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NTRS 3738 Township survey diagram books

Recording Agency:Surveyor-General's Department (1262); Land Office (aka Crown Lands Office/Survey Department etc) (619)
Date Range:1869 - 1898
Access:Open
Location:Darwin (NTAC)
Legacy Series Id:

How to Use the Records

An index page is incuded in the front of the first volume, which records the description and page number of the diagram. The original records are closed to access for preservation reasons. Reference copies in plan format are in NTRS 3997.

Function / Content

This series consists of registers of township survey diagram drawings for the Northern Territory. The diagrams record the survey details for the area or portion of land with references to adjoining locations and portions. The township name is recorded, and the NT drawing number. The drawings are certified and dated by a surveyor, and some include gazette references. Most diagrams include a reference table which refers to the relevant surveyor's field book no, and pages, the date the land was offered, the number and area of sections, descripion and locality, and includes the total area of sections, roads and reserves. A table of improvements it included. The drawings scale is in chains per inch. Some diagrams are drawn in colour and depict types of vegetation and location of geographic land masses and water courses.

Recordkeeping System

Numerical

Recording Agency

PeriodTitleAgency Id
1869 - 1869Surveyor-General's Department1262
1869 - 1898Land Office (aka Crown Lands Office/Survey Department etc)619

Agency Responsible

PeriodTitleAgency Id
1869 - 1869Surveyor-General's Department1262
1869 - 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 - 1975Department of Services and Property, Northern Territory Branch592
1975 - 1978Department of Administrative Services, Northern Territory Office1261
1978 - 1980Department of Lands and Housing [I]580
2016 - ctDepartment of Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics1296

Subsequent Series

Transfer DateSeriesSeries Id
- 1869Township survey diagram booksNTRS 3997
- 1869Survey Diagram (DIA) series plans [copies]NTRS 3995

Related Series

Transfer DateSeriesSeries Id
1869 - 1898Survey Diagram (DIA) series plansNTRS 4031
1869 - 1898Survey diagram booksNTRS 3737
1869 - 1898Township survey diagram booksNTRS 3997

Consignments

Consignment IdNumber of UnitsContents Date RangePublic AccessDescription
P000121869 - 1898OpenReference copy to be provided if original record cannot be used for preservation reasons.