Miscellaneous papers regarding land, mainly 1830-1856
Miscellaneous papers regarding land, mainly 1830-1856
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Author / Creator
Date
mainly 1830-1856 (with other items dated 1816, 1821, 1866, 1869-1870, 1877)
Call Numbers
A 282
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Manuscripts and Clippings
Physical Description
Contents
1 volume - 0.06 Meters
Textual Records
Textual Records - (printed)
Clippings
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 887, frames 1-211 (A 282)
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Scope and Contents
Contents
1816, 1827, 1830-1834, 1836-1837, 1839-1843, 1848-1856, 1866, 1869-1870, 1877; Papers regarding the conveyance of the property, proof of title, grants of land, and quit-rents from the Crown. Includes correspondence from various sources, receipts from Internal Revenue, general orders, terms upon which the Crown Lands were dispatched in N.S.W. and V...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Miscellaneous papers regarding land, mainly 1830-1856
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
This volume was probably compiled by the State Library of NSW at an unknown date. It is uncertain that this material originated from D.S. Mitchell collection.
A handwritten contents list, compiled at an unknown date, has been inserted at the front of the volume
Pages 275-277 (Lists of feature survey plans burnt and destroyed in the late Garde...
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907
Administrative / Biographical history
During the period 1830-1856, the main agencies responsible for the administration of land in the Colony were the Colonial Secretary (Alexander Macleay 1826-1836, Edward Deas Thomson 1837-1856), the Surveyor General (Sir Thomas Mitchell), and the Commissioners of Crown Lands. The phrase "land grants" was used for the alienation of Crown lands (that...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
A 282
Record Identifier
9gkdWA49
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9gkdWA49
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Reference code
423580
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