Rate Books Descr: Rate Books Ref: Date Range: Books / Boxes: Index: Order of entries … Rates were assessed based on a property’s value and were collected for everything from libraries and street lighting to road repairs.

In terms of population Ballarat is the third largest inland city in Australia. Ballarat East Rate Books Index CD BALLARAT EAST RATE BOOKS INDEX VPRS 7258/P1 Units 1-10 1872-1882 plus Unit 40 1911-12 ISBN 978-0-9751359-3-8 In total there are close to 40 000 entries transcribed from eleven rate ledgers by a team of volunteers from Ballarat & District Genealogical Society Inc. over a period of four and a half years. They include rates from Ballarat and surrounding suburbs and are a fantastic resource for those researching the history of their home. Also Titled. Ballarat rate books housed at the Ballarat Archives Centre. About Victoria, Australia, Rate Books, 1855-1963 This collection contains rate books for various cities and boroughs in Victoria, Australia. : Ballarat & District Genealogical Society, 2010.

Ballarat East rate books : index : VPRS 7258/ P1 Units 1-10 1872-1881-2 plus Unit 40 1911-12 / Ballarat & District Genealogical Society. Ballarat / ˈ b æ l ə ˌ r æ t / is a city located on the Yarrowee River in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia.The city has a population of 105,471. The historic rate books held at Ballarat Archives Centre are some of our most popular regional records. Cr Samantha McIntosh Published. Regional archive centres at Ballarat*, Beechworth, Bendigo and Geelong each also have collections of rate records. Ballarat, Vic. Town of Ballarat East rate book Other Authors. Finding a property in rate records may take some time.
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Rate records were catalogued as rate books, valuation books, rate records, rate cards or registers of rateable properties. NEW B&DGS INDEX BALLARAT EAST RATE BOOKS VPRS 7258/P1, Units 1-10 1872-1881-2, plus Unit 40 1911-12 By the time you are reading this newsletter the Society's latest index on CD will have been launched during Ballarat's Heritage Weekend on Saturday 8th May 2010.