NRS-8028 | Registers of land open to selection [Alienation Branch, Department of Lands]

These volumes chiefly relate to lots offered for sale (usually in auction and after auction sales) . Many of the lots appear to have been later withdrawn from sale. A circular dated 18 October 1878 to all Crown Land Agents (pasted into the front of the first volume) notes that all lots not bid for at sales are to be withdrawn from sale and that this instruction is to apply to relevant lots offered at previous as well as future sales. Each volume is arranged in sections by county, the counties being in no apparent order. Within each county, entries are chronological, and give the following details: date of proclamation, date of sale, number of lot, situation, quantity, price per acre, purchase price, purchasers (name and residence), date of selection, and remarks. No shelf list has been prepared at this stage because of the complex arrangement of the volumes. Entries for the County of Camden in vol.3, for example, range from 1858-1861, while entries for Buller in the same volume cover 1861-1879. Because of the large number of counties in New South Wales, entries for all of them could not be contained in one volume. Thus, vol.4 contains entries for counties not represented in vol.3, but which were continued from vols.1 and 2. The first volume only (9/805A) contains an index to purchasers' names.(9/805A-815). 13 vols. Note: This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000, with amendments.

本批卷宗主要涉及待售标的，涵盖常规拍卖及拍卖后售卖的拍品。其中多数标的后续似乎已被撤拍。
1878年10月18日致所有王室土地代理人（Crown Land Agents）的通告（粘贴于首卷卷首）明确要求：所有拍卖中未获竞价的标的均需撤拍，且该指令适用于此前及后续的相关待售标的。
各卷按郡划分为若干章节，郡的排列无明显逻辑顺序。各郡下的条目按时间顺序编排，包含以下详细信息：公告日期、拍卖日期、拍品编号、标的位置、土地面积、每亩售价、总成交价、买受人（姓名及住址）、选定日期，以及备注。
鉴于本批卷宗的编排结构较为复杂，现阶段尚未编制馆藏架位清单。
例如，第3卷中卡姆登郡（Camden）的条目时间跨度为1858年至1861年，而同卷内巴勒郡（Buller）的条目则覆盖1861年至1879年。
由于新南威尔士州（New South Wales）下辖郡数量较多，单卷卷宗无法收录所有郡的相关条目。因此第4卷收录了第3卷未涵盖的郡的条目，这些郡的相关信息延续自第1、2卷。
仅首卷（编号9/805A）编制了买受人姓名索引，索引编号范围为9/805A-815。本批卷宗共计13卷。
备注：本描述摘编自《新南威尔士州档案馆简明指南（Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales）》2000年第3版，已做修订。