERS RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL
Chronological listing of abstracts. Details include no. and date of letter, date received and subject.
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Details of public fees received showing from whom and reason for payment.
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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-...
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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.
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PURCHASE OF CROWN LANDS UNDER PRE-EMPTIVE CLAIMS
Details include district, acreage purchased, no of lease and date of application.
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The series consists of notes, reports and memoranda including general notices, miscellaneous land returns, details of leases and licences, register of plans received and reports and minutes of the Swan River Navigation Board.
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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...
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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...
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LETTERS FORWARDED BY COMMISSIONER OF ROADS AND BRIDGES
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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LEASES AND LICENCES - RECEIPTS FOR RENEWAL OF
This series records payments on leases and licences and payments for renewals on leases and licences.
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[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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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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PLANS - TOWNSITES, EARLY TRACINGS
Early plans of individual allotments, reserves and public buildings within a number of Western Australian towns.
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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 ...
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