South Australia - Miscellany

Land Development

Also see:
South Australia - Miscellany - Squatters & Pastoralists
South Australia - Northern Lands Development and Allied Matters
Adelaide - Adelaide City - Adelaide Pre 1841 - Survey. "The Original South Australian Landowners" is in the Observer,
17 January 1900, page 32c.

"The First Land Boom" is discussed in the Register,
6 December 1905, page 4c,
Observer,
9 December 1905, page 43b.

"Price of Land is Barometer to Prosperity" is in The Mail,
2 March 1935, page 2,
"How Adelaide's Land Values Have Boomed" on
11 April 1936, page 4.

"Settling the Land - In the Early Days [late 1830s]" is in the Register,
14 February 1912, page 5a.

"Special Surveys and the Resident Commissioner" is in the Southern Australian,
27 March 1839, page 3b,
"Special Surveys Squashed" in the Register,
4 July 1846, page 4a,
8 April 1847, page 3a; also see
Adelaide Chronicle,
10 March 1840, page 2d,
SA Gazette & Mining Journal,
9 and 16 September 1848, pages 3d and 2c.

"Colonists, Look to Your Title and Your Title Deeds" is in the Observer,
15 July 1843, page 4b.

"Land Orders and Mineral Lands in Abeyance" is in the Observer,
24 May 1845, page 4b; also see
29 November 1845, page 5c,
"Revision of the Land Sales Regulations" on
28 June 1845, page 7.

A satirical poem titled "Memorial of the Pastoral Potentates to His Excellency the Governor" is in the Observer,
21 December 1850, page 4d.

"Leasehold Land" is in the Observer,
21 June 1851, page 5c.

"The Land Sales and the Land Fund" is in the Observer,
3 April 1852, page 3a.

An informative letter on the lands registration office is in the Register,
7 March 1853, page 3b,
"Reform of the Registry Office" on
21 December 1854, page 3b; also see
24 February 1854, page 3d,
23 March 1854, page 3f.

"The Wakefield System" is in the Register,
9 July 1855, page 2d.

A history of land legislation is in a supplement to the Register
on 6 September 1879.

"Absenteeism" is in the Observer,
1 May 1858, page 6b,
Register,
14 July 1855, page 2d,
18 February 1865, page 2c.

"The Acquisition of Land in SA" is in the Observer,
9 February 1856, page 1c (supp.).

"The Transfer of Real Property" is in the Observer,
12, 19 and 26 July 1856, pages 6c, 5e-6b and 6g,
"The London Times on the Transfer of Real Property" on
14 November 1857, page 5h.
"Titles in SA" is in the Observer,
21 May 1859, page 7e.
"A Worthy Colonist", Dr Ulrich Hubbe, is in the Observer,
11 October 1884, page 42e.

"The Survey and Sale of Land" is in the Register,
2 December 1856, page 2c,
"Frauds Upon the Land Fund" on
12 December 1856, page 3c.

"The Waste Lands Act" is in the Observer,
23 May 1857, page 6d,
"The New Waste Lands Regulations"
26 December 1857, page 6a.

"The Upset Price of Land" is in the Observer,
17 October 1857, pages 6a-7a.

"The Land Question and Federation" is in the Observer,
9 January 1858, page 6c,
"Lands Open for Selection" on
13 February 1858, page 6a,
"The Land Question" on
1 and 8 May 1858, pages 6a and 6e,
"The Price of Crown Lands" on
31 July 1858, page 6b.

A proposal for a land bank is in the Observer,
14 August 1858, page 2a (supp.).

A lecture given by Mr Torrens on the Real Property Act is reported in the Observer,
21 May 1859, page 2g; also see
2 June 1860, page 4g,
28 July 1860, page 1g (supp.),
20 and 27 April 1861, pages 6e and 7a,
11 and 25 May 1861, pages 6b and 6h,
Register,
31 March 1860, page 3c,
17 and 26 April 1860, pages 2f and 2e,
1 June 1860, page 2c.
A commemoration banquet is reported in the Observer,
7 July 1860, page 4c.
Also see Place Names - Torrens Park

"Transmissions Under the Real Property Act" is in the Chronicle,
12 November 1864, page 4e.

"New Waste Lands Regulations" is in the Register,
20 April 1860, page 2g.

A lecture on land development and usage is in the Register,
24 September 1861, page 3f.

"Property Qualification" is in the Register,
26 November 1862, page 3e.

"The Press, the Bench and the Legislature [and the RPA]" is in the Register,
2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 16 and 20 December 1862, pages 3c, 2d, 3a, 3b, 2e-3d, 3c and 3a.

"Transmissions Under the Real Property Act" is in the Chronicle,
12 November 1864, page 4e.

"Indefeasibility" is in the Register,
24 and 30 May 1864, pages 3f and 2f,
2 and 6 June 1864, pages 3f and 3d,
Observer,
28 May 1864, page 6b,
"Easy Conveyancing" on
8 April 1865, page 5a,
"The Real Property Act" on
21 and 28 March 1874, pages 13e and 3d.

"The Public Lands" is in the Observer,
17 September 1859, page 6g,
18 February 1860, page 6a,
"New Waste Lands Regulations" on
21 April 1860, page 5c,
"Settlement on Waste Lands" on
9 June 1860, page 6a,
"Waste Lands Act" on
6 July 1861, page 6c.

"The New Murray Hundreds" is in the Chronicle,
23 June 1860, page 1d (supp.).

