VPRS 15684 Register of Applications, Ballarat, Section 12 Land Act (Amendment) Act 1936 and Section 171 Land Act 1958 (Ballarat District Land Office)

This series registers applications to purchase land previously held under residence area rights. Details given are the number of the application and often the number of the residence area right, the name and address of the applicant and the location of the land.Section 12 of the Land (Residence Areas) Act 1935 (Section 171 Land Act 1958) allowed people occupying residence areas on auriferous land to purchase that land. Conditions were that the holder had been in possession for at least two and a half years, that a habitable dwelling had been erected and that there was no objection to the alienation of the land. Payment could be made in up to forty half-yearly instalments.This series was previously registered as Units 20, 21 and 22 of VPRS 6165/P Registers of Land Applications.