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Online Resources[edit | edit source]

Pastoral Possessions Of New South Wales, index and transcription, ($).
New South Wales Ratepayers & Occupiers, index, ($).
Yewens Directory Landholders New South Wales, index, ($).
1787-1976 - New South Wales, Australia, Miscellaneous Records, 1787-1976 - contains land and mortgage records, images ($)
1826-1856 New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Letters, 1826-1856 at Ancestry - index and images ($)
1788-1856 - New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856, index, browse, and images, ($).
1792-1867 - New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Land Grants and Leases, 1792-1867, index, browse, and images, ($).
1794-1903 - New South Wales, Australia, Surveyor General Field and Sketch Books, 1794-1903, index, browse, and images, ($).
1811-1870 - New South Wales, Australia, Land Records, 1811-1870 at Ancestry, ($), index and images.
1818-1930 - New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930, index, browse, and images, ($).
1821-1937 - New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Coroners' Inquests, 1821-1937, index, browse, and images, ($).
1822-1857 - New South Wales, Australia, Returns of the Colony, 1822-1857, index, browse, and images, ($).
1859-1958 - New South Wales, Australia, Index to Deceased Estate Files, 1859-1958, index, browse, and images, ($).
1906-1960 - New South Wales, Returned Soldiers Settlement Loan Files 1906-1960, index and transcription, ($).
1907-1936, 1951 - New South Wales, Closer Settlement and Returned Soldiers Transfer Files 1907-1936 & 1951, index and transcription, ($).
1916-1939 - New South Wales, Returned Soldier Settlement Miscellaneous Files 1916-1939, index and transcription, ($).

Archive Resources Kit[edit | edit source]

Archive Resources Kit

Registers of depasturing licences, 1837-51

Indexes to land grants, 1788-1865, and selected registers

Community Access Points A list of libraries and archives which hold microcopies of the Archive Resource Kit records

