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==Online Resources== | ==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] at | *[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($). | ||
*'''1787-1976''' | *{{FSC|248035|item|disp=Index to land grants pre 1820 of New South Wales}} at FamilySearch, images. | ||
*'''1788-1963''' | *'''1787-1976''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8822/ New South Wales, Australia, Miscellaneous Records, 1787-1976] - contains land and mortgage records, images ($) | ||
*'''1788-1856''' | *'''1788-1963''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5117/ New South Wales, Australia, Land Grants, 1788-1963] at Ancestry($), index & images. | ||
*'''1792-1867''' | *'''1788-1856''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1905 New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856] at Ancestry, index, browse, and images($). | ||
*'''1792-1826''' | *'''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($). | ||
*'''1794-1903''' | *'''1792-1826''' {{FSC|249520|item|disp=Index to deeds and grants for leases of land 1792-1826}} at FamilySearch, images. | ||
*'''1811-1870''' | *'''1794-1903''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4888 New South Wales, Australia, Surveyor General Field and Sketch Books, 1794-1903], index, browse, and images($). | ||
*'''1821-1937''' | *'''1811-1870''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8817/ New South Wales, Australia, Land Records, 1811-1870] at Ancestry($), index & images. | ||
*'''1822-1857''' | *'''1821-1937''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1785 New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Coroners' Inquests, 1821-1937], index, browse, and images($). | ||
*'''1826-1856''' - [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61481/ New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Letters, 1826-1856] at Ancestry - index | *'''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($). | ||
*'''1837-1846''' | *'''1826-1856''' - [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61481/ New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Letters, 1826-1856] at Ancestry - index & images ($) | ||
*'''1848-1868''' | *'''1837-1846''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1790/ New South Wales, Australia, Depasturing Licenses, 1837-1846] index & images - at Ancestry ($) | ||
*'''1859-1958''' | *'''1848-1868''' {{FSC|248057|item|disp=Rolls of conveyances 1848-1868}} at FamilySearch, images. | ||
*'''1906-1960''' | *'''1859-1958''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4882 New South Wales, Australia, Index to Deceased Estate Files, 1859-1958], index, browse, and images($). | ||
*'''1907-1936, 1951''' | *'''1900''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62688/ New South Wales, Australia, Yewens Directory of the Landholders, 1900] at Ancestry — index & images ($) | ||
*'''1916-1939''' | *'''1906-1960''' [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/new-south-wales-returned-soldiers-settlement-loan-files New South Wales, Returned Soldiers Settlement Loan Files 1906-1960], at Findmypast, index and transcription($). | ||
*'''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== | |||
*[https://mhnsw.au/guides/archives-resources-kit/ Archives Resources Kit (ARK)] - Contains most popular colonial records on microfilm and provides access to them | |||
''Land Records:''<br> | |||
:*Registers of depasturing licences, 1837-51 | |||
:*Indexes to land grants, 1788-1865, and selected registers | |||
*[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== | ==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=== | ===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. | *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. | ||
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*In addition to soldiers, nurses and female relatives of deceased soldiers were also able to apply for the scheme. | *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> | *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== | |||
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{{Place|Australia}} | {{Place|Australia}} | ||
[[Category:New South Wales, Australia]] | [[Category:New South Wales, Australia]] | ||