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Land Owners

Lands index [microform]
Perth : Library and Information Service of Western Australia, 199- . [929.3941 LAN]

Various records relating to land can be accessed through this microfiche index. It contains references to letters written to the Surveyor General from settlers regarding land, 1829-1880 (known as SDURs, which stands for Surveys Department Unofficial Received); letters from surveyors regarding settlers' land, 1829-1880 (known as SDSRs, which stands for Surveys Department Surveyors Received); letters from the Lands and Surveys Department to the Colonial Secretary (mainly), 1829-1877 (known as SDOs, which stands for Surveys Department Official Forwarded Letterbooks); and letters from the various Resident Magistrates relating to land in the Resident Magistrate's district or town (known as RMs, which stands for Resident Magistrate). Some material held by the Lands and Surveys Department (now Landgate) is also indexed.