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VPRS 16981 Level Control Book
No full textThis is a series of Level Control Books for St Arnaud Sewerage Authority (VA 2031). It is unclear what the relationship of this series is to the series of Level Books located in VPRS 16980. Further research is required on the relationship.<br/><br/>Survey books are used by surveyors in the field to survey allotments (Field Books) and water levels / tables (Level Books). Each page contains drawings, plots and/or annotations showing angles and distances from guide points and (in some cases) the outline and details of subdivisions and constructions thereon.<br/><br/>Information from survey books is used to draw up plans to plot water, sewerage and drainage works.<br/><br/>Familiarity with survey techniques is necessary to make full use of these records
VPRS 13985 Register of Bush Fire and Flood Relief Loans Repayments
No full textAfter bushfires in 1898 and 1901 and floods in 1900, lessees of Crown land were able to apply for relief funds to remedy the damage caused. This relief could be in the form of grass seed (for the regeneration of pastures), wire (for the replacement of fencing) or building materials. Applications for this assistance are registered in VPRS 13957.<br/><br/>This series records the repayments made by successful applicants for this assistance. Details given are the number and name, the location and extent of the land and where the application for relief was handled along with with the date of the mortgage or lien taken on their property. The type of relief is listed being orders for grass seed or fencing or building materials for both fire and flood and the additional category of animals for flood relief. Repayments of interest and principal are recorded as well as the payment of fees and the date of the discharge of the mortgage or lien
VPRS 8940 Newspaper Cutting Books : Lord Mayor and Councillors (MCC 357)
No full textNewspaper Cutting Books : Lord Mayor and Councillors (MCC 357
VPRS 11840 Court of Petty Sessions, Adoption Case Files
No full textThe adoption of children was first regulated by legislation with the commencement of the Adoption of Children Act 1928. This Act established adoption as a legal transfer of custody and of parental responsibility, and gave responsibility for making adoption orders to the courts. Prior to this time, adoptions were informal arrangements often made by private infants' homes.<br/><br/>Under the 1928 Act an adoption application could be heard by the Supreme Court, County Court or Court of Petty Sessions. The choice of court depended upon the circumstances of the case and the wishes of the parties:<br/><br/>* The Supreme Court could grant an adoption order in any circumstance<br/><br/>* The County Court could grant an adoption order in any circumstance if the applicant(s) (ie the prospective adoptive parent(s)) chose to use this avenue<br/><br/>* The Court of Petty Sessions closest to where either the applicant(s) or the child resided could grant an adoption order if several parties gave their written consent to the adoption, namely:<br/>- The child's natural parent(s) or guardian(s)<br/>- The person having custody of the child<br/>- Any person liable to contribute to the support of the child<br/>- Where the applicant was married, the applicant's spouse.<br/><br/>If the consent of any of these persons could not be obtained in writing, a higher court had to be used.<br/><br/>This system remained in place until the passing of the Adoption of Children Act 1958 which removed the jurisdiction of the Court of Petty Sessions to grant adoption orders. Since that time the County and Supreme Courts have had the power to grant adoption orders, although in practice most have been granted by the County Court.<br/><br/>This series consists of applications for adoptions heard at the Court of Petty Session
VPRS 7352 Petty Sessions Register, Epping Court (Microfilm Copy of VPRS 7178)
No full textPetty Sessions Register, Epping Court (Microfilm Copy of VPRS 7178
VPRS 1065 Catalogue of Books for Circulation
No full text4 volumes - 1 has 'add-in' pages and several bundles of loose papers within.<br/><br/>This series was originally transferred to archives with minimal documentation which has not been evaluated. All information currently available to PROV has been incorporated into this series registration. This registration will be updated when further research is subsequently undertaken
VPRS 11805 Latrobe Valley Property Management Reports
No full textThis series consists of Property Group reports relating to the management of Latrobe Valley property owned by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV). The Property Group was the division of the SECV, Office of the Administrator and was responsible for the management and the sale of remaining SECV property.<br/><br/>The reports include: monthly summary operational reports for vacant properties/industrial properties; summary financial reports; bushfire mitigation; copies of periodic reports from R.R. & H.C. Jolly Real Estate Pty Ltd, the SECV's land management agent; monthly report on property sales; copies of relevant newspaper articles; copies of invoices and summary rental payment details
