Cover image for Register of Applications to Purchase Second Class Land under S24(2) of the Crown Lands Act 1911.
Series:
Register of Applications to Purchase Second Class Land under S24(2) of the Crown Lands Act 1911.
Series Number:
Access:
Open
Start Date:
01 Jan 1912
End Date:
11 Oct 1954
Creating Agency:
01 Jan 180423 Dec 1970
Series notes:
The Crown Lands Act of 1911, was an act for regulating the sale and disposal of crown land in Tasmania. Section 24 of the Act specified the conditions around who could select land and detailed the terms governing the purchase of the land. Land was categorised according to it's value, with second class land defined as land valued at less than one pound per acre and not less than ten shillings per acre. The registers list the name and address of the purchaser of the land, the situation and area of the land, the date of contract, the purchase amount, deposit amount and instalments paid. This register also refers to an Application number which can be found in LSD11O.

These records are part of the holdings of the Tasmanian Archives
System of Arrangement:
This series is comprised of three registers.
Items: