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.
SURVEY OFFICE
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.
SURVEY OFFICE
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.
SURVEY OFFICE
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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DESCRIPTION BOOKS - LAND GRANTS AND SALES (DISTRICTS)
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
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...
SURVEY OFFICE
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
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.
DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
INDEX - TOWN AND SUBURBAN LOTS
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
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
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
REGISTERS - APPLICATIONS FOR SPECIAL OCCUPATION LEASES AND LICENCES
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
APPLICATIONS - SPECIAL OCCUPATION LEASES AND LICENCES
In the Land Regulations of 1872 provision was made for certain Crown lands to be available for Special Occupation.The volumes in this series comprise registers of Special Occupation Leases & Licences issued. The Registers are maintained in SOL no ...
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 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
Early plans of individual allotments, reserves and public buildings within a number of Western Australian towns.
SURVEY OFFICE
A Register of mining leases, applications for which can be found at WAS 1841. Entries in the Register are grouped under districts, which are listed at the front. There is also an alphabetical list of licencee's names.The various Land Departme...
SURVEYOR-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT
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
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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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...
SURVEY OFFICE
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
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
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
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