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 ==Online Resources==
-*{{FSC|Australia, New South Wales - Land and property|subject|subject-id=578899177|disp='''New South Wales Land and Property Records'''}} at FamilySearch.
+*[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/pastoral-possessions-of-new-south-wales Pastoral Possessions Of New South Wales], index and transcription, ($).
-*[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/pastoral-possessions-of-new-south-wales Pastoral Possessions Of New South Wales] at Findmypast, index and transcription($).
+*[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/new-south-wales-ratepayers-and-occupiers New South Wales Ratepayers & Occupiers], index, ($).
-*[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/new-south-wales-ratepayers-and-occupiers New South Wales Ratepayers & Occupiers], index($).
+*[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/yewens-directory-landholders-new-south-wales Yewens Directory Landholders New South Wales], index, ($).
-*[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/yewens-directory-landholders-new-south-wales Yewens Directory Landholders New South Wales], index($).
+*'''1787-1976''' - [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8822/ New South Wales, Australia, Miscellaneous Records, 1787-1976] - contains land and mortgage records, images ($)
-*{{FSC|248035|item|disp=Index to land grants pre 1820 of New South Wales}} at FamilySearch, images.
+*'''1826-1856''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61481/ New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Letters, 1826-1856] at Ancestry - index and images ($)
-*'''1787-1976''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8822/ New South Wales, Australia, Miscellaneous Records, 1787-1976] - contains land and mortgage records, images ($)
+*'''1788-1856''' - [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1905 New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856], index, browse, and images, ($).
-*'''1788-1963''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5117/ New South Wales, Australia, Land Grants, 1788-1963] at Ancestry($), index & images.
+*'''1792-1867''' - [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1782 New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Land Grants and Leases, 1792-1867], index, browse, and images, ($).
-*'''1788-1856''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1905 New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856] at Ancestry, index, browse, and images($).
+*'''1794-1903''' - [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4888 New South Wales, Australia, Surveyor General Field and Sketch Books, 1794-1903], index, browse, and images, ($).
-*'''1792-1867''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1782 New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Land Grants and Leases, 1792-1867], index, browse, and images($).
+*'''1811-1870''' - [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8817/ New South Wales, Australia, Land Records, 1811-1870] at Ancestry, ($), index and images.
-*'''1792-1826''' {{FSC|249520|item|disp=Index to deeds and grants for leases of land 1792-1826}} at FamilySearch, images.
+*'''1818-1930''' - [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1783 New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930], index, browse, and images, ($).
-*'''1794-1903''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4888 New South Wales, Australia, Surveyor General Field and Sketch Books, 1794-1903], index, browse, and images($).
+*'''1821-1937''' - [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1785 New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Coroners' Inquests, 1821-1937], index, browse, and images, ($).
-*'''1811-1870''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8817/ New South Wales, Australia, Land Records, 1811-1870] at Ancestry($), index & images.
+*'''1822-1857''' - [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1737 New South Wales, Australia, Returns of the Colony, 1822-1857], index, browse, and images, ($).
-*'''1821-1937''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1785 New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Coroners' Inquests, 1821-1937], index, browse, and images($).
+*'''1859-1958''' - [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4882 New South Wales, Australia, Index to Deceased Estate Files, 1859-1958], index, browse, and images, ($).
-*'''1822-1857''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1737 New South Wales, Australia, Returns of the Colony, 1822-1857], index, browse, and images($).
+*'''1906-1960''' - [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/new-south-wales-returned-soldiers-settlement-loan-files New South Wales, Returned Soldiers Settlement Loan Files 1906-1960], index and transcription, ($).
-*'''1826-1856''' -  [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61481/ New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Letters, 1826-1856] at Ancestry - index & images ($)
+*'''1907-1936, 1951''' - [https://www.findmypast.com/military-records/?ds_kid=43700029751096876&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIm4j-87nl4AIVdSCtBh1oTAd_EAAYASAEEgLbz_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds New South Wales, Closer Settlement and Returned Soldiers Transfer Files 1907-1936 & 1951], index and transcription, ($).
-*'''1837-1846''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1790/ New South Wales, Australia, Depasturing Licenses, 1837-1846] index & images - at Ancestry ($)
+*'''1916-1939''' - [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/new-south-wales-returned-soldier-settlement-miscellaneous-files-1916-1939 New South Wales, Returned Soldier Settlement Miscellaneous Files 1916-1939], index and transcription, ($).
-*'''1848-1868''' {{FSC|248057|item|disp=Rolls of conveyances 1848-1868}} at FamilySearch, images.
-*'''1859-1958''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4882 New South Wales, Australia, Index to Deceased Estate Files, 1859-1958], index, browse, and images($).
-*'''1900''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62688/ New South Wales, Australia, Yewens Directory of the Landholders, 1900] at Ancestry — index & images ($)
