Office of the Registrar-General

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Agent TypeOrganisationActivities & OccupationsGovernment DepartmentHistoryIn the Australian state of Victoria, the Office of the Registrar-General and the Office of Titles, previously known as the Registrar-General and Registrar of Titles until the passing of the Land Transfer Act 1954, was created in 1873 by the amalgamation of the Registrar-General's Department with the Office of Titles. It assumed responsibility for the functions previously undertaken separately by the Registrar-General's Department and the Office of Titles.
The Registrar-General's responsibilities were extensive, and are described in detail by the Public Record Office Victoria as Agency VA 862 Office of the Registrar-General and the Office of Titles. Under the Companies Act, 1910, company liquidators were required to deposit records of liquidated companies with the Registrar-General.

Ref: Public Record Office Victoria, http://www.access.prov.vic.gov.au/public/component/daPublicBaseContainer?component=daViewAgency&entityId=862, accessed 5 June 2012

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