Contents
These are letters received from surveyors (1822-1855), and mostly relate to matters such as the survey description of farms, reserves, churches, schools, rivers and mountain ranges, or forwarding tracings and plans of these after survey.
- Record series in the index: NRS 13736
- Entries in the index: 10,800+
A note about the records
The records can be viewed in the reading room on Reels 3051-3098. An 1855 plan of small farms near Ipswich which was with letter number 55/26 of A.P. Lindo in [2/1553] has been extracted and can be found at SR Map No. 6377.
Please note: References to catalogue numbers of maps and plans were frequently added to letters by draftsmen of the Survey Department enclosing plans as were reference to Sketch books where sketches enclosed by surveyors with letters were entered in the Sketch books.
Letters received from the following surveyors for the dates indicated were sent to Victoria in 1855:
- Russell 1836-1837
- Hoddle 1837-1851
- Darke 1838
- Butler 1838
- Smyth 1838-1844
- Townsend 1839-1842
- Tyers 1839-1844.
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