"New Pastoral Land Bill" is in the Observer,
14 July 1860, pages 3e-4f.

Comment on Government land sales is in the Observer,
18 August 1860, page 4g.

"The Declaration of Hundreds" is in the Observer,
15 September 1860, page 6e,
6 October 1860, page 6b,
4 May 1861, page 6f,
10 December 1864, page 3b.

"Occupation Licences" is in the Observer,
14 September 1861, page 6d.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Squatters & Pastoralists

"The Land Fund" is in the Observer,
9 August 1862, page 6a,
"Land Fund Appropriation" on
27 September 1862, page 1a (supp.).

"Land Agents and the Legislature" is in the Register,
25 November 1862, page 2b.

"The Registration Act" is in the Observer,
24 October 1863, page 6c,
"Lessons for Absentees" on
21 November 1863, page 6a,
"Land Theories" on
11 February 1865, page 6b,
"Bribery at Land Sales" on
19 August 1865, page 6b.

"Conduct of the Ministry" is in the Express,
29 July 1864, page 3d,
"Unlocking the Lands" is in the Chronicle,
31 December 1864, page 2c,
14 January 1865, page 4d,
Observer,
7 January 1865, page 6d,
Register,
31 December 1864, page 2f,
5 January 1865, page 2f.

"The Crown Lands, the Farmers and the Press" is in the Chronicle,
7 January 1865, page 4a,
"The Valuators' Committee" on
21 and 28 January 1865, pages 2c and 4a.

"Land Theories" is in the Register,
8 February 1865, page 2c.

"What the Crown Lands Are Worth" is in the Chronicle,
29 April 1865, page 1d (supp.).

"Meddlesome Laws" is in the Register,
18 May 1865, page 2b.

"Bribery at Land Sales" is in the Register,
16 August 1865, page 2c,
"Farmers and the Land Sales" on
26 December 1865, page 2g.

"The Crown Lands" is in the Register,
5 January 1866, page 2e.

"Land Sales Deposits" is in the Register,
3 November 1865, page 2c.

"Farmers and the Land Sales" is in the Observer,
23 December 1865, page 1a (supp.),
"The Crown Lands" on
6 January 1866, page 5e.

"The Classification of Lands" is in the Chronicle,
16 December 1865, page 4e.

"Lands Titles Office" is in the Observer,
9 June 1866, page 2b (supp.).
A photograph of officers is in the Observer,
10 July 1915, page 29.

"Local Land Sales" is in the Register,
11 June 1866, page 2d.

"Rents of Crown Lands' is in the Express,
29 December 1866, page 2e.

"The Land Systems of Australia and America" is in the Register,
16 January 1867, page 3b,
the "Government Stroke" on
27 March 1867, page 2d.

"Our Land System" is in the Register, 27 May 1867, page 2c:

The Border-land newspapers are warning us of an evil exodus from this colony... "Ride through the Penola country and northwards as far as the land is sold and you will find it has all been quickly swallowed up by the owners of the various runs... and is undisturbed except by the bleating of sheep, enlivened occasionally by a solitary boundary rider or a miserable tramp, who ekes out a wretched existence travelling from station to station begging for his daily bread."

Also see Register,
31 May 1867, page 3b,
9 July 1867, page 2c,
Express,
4 June 1867, page 2b,
26 August 1867, page 2b,
12 March 1867, page 2b,
Register,
19 June 1867, page 2f,
2 and 9 July 1867, pages 3c and 2c,
Observer,
3 August 1867, page 4b (supp.),
Register,
4 August 1867, page 2a,
3, 6, 10, 17 and 24 September 1867, pages 2b, 2c, 2c, 2d and 3f,
Chronicle,
31 August 1867, page 2c,
Express,
16 March 1868, page 2b,
Advertiser,
5 March 1868, page 2c,
7 February 1870, page 3c,
6 April 1870, page 3f.
Also see an essay under South Australia - Miscellany - Squatters& Pastoralists

"The Extent of the Exodus" is in the Register,
5 April 1870, page 4f.

"The Resolution of the Land System" is in the Register,
20 and 31 August 1867, pages 2c and 2b,
3, 11 and 24 September 1867, pages 2b, 2c and 2f.

"Sutherland's Act" is in the Register,
30 July 1867, page 2b,
12 August 1869, page 2c,
29 September 1869, page 2c,
Chronicle,
27 July 1867, page 2d (supp.),
14 August 1868, page 2c,
28 November 1868, page 6d,
14 August 1869, page 11f,
18 September 1869, page 11e,
22 March 1870, page 4e,
12 and 24 August 1870, pages 5a and 4f,
30 August 1870, page 5a,
25 May 1872, page 11e.

"The Waste Land System" is in the Observer,
31 August 1867, page 1b (supp.),
"The New Waste Lands Regulations" on
29 February 1868, page 12b,
Register,
24 February 1868, page 2c.

"Mr Strangways and Our Views on the Land System' is in the Observer,
7 September 1867, page 6c,
"The State of Land Legislation in Australia" on
7 September 1867, page 2b (supp.),
"The Land System of South Australia" on
14 and 28 September 1867, pages 6b and 1a (extra supp.),
"The Country Meetings on the Land System" on
28 September 1867, page 5e.

"The Land Sales of 1867" is in the Observer,
25 January 1868, page 12a,
The Land Systems of America and South Australia" on
11 April 1868, page 12e.

"Landlords and Tenants" is in the Observer,
29 February 1868, page 9c.

