Databases and Indexes

• Shire of Colac Rate Books.  This is the beginning of a new joint project of the Colac & District Family History Group and the Colac & District Historical Society.  Rate Books can be viewed in person in the CDFHG or CDHS rooms - see "More information?" below.
• The Rate Books are also available at the Geelong Heritage Centre.
• GRS 1393

• NAME: Name of occupier and/or owner
• DATE: Year of rate books
• PLACE: Parish where property is located
• COMMENT: Owner, occupier or both
• REFERENCE: Page number on which the entry appears for the relevant year.  NOTE: this is the Acrobat file page number from the digital files and not the printed page number.

• 21,368 entries [1863-64, 1864-65, 1865-66, 1866-67, 1867-68, 1868-69, 1869-70, 1870-71, 1875-76, 1880-81, 1885-86, 1890-91, 1896-97, 1905-06 indexed]

NOTE: Indexes will include all rate books to 1870-71 inclusive then approximately every 5 years from 1875-76