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NTRS 4653 Applications for prospecting assistance, single number series

Recording Agency:Mines Branch [I], Tennant Creek (639)
Date Range:1936 - 1938
Access:Agreement Pending
Location:Alice Springs
Legacy Series Id:F175

Function / Content

This series consists of applications for prospecting assistance including receipts for reimbursement of monies and expenditure as well as related correspondence. The applications are recorded on an Application and Agreement for Grant for Prospecting purposes form in which the applicant has requested Commonwealth assistance, primarily in the form of rations and tools. The application includes the suggested itinerary for planned activities and a full statement of anticipated costs and expenses. This applications have been signed by the applicant/s and the relevant administrator. The final part of this form is the receipt where, if successful, the applicant has acknowledged and signed that they have received a listed amount. The receipts included vary throughout the files but contain itemised lists of supplies purchased from various suppliers including the Harold Williams General Store, Scanlon and Barton, J Troy Butcher, the Tennant Creek Trading Company and Standley and Williams General Storekeepers. Also included is letters sent within the Mines Branch relating to the application/acquittal of the application.

Recordkeeping System

Single number

Recording Agency

PeriodTitleAgency Id
1936 - 1938Mines Branch [I], Tennant Creek639

Agency Responsible

PeriodTitleAgency Id
1936 - 1968Mines Branch [I], Tennant Creek639
1968 - 1970Mines and Water Resources Branch, Tennant Creek1220
1970 - 1978Mines Branch [II], Tennant Creek1221
1978 - 2001Department of Mines and Energy586
2016 - 2020Department of Primary Industry and Resources1290
2020 - ctDepartment of Industry, Tourism and Trade1408

Consignments

Consignment IdNumber of UnitsContents Date RangePublic AccessDescription
P000111936 - 1938Agreement Pending