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Series VPRS 14273
Register of Inward Correspondence, Beechworth Land District
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Date Range: Series 1874 - ? 1875
  Series in Custody 1874 - 1875
  Contents 1874 - 1875
Public Access: Open
Location: North Melbourne
Format of Records: Physical
 
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1874 - ? 1875 Department of Crown Lands and Survey VA 538
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2002 - cont Department of Sustainability and Environment VA 4554
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  • How to use the Records
    Consult the Consignment Details.

    For correspondence from specific persons, consult the relevant alphabetical category.

  • Function / Content
    This series consists of registers of inward correspondence maintained by the Occupation Branch of the Department of Crown Lands and Survey (VA 538) prior to the introduction of a new recordkeeping system for correspondence management for the whole Department in 1876 (see VPRS 166 Alphabetical Registers of Inwards Correspondence).

    It would appear that all correspondence relating to the occupation of Crown lands was forwarded to the Occupation Branch Registry. Here it was registered either in a general register (see VPRS 621) or in registers for a specific Land District. This series consists of the register for correspondence specific to the Beechworth Land District.

    Whether in a general or in a Land District register, details recorded were the number of the letter, the dates of the letter and of entry in the register, the name and address of the sender, a summary of the subject of the correspondence and how the matter was dealt with. A reference was given to the number of any other piece of correspondence or file to which the correspondence was attached.

    Matters dealt with in the correspondence were those relating to the making of applications for land, the process of dealing with a selection and ensuring that conditions were carried out, the performance of surveys and matters pertaining to hearings of Local Land Boards.

  • Recordkeeping System
    The system used was an alpha - numeric one. Each piece of correspondence was given a sequential number prior to final registration. Correspondence was then registered according to the initial letter of the correspondent's name with instructions being given at the front of a volume for how this was to be determined in certain specific cases. The already allocated number was used as the number identifying the piece of correspondence in the appropriate alphabetical section of the register whether it was a general one or one specific to a Land District.
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1874 - ? 1875 Inward Registered and Unregistered Correspondence VPRS 44
1874 - ? 1875 Land Selection Files, by Land District, Section 49 Land Act 1869 VPRS 439
1874 - ? 1875 Land Selection and Occupation Files VPRS 440
1874 - ? 1875 Miscellaneous Land Selection and Occupation Files VPRS 444
1874 - ? 1875 Land Selection Files by Land District, Sections 19 and 20 Land Act 1869 VPRS 626
1874 - ? 1875 Land Selection Files, Section 31 Land Act 1869 VPRS 627
1874 - ? 1875 Land Selection Files, Section 33, Land Act 1869 VPRS 629
1874 - ? 1875 General Correspondence Files VPRS 989
1874 - ? 1875 Miscellaneous Correspondence Files VPRS 1016
1874 - ? 1875 Land Selection And Correspondence Files VPRS 5357
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P0001 1874 - 1875 Open 1
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