VPRS 16705 Index to Applications for Certificate of Title

This series consists of the index to applications for certificates of title for land, alienated from the Crown prior to 2 October 1862. From that date the Real Property Act 1862 (25 VIC., No.140) introduced the Torrens System of Land Registration. The Torrens System provided that a single authoritative certificate of title which proved ownership of land would replace the earlier, cumbersome, old law system. Owners of land alienated prior to 2 October 1862 could apply to have a certificate of title issued. For further information regarding this process, refer to the series description for VPRS 405 or 460.The volumes in this series (as of May 2011) index the names of all applicants who made application in the period post 2 October 1862 until 10 February 1904.Entries record only the surname and christian name of the applicant and the application number. No other information pertaining to the application is recorded.