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Series VPRS 4449
Court of Petty Sessions Gold Buyers Registers
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Date Range: Series 1902 - 1908
  Series in Custody 1902 - 1908
  Contents 1902 - 1908
Public Access: Open
Location: Ballarat
Format of Records: Physical
 
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Date Range Agency Title Agency Number
1902 - 1908 Buninyong Courts VA 893
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2002 - cont Melbourne Courts VA 518
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  • How to use the Records
    No name indexes are known to have been created for this series. Researchers will need to know the approximate date on which the license application was handled by the court.

  • Function / Content
    Under the Gold Buyers Act 1901 a register of judgments on applications was to be maintained by the Clerk of Court of Petty Sessions. Information contained in the register included:

    - date of the hearing,
    - name, occupation and address of the applicant,
    - particulars of the application including the nature (new or for a renewal of a licence), the district in which the licence was available and the situation of the tenement where the licence would be exercised,
    - details of the dates of publication of statutory notices,
    - name, residence, occupation and municipality of ratepayers certifying the character of the applicant,
    - police officer certifying the applicant, the justice ruling on the application, the decision and any remarks.

  • Recordkeeping System
    Entries were in chronological order of the date of the hearing.

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P0000 1902 - 1908 Open 2
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