VPRS 17093 Photographic Prints and B & W Negatives, Subject Headings, SECV Latrobe Valley Photo Collection
No full textThe SECV Latrobe Valley Photographic collection began in the 1920s with photographs taken of the progress of construction of the Yallourn Township, Power Station and Briquette Factory. It continued on a part-time basis until after World War II and eventually a full-time photographer was appointed and attached to the Yallourn Drawing Office. Between 1957 and 1961 the Morwell Project ran a separate photographic activity. 1962 saw the formation of the Latrobe Valley Region, which merged Yallourn and the Morwell Project. This resulted in the two photographic functions combining as part of the Yallourn Drawing Office.<br/><br/>In the 1990s, with the corporatisation, disaggregation and privatisation of the SECV, the photographic collection was allocated to PowerWorks, which was jointly owned by the three Latrobe Valley based generation companies. In late 2010 the collection was transferred back into SECV custody.<br/><br/>The collection is made up of:<br/><br/>- Photographic prints & and B & W negatives,<br/>- Photographs in albums,<br/>- Glass Plate negatives,<br/>- 35mm slides,<br/>- Indexes<br/><br/>This series comprises Black and White Photographs and Negatives, covering the period 1935 to 1965. The photographs and negatives are arranged into subject headings as follows:<br/><br/>-Township<br/>-Turbines<br/>-Coal Handling / Coal Winning<br/>-Ash Handling<br/>-General Equipment<br/>-Electrical<br/>-Briquetting<br/>-Lands and Buildings<br/>-Yallourn Open Cut<br/>-Yallourn North Open Cut<br/>-Circulating Water Plant<br/>-Transport<br/>-Workshops<br/>-General<br/>-Welfare<br/>-Boilers<br/>-Micrographs<br/>-Silk Screeen<br/>-Restricted<br/>-Vibrographs<br/>-Feed Water Plant<br/>-Weir<br/>-Copies<br/>-Numerical Index<br/><br/>The Main Subject Headings are in some instances broken down into Sub-Categories as follows:<br/><br/>Category:<br/>-Turbines<br/><br/>Sub-Category:<br/>-Turbine C1 No. 12<br/><br/>For photographic series from the SECV Head Office Photo Collection, refer to the inventory of series for SECV (VA 1002).<br/>
VPRS 13599 Rent Rolls, Benalla, Sections 19 and 20 Land Act 1869
No full textAll licenses for the occupation of Crown lands and leases of Crown lands required the payment of rent in amounts and at intervals as stated by legislation or regulations made under the authority of legislation. Rents could be paid either by post or personally to the Melbourne office of the Department of Crown Lands and Survey (VA 538) or to local Receivers and Paymasters as designated for each parish and Land District (subsequent to the formation of the Occupation Branch in c 1874). Receivers and Paymasters were often local Clerks of Courts.<br/><br/>Previous to the passage of the Land Act of 1869, the payment of rents had been recorded in Registers of Licensees and Lessees. These continued for Section 33 of the Land Act 1869 and at the offices of local Receivers and Paymasters. Within the Department of Crown Lands itself and the Occupation Branch these Registers were superseded by the Rent Rolls.<br/><br/>Details given in the rent rolls are the name of the licensee or lessee, the details of the location and size of the land, details of the payments of fees and of the date and amount of regular periodic payments of rent. Remarks include details of subsequent purchase of the land, of any transfers of leases or licenses to other holders and the subsequent payments made by those persons, any cancellation or revocation or instances of abandonment of the land by the occupier.<br/><br/>Notifications of rents due at a particular date were circulated by notice or by lists published in the Government Gazette. The latter allowed local officers to be aware of the rents due in their areas. When the rents were paid to these officers, the payments were recorded in the local records and returns forwarded to the Department. Examples of these records may be seen in VPRS 809 Returns of Pastoral Rents Received. At the Occupation Branch, clerks (the rent rollers) were employed whose sole duties were the updating and maintenance of the rent rolls and preparation of certificates documenting payments where these were to be credited against the purchase price of land. Originally from about 1877, a rent roll clerk was attached to each "District Land Office" within the Occupation Branch.<br/><br/>Rent rolls, like registers of applications, were arranged according to sections of a specific Land Act. For major provisions such as Sections 19 and 20 Land Act 1869 or Section 29 Land Act 1898 and Section 35 Land Act 1901, the rent roll recorded only payments relating to that section . Payments for obligations under other sections of the Land Acts could be included together in one roll. Separate rolls were kept for payments made in each Land District.