"Land Reform in 1867 and 1868" is in the Register,
9 April 1868, page 2d.

"Is the Auction System Irreformable?" is in the Register,
4 May 1868, page 2b,
Observer,
9 May 1868, page 12a,
"Retrospect of the Land Debate" on
26 September 1868, page 12c.

"Land Scheme Number Two" is in the Register,
7 October 1868, page 2b; also see
8, 15, 16, 17 and 21 October 1868, pages 2c, 2c, 2c, 3e and 2b,
4 November 1868, page 3e.

"Bribery at Land Sales" is in the Register,
16 August 1865, page 2c,
"Is the [Land] Auction System Irreformable" on
6 May 1868, page 2,
"Abolition of the Auction System" is in the Express,
15 October 1885, page 2d.

"Landlords and Tenants" is in the Register,
21 February 1868, page 2e.

The subject of "Scrub Lands" is traversed in the Register,
19 October 1868, page 2c,
Observer,
24 October 1868, page 13d,
Chronicle,
21 August 1869, page 12b; also see
Observer,
18 February 1871, page 6a.
Also see Farming.

"The Objections to Land Reform" is in the Observer,
24 October 1868, page 3c,
"Free Selection versus Deferred Payments" on
24 October 1868, page 13e.

"The Land Debate and the Objections to Land Reform" is in the Register,
22 October 1868, page 2b.

"The New Land Bill" is in the Register,
26 and 28 November 1868, pages 2c and 2c,
6, 13, 19 and 30 January 1869, pages 2c, 2c, 2b and 2d,
4 February 1869, page 2e.

"Three Years of Land Reform - Its Intention" is in the Observer,
5 December 1868, page 13a; also see
12 December 1868, page 13c.

"The Ayers Land Scheme" is in the Chronicle,
17 October 1868, page 8b,
"The New Land Measure" on
7 and 28 November 1868, pages 8b and 6a,
6 and 20 February 1869, pages 9a and 6b,
"The Recent Land Sales" on
8 May 1869, page 6c.

"The New Land Bill" is in the Observer,
5 December 1868, page 13b,
"The Climax of the Land Bill in the House of Assembly" on
9 January 1869, page 3a,
6 and 27 February 1869, pages 9c and 2g,
"The Last of the Land Bill" on
30 January 1869, page 3d; also see
15 and 29 October 1870, pages 2d and 2e,
5 and 19 November 1870, pages 10a and 13c,
3 December 1870, page 2e,
7, 14 and 21 January 1871, pages 3c, 2-3 and 13g.

"Our New Land Act - From a NSW Point of View" is in the Express,
17 February 1869, pages 2b-supplement; also see
26 February 1869, page 3a.

"The Imperial Government and the Colonial Waste Lands" is in the Observer,
1 May 1869, page 13d.

"Mr Strangways' Licensing Scheme" is in the Register,
20 and 25 May 1869, pages 2d and 2c.

"Sworn Brokers" is in the Observer,
29 May 1869, page 13g,
"Our Land System As It Is" on
12 March 1870, page 9c,
"English Labour and Colonial Waste Lands" on
7 May 1870, page 11f.

"Our Land System" is in the Chronicle,
29 January 1870, page 8b,
"Land Reform" on
4 June 1870, page 8a,
30 July 1870, page 11e.

"The Government Land Scheme" is in the Register,
4 June 1870, page 4d,
"The Land Debate" on
8 June 1870, page 4c,
"The Basis for Land Reform" on
15 June 1870, page 4d,
"Residence and Dummyism" on
14 July 1870, page 5a,
"The New Land Bill" on
23 July 1870, page 4d.
"Residence and Dummyism" is in the Observer,
9 July 1870, page 9a,
"Dummies in the Naracoorte Area" in the Chronicle,
8 July 1871, page 8c; also see
2 September 1871, page 4e,
9 December 1871, page 11f.
For an essay on "Dummying" see under South Australia - Miscellany - Squatters & Pastoralists

"Dummyism in the South-East" is in the Observer,
8 July 1871, page 2g,
3 August 1872, page 4g,
16 November 1872, page 13g,
"Checkmating Dummyism" on
26 July 1873, page 9a,
"A Triumph for Dummyism" on
26 December 1874, page 3b,
"Death Blow to Dummyism" in the Chronicle,
15 and 22 July 1876, pages 4b and 17a,
"The Legality of Dummying" in the Advertiser,
20 July 1876, pages 3e and 4c; also see
Express,
2 April 1878, page 2d,
"Dummies and the New Land Act" in the Observer,
6 April 1878, page 9f,
"Alleged Dummyism in the South-East" on
22 and 29 October 1881, pages 32c and 31a,
26 August 1882, page 30e,
12 January 1884, page 25a,
14 June 1884, page 31f.
Register,
9 February 1883, page 4g,
5 January 1884, pages 4g-5b,
27 June 1885, page 5c,
17 July 1885, page 6c.

"Landlords and Dummies" is in the Register,
20, 23 and 29 December 1881, pages 4d-6d, 4g and 4c-5d,
6 January 1882, page 4e.

"Perpetual Leases" is in the Observer,
9 April 1870, page 9a,
13 August 1870, page 10c,
13 July 1872, page 10f,
3 August 1872, page 3g,
"The Government Land Scheme" on
4 June 1870, page 2f,
"The Land Debate" on
11 June 1870, page 2g,
"The Basis of Land Reform" on
18 June 1870, page 4e.

