NRS-20761 | Crown Lands Tenure Cards – Regional Land Boards and Offices

This series consists of Crown Lands Tenure cards for regional Land Boards and the district Lands Offices.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.The Crown Lands Act 1884 (48 Vic. No.18) introduced tenures which included grazing licences, homestead leases, conditional leases, pastoral leases and permits for wharfs and jetties. The Act also led to the division of land in NSW into the Eastern, Central and Western divisions. Local land boards were introduced in the three divisions in 1886, consisting of one or more land districts, effectively decentralising Crown land administration. (1) Details of Crown tenures were recorded in registers arranged by tenure type until 1917 when the card system was fully adopted. (2) Prior to this, Lands Offices progressively started using tenure cards.These records consist of tenure cards from the following regional Land Boards: Armidale, Dubbo, Goulburn, Grafton, Griffith, Hay, Maitland, Moree, Nowra, Orange, Tamworth, Taree and Wagga Wagga and Metropolitan Sydney. There are three sizes of card, large, medium and small, with many arranged according to district name and type of tenure.There are many types of tenures within this series, including: Homestead Selection; Improvement Purchase; Returned Soldiers Special Holding Purchase; Settlement Lease; Closer Settlement Lease; Permissive Occupancy; Annual Lease; Crown Lease; Conditional Purchase Lease; Settlement Purchase Lease; Conditional Lease; Special Purchase; Road Permits; Settlement Purchase; Homestead Farm; Suburban Holding; Special Lease and Conditional Purchase. There are also cards relating to Reserves and to lands held under Licence for purposes such as quarrying, boatsheds and jetties. Interspersed with the tenure cards are index cards related to the various tenures and associated dealings such as applications, sales and transfers. Examples are: Special Lease index cards, personal cards, correspondence cards and sales returns and analyses cards. Their arrangement varies. Some sales registrations are ordered alphabetically by parish name while others, such as applications to transfer, are bundled in chronological order.The information recorded on the cards varies according to tenure type but the majority of the cards contain the following headings: Holding; Land District; Parish; County; Shire; Conversion/Subdivision of; Formerly; Date Applied for: Date Allowed/Approved/Confirmed; Portion; Allotment; Section; City/Town/Village; Locality; Plan; Nature of Transfer; Holder; Date of Transfer; Record; Area; Rent; Effective Date; Gazette or Authority. Cards relating to Reserves record the locality, registration number, the county and shire/municipality, the names of trustees, a diagram of the area and a definition of how the land would be used.Crown land tenure was converted to the Real Property (Torrens) System prior to the introduction of the Crown Lands Act 1989 (Act No.6, 1989). The conversion of all live tenures in the Eastern and Central divisions of the State was completed prior to 1 January 1986, with the Western division following on and completed by 1 January 1987. Manual registrations ceased from 1987 (3), however annotations to the cards continued until much later. In this series, cards for some forms of holding, for example under Licence, were used as late as 2012.This series is related to NRS 18096, Head Office Crown lands tenure cards. The Lands Offices created a set of cards and Head Office subsequently created a comprehensive duplicate set for all districts.Endnotes1. Land & Property Information, Crown Land http://www.lpi.nsw.gov.au/land_titles/land_ownership/crown_land (accessed 03 November, 2015)2. Land & Property Information, A Brief History of the Records of the Registrar General, Crown land records, p.24 http://www.lpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/150698/Brief_History_of_RG_Records.pdf (accessed 03 November, 2015)3. Land & Property Information, A Brief History of the Records of the Registrar General, Crown land records, p.24 http://www.lpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/150698/Brief_History_of_RG_Records.pdf (accessed 03 November, 2015)本系列藏品为各区域土地委员会及地区土地办事处所用的王室土地保有权（Crown Lands Tenure）登记卡。 1861年，《1861年王室土地占用法》（25 Vic. No.2）对王室土地管理进行改革，允许租赁王室土地。该法案对王室土地的占用、管理及后续转让作出规范。1884年《王室土地法》（48 Vic. No.18）新增多种保有权形式，包括放牧许可证、宅地租赁权、附条件租赁权、畜牧租约（pastoral leases）以及码头和栈桥使用许可。该法案同时将新南威尔士州（New South Wales, NSW）的土地划分为东部、中部和西部三个大区。1886年，三个大区相继设立地方土地委员会，每个委员会下辖若干土地管区，实质上实现了王室土地管理的分权化。(1) 1917年全面启用卡片系统之前，王室土地保有权信息均按保有权类型登记于登记簿中。(2) 在此之前，各土地办事处已逐步开始使用保有权登记卡。 本系列藏品包含以下区域土地委员会的保有权登记卡：阿米代尔（Armidale）、达博（Dubbo）、古尔本（Goulburn）、格拉夫顿（Grafton）、格里菲斯（Griffith）、海伊（Hay）、梅特兰（Maitland）、莫雷（Moree）、努沃（Nowra）、奥兰治（Orange）、塔姆沃思（Tamworth）、塔瑞（Taree）、瓦格瓦格（Wagga Wagga）以及悉尼都会区。登记卡分为大、中、小三种尺寸，其中多数按辖区名称及保有权类型整理归档。 本系列涵盖多种保有权类型，包括：宅地选地权（Homestead Selection）、改良购置权（Improvement Purchase）、退伍军人特殊土地购置权（Returned Soldiers Special Holding Purchase）、定居租赁权（Settlement Lease）、集约定居租赁权（Closer Settlement Lease）、许可占用权（Permissive Occupancy）、年度租赁权（Annual Lease）、王室租赁权（Crown Lease）、附条件购置租赁权（Conditional Purchase Lease）、定居购置租赁权（Settlement Purchase Lease）、附条件租赁权（Conditional Lease）、特殊购置权（Special Purchase）、道路许可（Road Permits）、定居购置权（Settlement Purchase）、宅地农场权（Homestead Farm）、郊区土地保有（Suburban Holding）、特殊租赁权（Special Lease）及附条件购置权（Conditional Purchase）。此外，本系列还包含与保护区及以采石场、船坞、栈桥等用途持有土地的许可证相关的登记卡。 与保有权登记卡夹杂存放的还有与各类保有权及相关交易（如申请、售卖及转让）相关的索引卡，例如：特殊租赁权索引卡、个人卡、往来函件卡、销售回报与分析卡。其归档方式各不相同：部分销售登记按教区名称字母顺序排序，而另一些文件（如转让申请）则按时间顺序捆绑归档。 登记卡上记录的信息因保有权类型而异，但多数登记卡包含以下栏目：保有地块、土地管区、教区、郡、郡级市/自治市、转换/细分情况、原持有人、申请日期、核准/批准/确认日期、地块编号、分配编号、区段编号、城市/城镇/村庄、地点、平面图、转让性质、持有人、转让日期、记录编号、面积、租金、生效日期、政府公报或授权文件。与保护区相关的登记卡则记录地点、登记编号、所属郡及郡级市/自治市、受托人姓名、地块示意图及土地用途说明。 1989年《王室土地法》（1989年第6号法案）出台前，王室土地保有权已转换为托伦斯不动产登记系统（Real Property (Torrens) System）。该州东部及中部大区的所有有效保有权转换工作已于1986年1月1日前完成，西部大区的转换工作紧随其后，并于1987年1月1日前全部竣工。1987年起手工登记工作停止(3)，但对登记卡的批注工作仍持续了较长时间。本系列中，部分保有权类型（如凭许可证持有的土地）的登记卡最晚使用至2012年。 本系列与NRS 18096号藏品——总部王室土地保有权登记卡相关。各土地办事处先制作了一套登记卡，随后总部为所有辖区制作了一套完整的复制品套装。 注释 1. 土地与物业信息署，王室土地 https://www.lpi.nsw.gov.au/land_titles/land_ownership/crown_land（2015年11月3日访问） 2. 土地与物业信息署，《注册总署档案简史：王室土地档案》，第24页 https://www.lpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/150698/Brief_History_of_RG_Records.pdf（2015年11月3日访问） 3. 土地与物业信息署，《注册总署档案简史：王室土地档案》，第24页 https://www.lpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/150698/Brief_History_of_RG_Records.pdf（2015年11月3日访问）