Geelong District: select land files from various VPRS at PROV


Source of Index	Pam Jennings and Geelong region volunteers
Source and/or Location of Records	Geelong District: select files relevant to the Geelong region from different land file records Public Record Office Victoria, North Melbourne VPRS 625, 626, 13117 [various]
Explanation of Fields	NAME: Name of land applicant / lessee / owner DATE: relevant to file PLACE: Location of land COMMENT: may include allotment number etc REFERENCE: VPRS number, UNIT number and possibly file number
Completed Index?	NO - ongoing project
Number of entries	Updated: 8th February 2010 175 entries
More Information?	View the relevant files [VPRS nnn] at the Public Record Office Victoria. These land files contain wonderful information concerning those who applied to lease the land, pay the rent and eventually own it outright. In many cases the rent was not able to be paid and someone else then took over the land. The files may contain: maps showing the land in question and adjoining owners crops being grown date of selection reasons for not paying the lease letters from adjoining owners
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