NRS-16614 | Correspondence about the Resumption of Land from Commissioner Rae

This consists of correspondence between Commissioner John Rae and railway officials concerning compensation for the resumption of land belonging to him between Valley Heights and Springwood, required for the construction of the Great Western Line. Included with the correspondence are tracings showing various sections of land and roadway to be resumed, land purchase receipts and transfers, and a notification schedule detailing the extent and exact location of land belonging to John Rae, and to James Lawson, to be resumed under the Public Works Act 1888.Also included is a letter dated 1880 regarding the inheritance and distribution within the family of shares in the Bank of NSW, and copies of receipts for the purchase of property by John Rae in Sussex Street, Sydney, in August 1878.Custody History From 1955 until 2000 the State Rail Authority of New South Wales maintained an ‘in house archives’ consisting of the archival records of the Authority, its predecessor agencies and the private railway companies taken over by the government. The date ranges of the records were from 1849 until 2000. When the decision was made to close the ‘State Rail Archives’ the parts of the collection that were required as State archives were transferred to the State Records Authority of NSW. Those record series were incorporated into the State Records series system of archives control and were re-numbered.This series was formerly part of the State Rail Archives collection where it was identified as series R224. It may have been viewed in the State Rail Archives as series R224 and could have been previously cited as such in notes by researchers at State Rail Archives or in publications or unpublished works.

本数据集收录约翰·雷专员（Commissioner John Rae）与铁路官员之间的往来函件，主题为大西部铁路线（Great Western Line）建设所需的、坐落于谷顶高地（Valley Heights）与斯普林伍德（Springwood）之间的约翰·雷自有土地征收补偿相关事宜。随函件一并归档的材料包括：拟征收土地与道路的各路段测绘图、土地购置收据及转让文书，以及一份征收通知清单，该清单详细列明了依据1888年《公共工程法》（Public Works Act 1888）需征收的约翰·雷与詹姆斯·劳森（James Lawson）名下土地的范围及精确位置。此外还包含一封1880年的信函，内容涉及新南威尔士银行（Bank of NSW）股份的家族继承与分配，以及1878年8月约翰·雷在悉尼萨塞克斯街（Sussex Street）购置房产的收据副本。

保管历史：1955年至2000年，新南威尔士州铁路管理局（State Rail Authority of New South Wales）维护了一套内部档案馆藏，馆藏涵盖该局、其前身机构及政府接管的私营铁路公司的档案记录，记录时间跨度为1849年至2000年。当新南威尔士州决定关闭州铁路档案馆（State Rail Archives）时，符合州档案留存要求的馆藏部分被移交至新南威尔士州档案管理局（State Records Authority of NSW）。此类档案系列被纳入州档案管理体系，并重新进行编号。

本档案系列原隶属于州铁路档案馆馆藏，当时编号为R224系列；该馆藏曾以R224系列的形式对外查阅，且可能曾被州铁路档案馆的研究人员在笔记、出版物或未刊作品中以此编号标注引用。