State Records has published a standard and a functional specification to assist agencies in managing official records generated by their business systems.Management of Official Records in a Business System
The notes were compiled in the Chief Draftsman's Office during the 1940s to 1970s. They provide information on early purchasers and lessees of land and are arranged alphabetically by the name of the location.
The research notes may include all or some of the following details:
nomenclature
dates and brief history of the survey, proclamation and settlement of an area [see Example 1]
names of original and/or subsequent proprietors of land in the form of sections, allotments, occupation licences and/or leases
numbers of sections, pastoral leases or allotments in a given area