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Soldier (Closer) settlement promotion files index 1913-1958

Entries

Name	Surname	Vendors Name	Vendors Surname	Estate		Land District	Start Date	End Date	CSP No	Previous System No
Colin Keith	STEWART	BUCKLEY J W	BUCKLEY	Glendowda Esate	Details	Gunnedah	1919-11-26	1920-10-26	1947	[10/13292]	Details
Ernest Vincent Roy	LEE	ELLIOTT George James	ELLIOTT	Elliotts Farm	Details	Lismore	1919-12-05	1924-05-16	1972	[10/13292]	Details
James Joseph	LOWE	HINES A H	HINES	Hines (4) Estate	Details	Cowra	1919-11-29	1921-04-21	1964	[10/13292]	Details
John Walton	RAVENSWOOD	WHITELEY Thomas	WHITELEY	Millbank Estate	Details	Bathurst	1919-12-11	1920-11-03	1969	[10/13292]	Details
John Stuart	GARDINER	WHITELEY Thomas	WHITELEY	Millbank Estate	Details	Bathurst	1919-12-11	1920-11-03	1969	[10/13292]	Details
Reginald Joseph	HEUSTON	GILL Arthur William	GILL	Gills Farm	Details	Warialda	1919-10-07	1920-09-17	2070	[10/13296]	Details
William Fitzroy H	MASTER	HOLMES Arthur Clement	HOLMES	Holmes (3) Estate	Details	Warialda	1919-10-09	1921-02-23	2059	[10/13296]	Details
Patrick Joseph	CLANCY	EDWARDS Thomas Dill	EDWARDS	Edwards (6) Estate	Details	Urana	1920-01-06	1921-11-22	2326	[10/13307]	Details
George Henry	STAIN	MCKEOWN William (Jnr)	MCKEOWN	McKeowns Estate	Details	Parkes	1920-01-09	1922-12-24	2256	[10/13303]	Details
Thomas	HART	TOMLINSON Albert	TOMLINSON	Tomlinsons Estate	Details	Narrabri	1919-12-01	1920-08-06	1950	[10/13292]	Details

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This index will be of interest to those researching the transfer of land ownership originally obtained under the Closer Settlement and Returned Soldiers schemes. It records: name of applicant and vendor, name of estate, land district and Closer Settlement Promotion number.

Record series in the index: NRS 8052 (the first 136 of 370 boxes [10/13227-13359, 10/37101-37103] have been indexed)
Entries in the index: 4,300+
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A note about the records

The record series was created under the Closer Settlement Promotion Act, 1910 (Act No 17, 1910). Closer Settlement expanded from a scheme that used Crown Lands only to one that included land held in private hands. The files record the details of the purchase and subsequent dealings between the vendor and purchaser, and the Department of Lands.

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Soldier (Closer) settlement promotion files index 1913-1958

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