List of squatters sorted alphabetically (pdf)

This is an Index not a Transcript
of the Superindent of the Port Phillip District
Inward Correspondence Files between 1839 and July 1851
held at the Public Records Office of Victoria.

Reference to the papers is essential & is assumed

The index was prepared by Jack McRae

Abbreviations and Notes

'Port Albert' and 'Alberton' are mostly interchangeable
'Port Fairy' & 'Belfast' are mostly interchangeable
The spelling of place names has been modernised for consistency

BES	British Emigrant Ship
CCL	Commissioner of Crown Lands
CJL	Charles Joseph Latrobe, Superintendent, Port Phillip District
CofE	Church of England (or Episcopalian)
Col Sec	Colonial Secretary, (Deas Thompson mostly)
County	Used interchangeably with 'District'
Cover for	Only the covering note is on file
DACG	Deputy Assistant Comptroller General, (in charge of stores)
DC	District Council
District	Used interchangeably with 'County'
Episcopalian	Lit. 'under the Bishop'. Used as more or less synonymous with CofE
HE	His Excellency
HM	Her Majesty, Queen Victoria
L&EC	Land & Emigration Commission
LC	Legislative Council
MO	Medical Officer
MCC	Melbourne City Council (covers Town Council & Municipal Council)
Nominal List	List of names
Numerical List	List with numbers
PM	Police Magistrate
Postman	Generally referred to as 'Messenger'
PPD	Port Phillip District
PPP	'Port Phillip Patriot'
Pub Licence	Public and General Licence awarded under Act of Council 2nd Vic 8 Sec 26
RC	Roman Catholic
Sec State	Secretary of State for Colonies in Her Majesty's Government
SS	Steam Ship
TOL	Ticket of Leave
U/S	Unserviceable
VDL	Van Dieman's Land
vice	in place of