"Bank Directors and Land Reformers" is in the Observer,
18 June 1870, page 12g,
"The New Land Bill" on
23 July 1870, page 3a,
"The Land Bill" on
20 August 1870, page 9a.

"The Absentees" is in the Observer,
13 August 1870, page 13e,
"Non-Compulsory Residence" on
27 August 1870, page 2f,
"Personal Residence of Selectors" on
5 August 1871, page 9a,
"Substituted Residence" on
2 September 1871, page 13c,
Express,
30 August 1871, page 2b,
"Non-Residence" on
12 June 1872, page 2b.

"A New Phase of the Land Question" is in the Register,
12, 14, 26 and 28 October 1870, pages 4d, 4e, 4f and 4f,
2, 25 and 30 November 1870, pages 4d, 4e and 4d.

"The Land Bill in Extremis" is in the Register,
9 January 1871, page 4e; also see
13, 17 and 24 January 1871, pages 4e, 5c and 4f,
1 February 1871, page 4f.

"The Rejection of the Land Bill" is in the Chronicle,
14 January 1871, page 8c.

Editorials on the land question are in the Register,
4 and 18 August 1871, pages 4c and 4f.

"The Land Policy" is in the Observer,
10 February 1872, page 13d,
"Land Sales" on
9 March 1872, page 9a,
"The Waste Land Regulations" on
24 August 1872, page 9a.

"The Scrub Lands" is in the Observer,
12 November 1870, page 9c,
18 February 1871, page 9b.

"Land Agitation" is in the Chronicle,
22 July 1871, page 8b,
19 and 26 August 1871, pages 8d-11d and 11c,
2 September 1871, page 11g.

"Lands Tribunal" is in the Chronicle,
5 August 1871, page 5f.

"Appropriation of the Land Fund" is in the Observer,
15 July 1871, page 13f,
"The Land Laws" on
29 July 1871, page 9a,
5 and 19 August 1871, pages 3c and 2f,
9 and 30 September 1871, pages 12a and 9a.

"Progress of the Land Bill" is in the Register,
23 August 1871, page 4b,
6 September 1871, page 4c.

"Government Surveys" is in the Observer,
9 September 1871, page 12e,
"Credit Selection Purchases" on
23 September 1871, page 13b,
"The Land Question" on
2 December 1871, page 13f,
"Land Reform" on
20 April 1872, page 2f.

"Surveys in the Bush", the reminiscences of John G. Stewart, is in the Observer,
7 January 1928, page 46a.

"The Government Land Policy" is in the Express,
10 February 1872, page 2b,
"The New Land Bill" is in the Chronicle,
20 April 1872, page 11e.

"Land Reform" is in the Register,
20 and 26 April 1872, pages 4f and 4e,
1, 10, 17 and 31 May 1872, pages 4b, 4d, 4d and 4e,
23 July 1872, page 4e.

"The Inferior Lands Bill" is in the Observer,
5 October 1872, page 2g.

An obituary of A. Macaulay, government surveyor, is in the Register,
21 October 1872, page 5b.

"Defaulting Selectors" is in the Register,
20 December 1872, page 4f.

"Leasing Waste Lands With Right of Purchase" is in the Observer,
22 February 1873, page 2f,
"Land Reform" on
18 October 1873, page 13d,
"Land Law Amendments" on
15 and 29 November 1873, pages 9b and 2g.

"Waste Lands Administration" is in the Observer,
17 January 1874, page 13a,
"Land Reform" on
25 April 1874, page 9b,
"The Waste Lands Bill" on
27 June 1874, page 13e,
"Violating the Land Act" on
25 July 1874, page 3a,
"The Land Bill" on
1, 15 and 22 August 1874, pages 13c, 3b and 9a.

"Land Reform" is in the Register,
21 April 1874, page 4d.

"Violating the Land Act" is in the Register,
20 July 1874, page 4f.

"The Survey of Crown Lands" is in the Observer,
10 October 1874, page 13f,
"Legislation for Inferior Lands" on
17 October 1874, page 9a,
"Working of the Land Act" on
7 November 1874, page 9a,
"Reforming the Land Laws" on
20 February 1875, page 13a.

An obituary of A.B. Cooper, deputy surveyor-general, is in the Register,
4 January 1875, page 5c.

"Waste Lands Legislation" is in the Observer,
15 May 1875, page 3a,
"The Land Bill" on
11 September 1875, page 3a,
"Land Resumption on the Western Plains" on
26 August 1876, page 4c.

An obituary of the surveyor, Mr Packard, is in the Register,
17 November 1874, page 5d,
Observer,
21 November 1874, page 12e, also seePlace Names - Packard Bend
of W. Farquhar on
5 September 1896, page 30e.

"Our Land System" is in the Register,
2 October 1875, page 4e.

"Completed Credit Purchases" is in the Register,
9 November 1875, page 4d.

"The Landbrokers' Manifesto" is in the Chronicle,
23 October 1875, page 4b.
"Unlicensed Landbrokers" in the Register,
29 September 1910, page 9a,
1 October 1910, page 14c.

"The Frauds at Waste Lands Sale Act" is in the Chronicle,
22 July 1876, page 5b.

"Resumption of Land on the Western Plains" is in the Register,
19 August 1876, page 1d (supp.).

"The Land Systems of SA and Victoria" is in the Register,
13 January 1877, page 4e,
"Land Systems of SA and Victoria Compared" is in the Farmers Weekly Messenger,
2 and 16 February 1877, pages 3b and 4c.

