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NTRS 4786 Applications for mining leases, Central Australian register

Recording Agency:	Mines Branch [I], Head Office (638)
Date Range:	1929 - 1934
Access:	Agreement Pending
Location:	Alice Springs
Legacy Series Id:	F159

Function / Content

This series consists of files relating to applications for mining leases in the Alice Springs region (then known as Stuart). The locations include the Granites and Tanami goldfields as well as mining interests at Jervois Range copper mines and Harts Range mica mines. Included within the series are a number of applications regarding the substitution of name of applicant for a mining lease, extracts from the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette providing notification that mining leases have been approved by the Honorable the Minister for Home Affairs and refusals of lease application as notified by the Administrator. The Administrator also granted lease applications to applicants via lists provided to the relevant Warden. These Wardens include JC Lovegrove and PF Muldoon. The file relating to the Alice Springs lease application numbers 909-923 contains a note that all lease application were passed, by substitution of names, from James Thornton Beckett to Lowther Charles Hope on 20/06/1933.

Recordkeeping System

None

Recording Agency

Period	Title	Agency Id
1929 - 1934	Mines Branch [I], Head Office	638

Agency Responsible

Period	Title	Agency Id
1929 - 1939	Mines Branch [I], Head Office	638
1939 - 1968	Mines Branch [I], Alice Springs	635
1978 - 2001	Department of Mines and Energy	586
2016 - 2020	Department of Primary Industry and Resources	1290
2020 - ct	Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade	1408

Related Series

Transfer Date	Series	Series Id
1929 - 1934	Register of amalgamations and applications for mining leases	NTRS 4333

Consignments

Consignment Id	Number of Units	Contents Date Range	Public Access	Description
P0001	1	1929 - 1934	Agreement Pending