Occupation Licences

Research Guide to occupation licence records at Queensland State Archives.

Land under an occupation license is unallocated Crown land which may at any time be declared open for selection, leased, sold or reserved. Land Acts contain various provisions which apply to licences. These include the annual rental is due and payable on or before 1 September each year, a licensee may not sell a licence without the prior consent of the Minister, a licence may not be sub-leased or subdivided, a licensee must comply with the conditions of the licence, a tree clearing permit is required to destroy trees on land covered by the licence, and the annual rental is determined in the same manner as for a lease. The main occupation licence records at Queensland State Archives are registers arranged alphabetically by Land Agent District.