"The Education Lands" is in the Register,
7, 10 and 14 April 1877, pages 4d, 6b and 6f.
"Education Lands" is in the Observer,
5 October 1878, page 10b.
Also see Place Names - University Blocks

"The Land Bill" is in the Register,
9, 13 and 15 June 1877, pages 4c, 4c and 4d,
18 and 25 July 1877, pages 4e and 4d,
24 August 1877, page 4f,
10 September 1877, page 4e,
1 November 1877, page 4c,
9 and 16 January 1878, pages 4c and 4e.

"The Crown Lands Consolidation Bill" is in the Observer,
16 June 1877, page 2f.

"Competition for Land" is in the Register,
28 August 1877, page 4d.

An interesting letter from Ebenezer Ward headed "Who Stopped the Cash Sales of Crown Lands?" is in the Chronicle,
6 October 1877, page 12e. Also see Place Names - Hundred of Ward
"The Crown Lands Bill" is in the Register,
4 November 1878, page 4d.

"The New Land Act" is in the Observer,
12 and 19 January 1878, pages 11e and 9a,
2 and 9 March 1878, pages 6a and 7d,
"The Government Land Policy" on
3 August 1878, page 3a.

"The Government Land Policy" is in the Register,
18, 20, 26 and 27 March 1878, pages 4d, 4f, 5a and 4d,
2, 7 and 17 August 1878, pages 4d, 4c and 6d.

"The Irrepressible Credit Selector" is in the Observer,
29 June 1878, page 3b; also see
27 September 1879, page 9a.

"Frauds Under the Land Laws" is in the Register,
30 September 1878, page 4c,
Observer,
5 October 1878, page 10a.

"Shepherded Pastoral Lands" is in the Observer,
12 October 1878, page 3b.

A poem titled "A Lay of the Last Land Act" is in The Adelaide Punch,
30 November 1878, page 5.

"The Traffic in Land" is in the Observer,
14 December 1878, page 11a.

"The 1,000-Acre Clause" is in the Register,
12, 14 and 27 February 1879, pages 4c, 6e and 6f,
Observer,
15 February 1879, pages 6c-9b.

"Credit Selectors" is in the Register,
7 and 9 April 1879, pages 4c and 4c.

"Mortgaging Credit Selections" is in the Observer,
12 April 1879, page 9a,
13 and 27 September 1879, pages 12b and 12e,
4 October 1879, page 13a,
"The Position of Credit Selectors" on
12 April 1879, page 9c,
"Important Credit Selection Case" on
8 November 1879, page 4f.

"Surveying in the Interior", including biographical details of William Barron, is in the Register,
23 May 1879, page 5c.

"The Working of the Land Laws" is in the Register,
19 June 1879, page 4g,
Observer,
21 June 1879, page 3b,
"The Land Laws" on
26 June 1880, page 1048e.

"Subduing the Land" is in the Observer,
13 September 1879, page 9a,
"Land Reform" on
11 October 1879, page 3a,
7 August 1880, page 210c.
Register,
2, 8 and 15 March 1882, pages 4d, 7b and 1f (supp.).

"Our Unsettled Agricultural Land" is in the Register,
9 April 1880, page 4c.

"The Government and the Land Laws" is in the Register,
14 August 1880, page 4d,
"The Crown Lands Bill" on
6 October 1880, page 4d.

"Government Reserves" is in the Register,
4 December 1880, page 4g.

"The Land Laws" is in the Register,
2 February 1881, page 4c,
"Amendment of the Land Laws" is in the Observer,
5 February 1881, page 236c,
"The Land Bill" on
16 July 1881, page 24c,
6 August 1881, page 24c.

"More Land Legislation" is in the Register,
6 and 10 June 1881, pages 4e and 7b,
13 July 1881, page 4f.

"Sympathy With the Poor Selector" is in the Register,
10 June 1881, page 7c.

"Compulsory Taking of Land for Public Purposes" is in the Register,
6 July 1881, page 4e.

"Land Legislation" is in the Register,
10 and 28 October 1881, pages 4d and 4e.

"Relief for Selectors" is in the Register,
2, 7, 8, 15, 18 and 20 February 1882, pages 4f, 5d, 4d, 4c-6a, 4d-6a and 6d,
6 and 23 March 1882, pages 4d and 5d.

"The Land Laws and the Selectors" is in the Register,
11 March 1882, page 4e.

"Credit Selectors and the New Land Bill" is in the Register,
9, 16, 22 and 30 June 1882, pages 4e, 4e, 4d and 4e,
Observer,
10 and 17 June 1882, pages 24e and 24c,
15 July 1882, page 31b,
6 January 1883, page 24c.

A presentation to C.J. Sanders is reported in the Register,
30 June 1882, page 2a (supp.).

"Parliament and the Selectors" is in the Register,
25 August 1882, page 4d.

"The Land Question" is in the Observer,
26 August 1882, page 24c,
9 September 1882, page 24c,
4 November 1882, page 24b,
27 January 1883, page 24c,
3 February 1883, page 11d,
10 and 17 March 1883, pages 28e and 24c.

"Land Speculation" is in the Chronicle,
4 November 1882, page 5b,
"The Mysteries of Land Speculation" is in the Observer,
10 October 1885, page 25a,
"More Land Muddling" on
14 November 1885, page 35a,
"Our Land Laws" on
11 September 1886, page 9c.

"The Story of a Preliminary Section" is in the Register,
19 December 1882, page 6b.

