Queensland Land and Property

Online Resources

 * Queensland Land Records at Findmypast, Index ($)
 * 1842-1859 Register of land sold 1842-1859, index. Also at Findmypast ($)
 * 1842-1895 Queensland, Australia, Property Indexes at Ancestry; index only ($)
 * 1848-1874 Transfer of runs 1848-1874, index
 * 1849-1861 Lands sold 1849-1861, index.
 * 1860-1911 Rents payable on pastoral runs 1860-1911, index.
 * 1861-1874 Queensland Land Orders 1861-1874 at Findmypast, Index ($)
 * 1861-1868 Register of lands 1861-1868, index.
 * 1863-1880 Pastoral holdings 1863-1880, index.
 * 1865-1866 Land orders 1865-1866, index.
 * 1868-1885 Applications by selectors 1868-1885, index.
 * 1885-1908 Lessees of agricultural and Grazing Farms 1885-1908, index.
 * 1903-1910 Queensland, Australia, Government Gazettes at Ancestry; images only ($)
 * 1917-1929 Soldier Settlement ledgers 1917 to 1929, index.

New South Wales Records Including Queensland Until 1859

 * New South Wales Land and Property Records at FamilySearch.
 * Pastoral Possessions Of New South Wales at Findmypast, index and transcription($).
 * New South Wales Ratepayers & Occupiers, index($).
 * Yewens Directory Landholders New South Wales, index($).
 * Index to land grants pre 1820 of New South Wales at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1787-1976 New South Wales, Australia, Miscellaneous Records, 1787-1976 - contains land and mortgage records, images ($)
 * 1788-1963 New South Wales, Australia, Land Grants, 1788-1963 at Ancestry($), index and images.
 * 1788-1856 New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856 at Ancestry, index, browse, and images($).
 * 1792-1867 New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Land Grants and Leases, 1792-1867, index, browse, and images($).
 * 1792-1826 Index to deeds and grants for leases of land 1792-1826 at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1794-1903 New South Wales, Australia, Surveyor General Field and Sketch Books, 1794-1903, index, browse, and images($).
 * 1811-1870 New South Wales, Australia, Land Records, 1811-1870 at Ancestry($), index and images.
 * 1821-1937 New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Coroners' Inquests, 1821-1937, index, browse, and images($).
 * 1822-1857 New South Wales, Australia, Returns of the Colony, 1822-1857, index, browse, and images($).
 * 1826-1856 - New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Letters, 1826-1856 at Ancestry - index and images ($)
 * 1837-1846 New South Wales, Australia, Depasturing Licenses, 1837-1846 index and images - at Ancestry ($)
 * 1848-1868 Rolls of conveyances 1848-1868 at FamilySearch, images.

Research Guides

 * Government Building Records
 * History of Your House
 * Land Codes
 * Maps including cadastral maps, topographic maps, survey plans and thematic maps]


 * Soldier Settlement
 * Alienation and sale of Crown lands
 * Land tenure records
 * Land Agent Records
 * Special leases
 * Occupational licence records
 * 1855-- Land agents’ records
 * 1866-1918 Town Commons files from 1866 to 1918
 * 1868-- Land exchanges and commonwealth acquisitions from 1868

Archive Resources Kit, New South Wales Including Queensland Prior to 1851

 * Archive Resources Kit
 * Registers of depasturing licences, 1837-51
 * Indexes to land grants, 1788-1865, and selected registers

"The ARK is held by 40 community access points across NSW. The majority of access points are libraries. The ARK consists of microfilm copies of our most popular and heavily used colonial records. Included are records relating to convict arrivals, assisted immigrants, births, deaths and marriages, publicans' licences, electoral rolls, naturalisation, returns of the colony ('Blue Books'), land grants, and the wide range of functions of the Colonial Secretary (1788-1825). You may find that the ARK (or parts of it) are held at a library near you."
 * Community Access Points A list of libraries and archives which hold microcopies of the Archive Resource Kit records

Land Records
Land records are primarily used to learn where and when an individual lived in a specific area. They often reveal other family information, such as the individual’s spouse, heirs, other relatives, or neighbors. You may learn where an individual lived previously, about his or her occupation, and about other clues that may help with further research.

Soldier Settlement

 * Soldier settlement, also known as the Soldier Settlement Scheme or Soldiers Settlement Scheme, administered by the Soldier Settlement Commission, was the settlement of land throughout parts of Australia by returning discharged soldiers under schemes administered by the state governments after World War I and World War II.
 * By 1924, 23.2 million acres (93,900 km²) had been allotted 23,367 farms across Australia.
 * Other than supporting soldiers and sailors that were returning from those wars, the various governments also saw the opportunity of attracting both Australians and specific groups of allied service personnel to some of the otherwise little inhabited, remote areas of Australia.
 * The states took responsibility for land settlement and thus enacted separate soldier settlement schemes.
 * In addition to soldiers, nurses and female relatives of deceased soldiers were also able to apply for the scheme.
 * The procedure of supporting such soldiers was repeated after World War II with all Australian state governments.