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'''Alienation''' is the term used to describe '''the passing of land from the government to an individual on a permanent basis (i.e., free grants or sales)'''. Licenses and leases allowed the government to come back and possess the land at a future date. | '''Alienation''' is the term used to describe '''the passing of land from the government to an individual on a permanent basis (i.e., free grants or sales)'''. Licenses and leases allowed the government to come back and possess the land at a future date. | ||
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*'''Crown Land Grants: 1788–1831'''. A grant gave, without compensation, an individual or company a parcel of land for private use. Some land grants required that the land be improved within a certain time period. These grants from the Crown are the '''most valuable records to use when searching for early settlers'''. All grants, from the first one recorded in 1790 to the time when free grants were halted in 1831, are held in the '''Lands Title Office in New South Wales'''. These records generally give the grantee’s name and occupation and identify the land being granted. Other records relating to grants are military volunteer land grants, lists of occupants of Crown lands, land orders, and registers. | *'''Crown Land Grants: 1788–1831'''. A grant gave, without compensation, an individual or company a parcel of land for private use. Some land grants required that the land be improved within a certain time period. These grants from the Crown are the '''most valuable records to use when searching for early settlers'''. All grants, from the first one recorded in 1790 to the time when free grants were halted in 1831, are held in the '''Lands Title Office in New South Wales'''. These records generally give the grantee’s name and occupation and identify the land being granted. Other records relating to grants are military volunteer land grants, lists of occupants of Crown lands, land orders, and registers. | ||
*'''Sales'''. In 1824 a new system was initiated that allowed the sale of Crown land to settlers. When land was passed from the Crown to an individual or from one individual to another, a document known as a deed was written to record the event. It listed both parties involved, their occupations, and places of residence. Early deeds are held in the '''Lands Title Office in New South Wales'''. Later deeds are held by individual state land titles offices. Other records available regarding sales of lands are registers, applications, description books, schedules of lands sold, memorials, and deeds for the transfer of land. | *'''Sales'''. In 1824 a new system was initiated that allowed the sale of Crown land to settlers. When land was passed from the Crown to an individual or from one individual to another, a document known as a deed was written to record the event. It listed both parties involved, their occupations, and places of residence. Early deeds are held in the '''Lands Title Office in New South Wales'''. Later deeds are held by individual state land titles offices. Other records available regarding sales of lands are registers, applications, description books, schedules of lands sold, memorials, and deeds for the transfer of land. | ||