"The New Land Regulations" is in the Register,
12 January 1883, page 4e,
Observer,
13 January 1883, page 24e.
"The Land Revenue and the Land Laws" on
25 January 1883, page 4e.

"Surrendering Selections" is in the Observer,
24 and 31 March 1883, pages 9e and 24c,
7 April 1883, page 10b,
12 April 1884, page 26d,
10 January 1885, page 24c.

"The Real Property Act and the Lawyers" is in the Observer,
9 June 1883, page 24d.

"The Land Movement in SA" is in the Observer,
15 and 22 September 1883, pages 9c and 9b.

"Land Legislation" is in the Register,
17 and 19 October 1883, pages 4d and 4d.

"Nationalization of the Land" is in the Observer,
20 October 1883, page 24c.

"The Confessions of a Land Speculator" is in the Register,
3, 15 and 29 November 1883, pages 6c, 6c and 6c.
"The Mysteries of a Land Speculator" is in the Register,
7, 17 and 20 October 1885, pages 4e, 5a and 4f.

"The Resources of Our Mallee Lands" is in the Chronicle,
26 January 1884, page 12b.
Also see Farming

"The Land Bill in Danger" is in the Observer,
17 November 1883, page 24c,
2 and 9 February 1884, pages 24c and 30a,
1 March 1884, page 24d,
"The Council and the Land Bill" on
9 February 1884, page 24c.

Meetings of the Land Reform Association are reported in the Express,
24 January 1884, page 3g,
Observer,
1 March 1884, page 4b,
5 April 1884, page 38a.
Information on the Land Reform Association is in the Register,
1 April 1884, page 7b.

"The Land Movement in SA" is in the Register,
24 January 1884, page 4f,
"Land Tenure Reform in Australia" on
24 January 1884, page 7c.

"The Land Bill in a Dilemma" is in the Register,
31 January 1884, page 4e,
7 February 1884, page 4d.

An obituary of John M. Borrow is in the Register,
4 February 1884, page 5a.

"A New Land Bill" is in the Register,
23 and 27 February 1884, pages 2f and 4e.

"Town and Country Lands" is in the Register,
4 April 1884, page 4e.

"Non-Alienation of Land" is in the Register,
9 June 1884, page 4f.

"Credit Selectors and Land Settlement" is in the Register,
19 June 1884, page 4g.

"The Government Land Policy" is in the Register,
3 July 1884, page 4f.

"The Land Bill" is in the Register,
4 July 1884, page 4g,
"The Crown Lands Bill" on
9, 14 and 18 July 1884, pages 4c, 4d-6c and 4e,
7 August 1884, page 4e.

"The Agricultural Lands Bill" is in the Observer,
12 July 1884, page 24c.
A sketch of a land sale is in the Pictorial Australian in
July 1884, page 113.

"The Land Question in the Old World and the New" is in the Register,
18 August 1884, page 4e.

"Working Men and Homesteads" is in the Observer,
30 August 1884, page 24e.

"Goyder's Line of Rainfall - The Leasing of Crown Lands" is in the Observer,
30 August 1884, page 11c.
Also see Northern Lands

"New Land Regulations" is in the Register,
5 December 1884, pages 4d-5b.

"Surrendered Selections" is in the Register,
7 January 1885, page 4h,
"The Small Holdings Bill" on
10 January 1885, page 4f,
"Selectors and the Land Laws" on
10 February 1885, page 4e.

"The Land Bill" is in the Register,
4 and 7 August 1885, pages 4e and 4f,
9 October 1885, page 4e.

"More Land Muddling" is in the Register,
12 November 1885, page 4f.

"The Crown Lands Bill" is in the Register,
5 and 9 December 1885, pages 4g and 4g,
"Crown Land Regulations" on
25 February 1887, page 4f.

"The Land Mania" is in the Chronicle,
3 April 1886, page 5a.

"Our Pastoral Lands" is in the Register,
26 August 1886, page 5f.

"Consolidation of the Land Laws" is in the Register,
18 August 1886, page 4e,
1, 8 and 29 September 1886, pages 4e, 5g and 4d,
1 October 1886, page 4h.

"Our Land Laws" is in the Observer,
11 September 1886, page 2c,
"The New Land Board" in the Register,
6 January 1887, page 4h; also see
7 and 12 September 1889, pages 4f and 4e.

"The Land Bill and the Selectors' is in the Observer,
2 October 1886, page 25a,
"The Land Bill" on
13 November 1886, page 24e,
31 August 1889, page 9b.

Information on a Land Nationalization Society is in the Register,
8 and 11 October 1886, pages 4e and 7h,
2 December 1886, page 5h.

Information on the City Land Company is in the Chronicle,
18 December 1886, page 5f,
4 June 1887, page 5d.

"Working Men's Blocks" is in the Observer,
19 February 1887, page 10d,
24 March 1888, page 9e,
23 June 1888, page 9d,
Register,
18 and 21 June 1888, pages 7c and 4e,
9 July 1889, page 6f,
Chronicle,
4 May 1889, page 9a,
Observer,
13 July 1889, page 10,
16 November 1889, page 10c,
23 February 1895, page 2c.

"Show of Blockers' Produce" is in the Chronicle,
28 March 1891, page 22d,
"Loans to Blockholders" on
27 June 1891, page 4f,
"How to Best Utilise a Twenty-Acre Block" on
28 July 1894, page 13f,
"Homestead Block System in SA" in the Weekly Herald,
22 February 1895, page 1b.

