Sorrento Land & Property Records

Victoria Rate Books (1855-1963)

Books listing taxes assessed based on a property’s value. They typically listed occupant’s name, owner’s name, residence date and place, description, rate assessed, and sometimes occupation.

Victoria Trial Brief & Correspondence Registers (1837-1993)

An index to and images of 100,000s of documents including legal records, land records, surveys and various other government records.

Crown Land Licences in Victoria (1851-1855)

Records of occupants of crown land licences, includes name of holder, name of land, quantity of land, licence fee, assessment of livestock on the land and more.

Victoria Land Tax Register & Valuation (1888)

Details of several-thousand land owners in Victoria, including address, nature, class, valuation and taxable value.

New South Wales Government Gazettes (1853-1899)

Searchable editions of 149 gazettes published by the state. They contain various notices concerning government appointments, crimes, land transactions, missing persons, bankruptcies, estate and probate notices and various other matters.

New South Wales Land Grants (1788-1963)

An index to and images of a variety of land grants for New South Wales, Australia. The format of these records varies, as does the degree of information recorded. Details can include the date and location of the grant, description, name of the grantee, amount paid, and names of witnesses.

Pastoral Possessions of New South Wales (1889)

A directory of owners and leasers of pastoral land in the colony, including details of the land.

New South Wales Colonial Secretary's Papers (1788-1856)

Digital images of documents recording the colonial administration of NSW. Letters and records of various events make up the majority of the collections: petitions by convicts for sentence mitigation, marriage permission requests, character memorials for potential settlers, land grant or lease applications, official visit reports, information about court cases, and lists of assigned servants.

Returns of the Colony of New South Wales (1822-1857)

This is a collection of the colony’s records in the civil, economic, judicial, police, penal, medical, ecclesiastical, and educational establishments. There are 28 different record types that are included in some form over the 35 years. The returns also include a list of the officers in these areas. There wasn’t a compiled return in 1824, but every other year between 1822-1857 contains the full returns.

New South Wales Registers of Land Grants & Leases (1792-1867)

An index to and images of records detailing around 20,000 grants and leases of land by the colonial government.

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