NRS-19581 | Crown Lands Index Cards [Balranald Land Office]

The series consists of Crown Lands Index Cards for the Balranald Lands Office.These cards provided an index to the Crown Lands Tenure Cards for the Balranald Lands Office. Those cards included a large number of types of tenures, including: Road Permits; Crown Lease; Settlement Lease; After Auction Purchase; Conditional Lease; Special Lease; Conditional Purchase Lease; Annual Lease; Settlement Purchase Lease; Permissive Occupancy; Conditional Purchase; Homestead Selection; Suburban Holding; Closer Settlement Lease; and Homestead Farm.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 of the landholder and the tenure number of the land, eg. CP26/765. Other information that may be found on the index card is the landholder's address, a reference number to a relevant Land Board file (LB papers), other tenures held by that landholder, and other selectors of that land.Endnotes1. NSW State Archives file 08/0624 D18/23504.

本数据集包含巴拉伦德土地办公室（Balranald Lands Office）的王室土地索引卡（Crown Lands Index Cards）。此类卡片作为巴拉伦德土地办公室王室土地保有权证卡（Crown Lands Tenure Cards）的索引载体。该类权证卡涵盖多种土地保有类型，具体包括：道路许可、王室租赁、安置租赁、拍卖后购置、附条件租赁、特殊租赁、附条件购置租赁、年度租赁、安置购置租赁、许可占用、附条件购置、宅地选定、郊区地块、密集安置租赁及宅地农场。

1861年，《1861年王室土地占用法》（Crown Lands Occupation Act, 1861，25 Vic. No.2）对王室土地管理体系进行改革，允许王室土地对外租赁。该法案对王室土地的占用、管理及后续转让作出了规范。

王室土地保有信息最初按保有类型分类登记于登记簿中。1936年起，各地区办公室停止使用登记簿，转而创建按区域划分的卡片档案。随后各地区办公室会将相关信息上报总办公室，由总办公室为所有辖区制作一套完整的权证卡副本（NRS 18096）。(1)

索引卡上的信息内容各有差异，但通常会记录土地持有人姓名及土地保有编号，例如CP26/765。索引卡上还可能包含以下信息：土地持有人地址、相关土地委员会档案（LB papers）的参照编号、该持有人持有的其他土地保有权证，以及该地块的其他土地申请人。

注释1. 新南威尔士州档案馆档案08/0624 D18/23504。