A meeting of the Homestead League is reported in the Chronicle,
16 November 1889, page 4f; also see
22 February 1890, page 22d,
29 November 1890, page 6e,
20 February 1892, page 9c,
3 December 1892, page 7b.
An editorial on Homestead Blocks is in the Chronicle,
21 November 1896, page 8e,
Advertiser,
15 September 1898, page 4f.
"Blockers and Gardeners" is in the Register,
8 September 1898, page 4e.

An editorial on Homestead Blocks is in the Chronicle,
21 November 1896, page 8e,
Advertiser,
15 September 1898, page 4f.

"Homestead Blocks - The Inspector's Report" is in the Chronicle,
29 September 1900, page 36a.

"The Land Commission" is in the Register,
9 January 1888, page 4g.

A poem titled "The Surveyor" is in The Lantern,
17 March 1888, page 17.

An obituary of W.H. Cornish, surveyor, is in the Register,
17 May 1888, page 5a,
of James H. Fitzgerald on
18 January 1893, page 5b,
of Walter K. Gold on
18 February 1895, page 6f,
of T.H. Bowen on
29 April 1896, page 5b.

"Our Waste Lands" is in the Chronicle,
16 June 1888, page 5a and
"Our Crown Lands" on
23 June 1888, page 19c.

"The Crown Lands Bill" in the Register,
10, 17 and 30 October 1888, pages 4e, 4e and 4e,
2 and 7 November 1888, pages 4f and 4g,
14 January 1889, page 4f,
Observer,
22 July 1893, page 6a.

"Public Recreation Reserves" is in the Chronicle,
27 October 1888, page 6g,
"Disposal of Public Lands" on
5 July 1890, page 4f.

"Land Booms and Their Causes" is in the Register,
19 November 1888, page 4h.

Information in the SA Institute of Surveyors is in the Register,
3 November 1888, page 6f,
8 November 1902, page 8d,
11 November 1911, page 15d.

"The New Land Regulations" is in the Observer,
9 February 1889, page 9b.

"A New Land Bill" is in the Register,
14 and 23 August 1889, pages 4e and 4g,
2 October 1889, page 4e.

"Selection Before Survey" is in the Register,
16 October 1889, page 4e,
"Land Tenure" on
19 November 1889, page 4g.

"The Land Question in SA" is in the Register,
2 July 1890, page 4g.

"The Land Bill" is in the Register,
10 October 1890, page 4d,
19 November 1890, page 4d,
5 and 16 December 1890, pages 4e and 4f.

"Panaceas for Land Monopoly" is in the Register,
6 November 1890, page 4f.

"Pastoral Land Legislation" is in the Observer,
14 February 1891, page 9a.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Squatters & Pastoralists

"Valuation of Pastoral Improvements" is in the Observer,
3 January 1891, page 9a,
"Pastoral Land Legislation" on
14 February 1891, page 9a.

"The Dividing Fences Difficulty" is in the Register,
30 December 1891, page 4f.

"Surveyors and the Twenty Four Hour Day" is in the Register,
10 October 1892, page 4g.

An obituary of A.T. Woods, surveyor, is in the Register,
19 November 1892, page 5d,
Observer,
26 November 1892, page 30b.

"Land Revenue and State Bargains" is in the Register,
13 March 1893, page 4f.

"New Country Opened Up for Settlement" is in the Chronicle,
27 May 1893, page 7a.

"The Crown Lands Bill" is in the Register,
14 July 1893, page 4f.

"The South-Eastern Land Cases" is in the Register,
5 December 1893, pages 5g-6a.
"The Land Question - Object Lessons in the South-East" is in The Herald,
25 April 1903, page 1a.
For an essay on SE squatters see under Squatters & Pastoralists

Biographical details of William B. Carter are in the Register,
26 and 30 January 1894, pages 5c and 5c,
of Robert Kelly and Walter Ifould on
1 February 1894, page 6g.

"The Unemployed and Land Settlement" is in the Register,
7 February 1894, page 4f,
Observer,
10 February 1894, page 24d.

Biographical details of John Carruthers, surveyor, are in the Register,
2 April 1895, page 7e.

"The Land Settlement Aid Society" is in the Register,
16 May 1895, page 4e,
Observer,
18 May 1895, pages 25c-30a.

Biographical details of the surveyor, C.A. Wells, are in the Observer,
21 November 1896, page 13b; also see
24 July 1897, page 14a,
19 February 1898, page 30d,
10 September 1898, page 27e,
24 December 1898, page 35a,
7 January 1899, page 30c.

"The Proposed Pastoral Commission" is in the Observer,
28 August 1897, page 3d,
4 September 1897, page 2c.

A cartoon titled "Yes, Go on the Land, Young Man" is in The Critic,
4 December 1897, page 11.

An obituary of W.B. Carter, a former Registrar-General, is in the Observer,
1 January 1898, page 16d,
of C.A. von Bertouch on
18 June 1898, page 15a,
of John Mann on
4 March 1899, page 16d.

Biographical details of John Gardiner are in the Observer,
1 April 1899, page 16d.

"Land Reform" is in the Observer,
8 and 22 October 1898, pages 2d and 2e-3-4.

"Land Office Administration" is in the Register,
24 November 1899, page 4f.

"Land Laws and State Tenants" is in the Register,
7 December 1901, page 8d.

"The Crown Lands Bill" is in the Register,
10 December 1901, page 4c,
Observer,
14 December 1901, page 3a,
"Land Legislation" on
1 August 1903, page 27d.

"Licensed Surveyors" is in the Register,
2, 4 and 8 August 1902, pages 3e, 4d and 6i.

Biographical details of F.F. Turner, E.J. Heath and J.M. Thomas are in the Register,
15 June 1904, page 7,
of G.W. Anthony on
9 July 1904, page 6i,
2 June 1914, page 9e; also see
9 August 1916, pages 8h-9b,
11 October 1916, page 6h (obit.) for further information on Mr Heath.

"How the Northern Areas Were Cut Up" is in the Observer,
6 August 1904, page 12c.
Also see Northern Lands

"Large Landholders - An Important Return" is in the Advertiser,
1 December 1904, page 6h.

"The Large Landholders" is in the Register,
3 December 1904, page 3i.

"The Land Policy" is in the Observer,
14 October 1905, page 33d.

"Last Year's Repurchases" is in the Observer,
6 January 1906, page 12e,
"Closer Settlement" on
19 May 1906, page 31d,
16 June 1906, page 12a.

"Land Settlement - Within and Without the Rainfall Line" is in the Advertiser,
14 February 1906, page 9c.
Also see Northern Lands.

Photographs of all Commissioners of Crown Lands from 1856 to 1905 are in the Observer,
16 June 1906, page 27.

"Land for the People - What Has and Is Being Done" is in the Register,
8 August 1906, page 7a.

"Harsh [Land] Law" is in the Observer,
15 September 1906, page 37c.

"Opening up the Country - Progress of the Work" is discussed in the Advertiser,
4 January 1907, page 9d,
"Land for Settlement" in the Chronicle,
2 March 1907, page 9a.

"Landowners and a Fool's Paradise" is in the Observer,
25 May 1907, page 38b,
"Large Estates and Their Owners" on
4 September 1909, page 14e,
"Closer Settlement" on
11 September 1909, page 33d.

"Populating the Land - Repurchased Estates" is in the Register,
2 July 1907, page 10d.

A photograph of the Council of the SA Institute of Surveyors is in The Critic,
27 November 1907, page 11.

An obituary if H.E. Hambidge is in the Register,
28 July 1910, page 6g.

A cartoon titled "The Poor Man on the Land" is in The Critic,
28 September 1910, page 3.

"Crown Lands Bill" is in the Register,
16 November 1910, page 6c.

"Subdivision of Large Estates" is in the Register,
24 November 1910, page 3e.

"No Germans Need Apply" is in the Register,
17, 21, 25 and 30 October 1911, pages 8d, 5c, 5c and 9e.

"Lands in SA - Surveyor-General's Report" is in the Register,
19 October 1911, page 7b.

"Paving the Way - What the Surveyor Does" is in the Register on
30 December 1911, page 15b (it includes information on Messrs Barron, Wells, etc).
Biographical details of L.A. Wells are in the Observer,
7 December 1918, page 30b.
Photographs are in the Observer,
6 January 1912, page 31,
31 December 1921, page 26.

"Land Boom Tragedy" is in the Register, 27 February 1912, page 9a.

"Peopling the Land" is in the Advertiser,
26 November 1912, page 5a,
"Closer Settlement - Not Altogether Successful" on
26 November 1912, page 5c.

"A Notable Surveyor", an obituary of C.H. Harris, is in the Observer,
3 July 1915, page 50c and
of C.J. Sanders on
1 December 1923, page 35b.
of G.R. McMinn on
8 November 1924, page 59c.

"Land Deals Enquiry" is in the Observer,
12 January 1915, page 11a.
"Government Land Deals" on
5, 8, 21 and 26 September 1917, pages 6i-9f, 7d-e, 6e and 9f,
16 October 1917, page 7c.

"Land Purchase Scandals" is in the Register,
5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 28 and 31 January 1918, pages 6b-8a, 7f, 5b-g, 7c, 6h-9e, 7d, 5d, 3c and 7d,
18 February 1918, page 6d,
17 May 1918, page 6h,
20 September 1918, page 6d,
14 and 15 march 1919, pages 7d and 6h,
10 and 15 April 1919, pages 7e and 4h,
9 July 1919, page 9a.

The retirement of the Surveyor-General, Mr E.M. Smith, is reported in the Advertiser,
31 March 1917, page 15d.

"Figures of the Past - Author of the Real Property Act" is in the Register,
2 February 1918, page 9d.

Biographical details of W.G. Evans, surveyor, are in the Register,
25 December 1919, page 6g.

An obituary of Robert Kelly, formerly of the Lands Board, is in the Register,
27 October 1920, page 7a.

"The Modern Pastoralist - From City to Station by Air" is in the Observer,
16 April 1921, page 34e.

"The Grange and the Pinery - Curious Land Deal" is in the Observer,
21 June 1924, page 19a.
Also see Place Names - Alberton and Place Names - Grange.

"Land Hunger - South Australia's Resources" is in the Observer,
14 February 1925, page 6c.

The reminiscences of the surveyor, J.H. Packard, are in the Observer,
1 January 1927, pages 18a-37a.

"Unscrupulous Land Agents" is in the Advertiser,
19 and 20 August 1927, pages 12g and 17e,
"Land Agents' Methods - Sailing Close to the Wind" on
26 November 1929, page 22c.

Background information on the Real Property Act is in the Register,
26 March 1928, page 13d.
Also see Place Names - Torrens Park

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