-*'''1906-1960''' [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/new-south-wales-returned-soldiers-settlement-loan-files New South Wales, Returned Soldiers Settlement Loan Files 1906-1960], at Findmypast, index and transcription($).
-*'''1907-1936, 1951''' [https://www.findmypast.com/military-records/?ds_kid=43700029751096876&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIm4j-87nl4AIVdSCtBh1oTAd_EAAYASAEEgLbz_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds New South Wales, Closer Settlement and Returned Soldiers Transfer Files 1907-1936 & 1951], index and transcription($).
-*'''1916-1939''' [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/new-south-wales-returned-soldier-settlement-miscellaneous-files-1916-1939 New South Wales, Returned Soldier Settlement Miscellaneous Files 1916-1939] at Findmypast, index and transcription($).
-==Access to State Archives Land Records - ARK==
+==Archive Resources Kit==
-*[https://mhnsw.au/guides/archives-resources-kit/ Archives Resources Kit (ARK)] - Contains most popular colonial records on microfilm and provides access to them
+*[https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections-and-research/guides-and-indexes/archives-resources-kit-ark '''Archive Resources Kit''']
-''Land Records:''<br>
+::Registers of depasturing licences, 1837-51
-:*Registers of depasturing licences, 1837-51
+::Indexes to land grants, 1788-1865, and selected registers
-:*Indexes to land grants, 1788-1865, and selected registers
+*[https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections-and-research/guides-and-indexes/community-access-points-0 '''Community Access Points'''] A list of libraries and archives which hold microcopies of the Archive Resource Kit records<br>
-*[https://mhnsw.au/guides/archives-resources-kit/ List of All Records Available]
-*[https://mhnsw.au/guides/community-access-points/ Community Access Points] - A list of over 40 libraries and archives which hold microcopies of the Archive Resource Kit records.<ref>"Archive Resource Kit," New South Wales State Archives and Records, https://mhnsw.au/guides/archives-resources-kit/, accessed 1 April 2025.</ref><br>
-==Background==
-*The present State of New South Wales remains divided into 141 counties each with an area of about 40 square miles (the original survey measure). In turn, these are subdivided into 7,459 parishes.
-*These counties and parishes have significance for land ownership records and in legislative instruments but have almost none of the other significance that an English county or parish had and has.
-===Land Grants===
-*Governor Phillip, in 25 April 1787, was empowered to grant land to '''emancipists'''. Each male was entitled to 30 acres, an additional 20 acres if married, and 10 acres for each child with him in the settlement at the time of the grant.
-*To encourage free settlers to the colony, Phillip received additional Instructions dated 20 August 1789 entitling '''non-commissioned Marine officers''' to 100 acres and privates to 50 acres, over and above the quantity allowed to convicts.
-*Other settlers coming to the colony were also to be given grants.
-*In 1825, the sale of land by private tender began.
-*In a despatch dated 9 January 1831, Viscount Goderich instructed that no more free grants (except those already promised) be given. All land was thenceforth to be sold at public auction. <ref>"New South Wales, Australia, Land Grants, 1788-1963", at Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5117/, accessed 8 March 2022.</ref>
-===Depasturing Licenses===
-Settlers were permitted to occupy Crown lands for grazing purposes if they obtained a license that could be renewed annually. The first of these licenses was the Ticket of Occupation, which was granted in about 1820. These licenses gave owners rights to grazing land within two miles of their residence. Later, depasturing licenses gave owners rights to the vacant Crown lands beyond the limits of the owners’ homes. (Today, depasturing licenses can be used as census substitutes.) The applications for depasturing licenses list:
-*Name
-*Trade or calling
-*Residence
-*Land applied for
-*Marital status
-*Number of children
-*Name and condition of the person under whom stock are to be placed
-*Real or personal estate possessed by applicant
-Licensing impacted not only the grazing industry, but the mining industry as well. Mining licenses began with the gold rush in 1851. Mining is still licensed today.
-===Soldier Settlement===
-*Soldier settlement, also known as the '''Soldier Settlement Scheme or Soldiers Settlement Scheme''', administered by the Soldier Settlement Commission, was the settlement of land throughout parts of Australia by returning discharged soldiers under schemes administered by the state governments after World War I and World War II.
-*By 1924, 23.2 million acres (93,900 km²) had been allotted 23,367 farms across Australia.
-*Other than supporting soldiers and sailors that were returning from those wars, the various governments also saw the opportunity of attracting both Australians and specific groups of allied service personnel to some of the otherwise little inhabited, remote areas of Australia.
-*The states took responsibility for land settlement and thus enacted separate soldier settlement schemes.
-*In addition to soldiers, nurses and female relatives of deceased soldiers were also able to apply for the scheme.
-*The procedure of supporting such soldiers was repeated after World War II with all Australian state governments.<ref>"Soldier settlement (Australia)", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldier_settlement_(Australia), accessed 8 March 2022.</ref>
-==For Further Reading==
-===FamilySearch Library===
-Additional sources are listed in the '''FamilySearch Catalog:'''
-*{{FSC|Australia, New South Wales - Land and property|subject|subject-id=578899177|disp=Australia, New South Wales - Land and property}}
-*{{FSC|Australia, New South Wales - Land and property - Indexes|subject|subject-id=1964957322|disp=Australia, New South Wales - Land and property - Indexes}}
-==References==
-<references/>
 {{Place|Australia}}
 [[Category:New South Wales, Australia]]