NRS-19585 | Crown Lands Index Cards [Wagga Wagga Land Office]

The series consists of Crown Lands Index Cards for the Wagga Wagga Lands Office.These cards provided an index to the Crown Lands Tenure Cards for the Wagga Wagga Lands Office which is not currently in the custody of State  Archives and Records NSW.In 1861 Crown lands management was reformed with the Crown Lands Occupation Act, 1861 (25 Vic. No.2) which allowed for the leasing of Crown lands. The Act regulated the occupation and management and subsequent alienation of Crown lands.Details of Crown tenures were originally recorded in registers arranged by tenure type. From 1936 the district offices ceased to use the registers and created a district area set of cards. The district offices would then inform the Head Office which would create a comprehensive duplicate set of tenure cards for all districts (NRS 18096). (1)The information found on the index cards varies but they generally indicate the name and address of the landholder, their holdings by tenure number, the land district, and a reference number to a relevant Land Board file (LB papers).Endnotes1. NSW State Archives file 08/0624 D18/23504.