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Series VPRS 14311
Register of Inward Correspondence, 'Y' Series
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Date Range: Series 1905 - ? 1927
  Series in Custody 1905 - 1917
  Contents 1905 - 1917
Public Access: Open
Location: North Melbourne
Format of Records: Physical
 
Agency which created this SeriesAgency which created this Series
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Date Range Agency Title Agency Number
1905 - ? 1927 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 the volume containing the date range for which information is required.

    For correspondence from a specific person or office, browse the alphabetical section corresponding with the name.

  • Function / Content
    This series is one of a number maintained in the Occupation Branch of the Department of Crown Lands and Survey after 1896 although this particular series was established only in 1905. It registers correspondence received relating to the occupation of Crown land by lease or by license in a number of Land Districts. For the whole period this series registered correspondence relating to the Seymour and Benalla Land Districts. At various periods it registered correspondence relating to the Echuca, Kerang and Bendigo Land Districts as well. This reflected changing working arrangements within the Branch in terms of responsibilities for a group of Land Districts by a team of clerical officers. This series was succeeded by the 'HO" series of correspondence which came to cover the whole Eastern Division of Victoria.

    Registrations consisted of the registered number (a sequential number with a Y prefix), the dates of the letter and of the entry, the name and address of the correspondent, a summary of the subject of the letter and how it was dealt with. This last entry was most usually the number of the file to which the piece of correspondence was attached or a reference to a District Land Office. (Many of these files are held by PROV in the series identified in the Series Controlled entry.) There may be within a registration, notations of the numbers of other pieces of correspondence received on the same subject denoted by a letter and a number.

  • Recordkeeping System
    Within the sequentially numbered register, divisions were made into alphabetical sections determined by the name of the correspondent. Thus, not all numbers within a register were allocated. Changes to a new volume were made when one or more of these alphabetical sections had been filled.
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1905 - ? 1911 Land Selection Files, sections 19 and 20, 1869 VPRS 625
1905 - ? 1911 Land Selection Files by Land District, Sections 19 and 20 Land Act 1869 VPRS 626
1905 - ? 1925 General Correspondence Files VPRS 989
1905 - ? 1927 Land Selection Files, by Land District, Section 49 Land Act 1869 VPRS 439
1905 - ? 1927 Land Selection and Occupation Files VPRS 440
1905 - ? 1927 Crown Land Occupation Files, Correspondence Series VPRS 441
1905 - ? 1927 Miscellaneous Land Selection and Occupation Files VPRS 444
1905 - ? 1927 Land Selection And Correspondence Files VPRS 5357
1905 - ? 1930 Miscellaneous Correspondence Files VPRS 1016
1905 - 1918 Land Selection Files, Section 31 Land Act 1869 VPRS 627
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Consignment Number Contents Date Range Public Access No. of Units
P0001 1905 - 1917 Open 3
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