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Cadastral Survey & Title Registration in Victoria, Australia
Prof. John Parker Surveyor General of Victoria (Retired) Land Administration Consultant
Introduction • Background • Role of Surveyor General • Titles creation • Titles registration • Role of Surveyors - Registered • Survey process • Future
Background • Development of the Victorian
Cadastral System • Settlement of Victoria • Introduction of Torrens System 1862 • Royal Commission on Land Titles and
Survey - 1892
Background • Land tenure categories
• Crown - Reserved – Unreserved – Leasehold
• Freehold - Private – Government
Background • Legislation
• Surveyors Act • Survey Coordination Act • Transfer of Land Act • Various parts of others
• Planning & Environment • Land • Crown Land Reserves • Local Government • Geographic Place Names
Background • Public Sector
• Govt - Surveyor General - Title Registration
• Local Govt • Private sector
• Landowner • Surveyor
• Academic Institutions
Role of the Surveyor General
• Alienation of Crown Land • Crown Grant prepared • records of all Crown surveys • the protector of Crown land • Chairs Surveyors registration body • Audits a random selection of all
cadastral surveys
Titles Creation • Crown Grants registered • Subdivisions • Consolidation • Applications - Adverse possession - Deeds to Title - etc. • No Titles exist for Crown land
• Leasehold
Title registration
• After creation added to register including any encumbrances or
rights • Mortgage, etc. • After each property sale, transfer is
lodged and new owner registered
Role of Surveyors
• Majority in private sector • Training • Registered by SBV • Has 2 clients - the land owner - the government • Maintains integrity of land tenure
system - supports economy - social infrastructure
Survey process • Receives instructions • If a subdivision, usually requires a
planning permit • Details added to Vicmap • Searches for all relevant information
- C/T - control - plans and fieldnotes • Ensures equipment is standardised
Survey process (2)
• Fieldwork undertaken to reestablish boundaries
• Surveyor responsible for QA • Internal lots marked • Plans prepared, lodged with local
municipality for approval as to planning conditions
• Lodged with title registry with fieldnotes and report
Survey process (3)
• Random audits by SG • overview of reestablishment
principles (in past had been a detailed examination) and a paralegal examination
• plan approved • parcel structure confirmed on
Vicmap
Survey process (4)
• titles issue electronically • transfers lodged and approved
same day • if reestablishment of a single parcel,
record lodged with SG
Next Steps • WWW.land.vic.gov.au/ geodesy or
surveying or
maps & images or
titles, plans & certificates or
geonames