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NTRS 3626 Pastoral permits

Recording Agency:Land Office (aka Crown Lands Office/Survey Department etc) (619); Survey Department (686); Lands and Survey Department [I] (623); Lands and Mines Department (621)
Date Range:1902 - 1922
Access:Agreement Pending
Location:Darwin (NTAC)
Legacy Series Id:F199

Function / Content

This series consists of Northern Territory pastoral permits. These permits are indentures which cover the tenancy of Crown Lands and an attached schedule showing the area and location of the permit. A permit to occupy was a permission to occupy or use a specified parcel of unallocated Commonwealth land for twelve months. It did not allow for exclusive possession of the land and could not be transferred, sublet or mortgaged. A file may contain more than one permit relating to the same holding where there have been renewals of existing permits or a change in permit holders. The permits relate to some of the earliest and noteworthy pastoral holdings, including Victoria River Downs (Unit 1, PP 22), Delamere Downs (Unit 1, PP 53), and Auvergne (Unit 2, PP 82). Also included are permits obtained by Bovril Limited, one of the giants of the British meat industry, for Victoria River Downs, estimated to be the world's biggest cattle run at the time, and several other holdings (Unit 1, PP 6, PP 17; Unit 5, PP 253, PP 279).

Recordkeeping System

Numeric with PP (pastoral permit) prefix.

Recording Agency

PeriodTitleAgency Id
1902 - 1912Land Office (aka Crown Lands Office/Survey Department etc)619
1912 - 1914Survey Department686
1914 - 1921Lands and Survey Department [I]623
1921 - 1922Lands and Mines Department621

Agency Responsible

PeriodTitleAgency Id
1902 - 1912Land Office (aka Crown Lands Office/Survey Department etc)619
1912 - 1914Survey Department686
1914 - 1921Lands and Survey Department [I]623
1921 - 1925Lands and Mines Department621
1925 - 1931Lands and Survey Department [II]624
1931 - 1972Lands and Survey Branch622
1972 - 1978Lands Branch625
1978 - 1980Department of Lands and Housing [I]580
2016 - 2020Department of Environment and Natural Resources1292

Related Series

Transfer DateSeriesSeries Id
1916 - 1922Pastoral Permit cardsNTRS 3968

Consignments

Consignment IdNumber of UnitsContents Date RangePublic AccessDescription
P000161902 - 1922Agreement Pending