VPRS 15656 Index of Residence Areas, St Arnaud District Survey Office

This series lists all holders of residence area rights in the St Arnaud District with the number of their right. On some entries a correspondence or file number is noted.One of the privileges under the Mines Act, conferred by the holding of a miner's right until 1935 was that of residence on up to one acre on a gold-fields area. Those occupying a residence area were "deemed in law to be possessed ... of such ... parcels ... and the property therein".From 1935, with the passing of the Land (Residence Areas) Act 1935 the right of occupation of residence areas was broadened to all Crown lands and placed under the Land Act rather than the Mines Act.