<br/><br/>Under section 19 of the Land Act 1869 selectors could apply for a three-year licence to occupy Crown land. The rent was set at two shillings per acre and a maximum of 320 acres per selector was allowed. On application a deposit of half a years rent was paid. If the application was refused, the deposit was refunded. Section 20 of the Act placed conditions on the three-year licence; selectors were required to improve their allotment by the erection of fencing and a dwelling, cultivation of their land and the destruction of vermin and noxious weeds. After the licence term had expired, the selector was eligible to apply for a seven-year lease or a Crown Grant to purchase their allotment. Grants or leases were only approved if improvement conditions had been met. If a selector opted for a seven-year lease, the yearly rent was used to pay off the purchase price of the land.<br/><br/><br/>From late 1907 the Department of Crown Lands and Survey began changing to cards for its recordkeeping systems with the rent roll being reported as mainly on cards by 1917.<br/><br/>VPRS 13581 / P1 was previously registered as Units 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54 and 56 of VPRS 631 / P Rent Rolls
VPRS 943 Blue Books and Statistics
No full textSeries comprises statistical returns from government departments. The contents of the series changes over time as the functions of the Victorian Government become more complex, reports are received from other sources (for example from the Treasurer and the Commissioner of Trade and Customs), and agricultural and manufacturing statistics become far more significant for the developing colony.<br/><br/>At the commencement of the series in 1851 the series is known simply as Blue Books and consists of statistical returns from Government Departments for the benefit of the Colonial Office, the Governor, the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly.<br/><br/>Included are statistical returns for the following:<br/>- Taxes, duties, fees and other sources of revenue<br/>- Comparative yearly statements<br/>- Local revenues<br/>- Military expenditure<br/>- Public works<br/>- Legislation<br/>- Council and Assembly<br/>- Civil Establishment<br/>- Security for discharge of duties<br/>- Pensions<br/>- Recapitulation<br/>- Foreign Consuls<br/>- Population<br/>- Ecclesiastical Return<br/>- Education<br/>- Coins, Exchanges<br/>- Imports and Exports<br/>- Agriculture, Vineyards and Livestock<br/>- Manufactures<br/>- Grants of Land<br/>- Gaols and Prisons<br/>- Convictions<br/>- Criminals Executed<br/>- Postage<br/>- Litigation<br/>- Mortgages on Live stock<br/>- Mortgages on Land<br/><br/>By 1854 a return from charitable institutions had been added.<br/><br/>By 1855 the series evolved into a report from the Registrar General to both Houses of Parliament and became known as Blue Book and Statistics. Reports regarding revenue were omitted as revenue reports were to be presented by the Treasurer. The Blue Book section of the report included a list of Governors and Ministries since responsible government in 1855, the members of the Executive Council, Legislative Council, Legislative Assembly, and foreign consuls. Far greater emphasis began to be placed on agricultural statistics. The Statistics section of the report included a statistical report of:<br/>- Population<br/>- Lunatics<br/>- Postage<br/>- Churches<br/>- Agriculture by County<br/>- Livestock on Purchased Land by County<br/>- Mills<br/>- Mines<br/>- Live Stock Slaughtered<br/>- Criminals Executed<br/>- Mortgages on Land<br/>- Preferable liens on wool<br/>- Litigation<br/>- Convictions<br/><br/>By 1869 the return included the Blue Book section as described above and the statistics had been refined to focus on population, finance, law crime, accumulation, production, vital statistics births, deaths, diseases, hospitals and statistics on religious moral and intellectual progress.<br/><br/>By 1915 the series includes the Blue Book as described above. However by this stage the Blue Book also includes:<br/>- Chief officers of statutory bodies such as the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works, the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, and the State Savings Bank of Victoria;<br/>- Officers not under the Public Service Commissioner from the Crown Law Department, Department of Public Works, Department of the Hospitals for the Insane, Railway department and Police Department.<br/>It does not list officers under the Public Service Board. These officers are listed in the Government Gazette.<br/><br/>The statistics section focuses on :<br/>- Law, crime<br/>- Finance<br/>- Vital statistics (birth, death etc.)<br/>- Municipal statistics<br/>- Population<br/>- Accumulation<br/>- Social Conditions<br/>- Productio