NRS-19129 | Register of returned soldiers group purchases [Gundagai Lands Office]

This register contains a summary record of all returned soldiers group purchases in the Land District of Gundagai, kept by the Gundagai Lands Office.This tenure was introduced in 1917 by the Returned Soldiers Settlement (Amendment) Act 1917 (Act No.24, 1917) for settlement groups of returned soldiers, under the Returned Soldiers Settlement Act, 1916 (Act No.21, 1916). It was a tenure by which a Crown grant was obtained after all conditions, including payment of purchase money, have been fulfilled. The settler was required to reside on the holding for the first five years, and to fence the external boundaries in the first three years. In 1943 legislation was passed enabling soldier’s group purchases to be converted in to group purchase leases (leases in perpetuity).The register records information such as the number of the application, the name and address of the applicant, date of application and time of receipt, description of the land, and the purpose for which the land is required. Also a deposit and survey fee, the annual rent and the gazetted number of the lease.

本登记册由冈代盖土地办公室（Gundagai Lands Office）保管，收录了冈代盖土地区内所有退役军人集体购地安置项目的汇总档案。该土地保有制度以1916年《退役军人安置法案》（1916年第21号法案）为依据，由1917年《退役军人安置（修订）法案》（1917年第24号法案）正式推出，面向退役军人安置群体实施。根据该制度，安置户需满足包括支付购地款在内的全部条件后，方可获得王室土地授予（Crown grant）。安置户需在前五年内常驻所持地块，并于前三年内完成地块外围边界的围栏修筑工作。1943年，相关立法获得通过，允许将退役军人集体购地权益转换为集体购地永久租赁权（leases in perpetuity，永久租期租赁）。本登记册所记录的信息涵盖：申请编号、申请人姓名与联系地址、申请日期及受理时间、土地详细概况、土地使用用途，此外还包括押金与测量费、年租金，以及租赁协议的官方公告编号。