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Australia continued the English method of recording land transfers, which required the owner of the land to have in his possession the original Deed of Grant, as well as all documents ever entered into by successive owners.

This became known as Old System with the introduction of the Torrens Title System in 1857 by Sir Robert Torrens, the then Register General in South Australia.

As a previous collector of customs he appreciated the simple method used to register shipping and deplored the cumbersome and expensive procedure of the day to register land transfers.

Registration was to prove ownership and responsibility was with the Government and the Registered Proprietor held the duplicate. All changes of ownership and encumbrances were recorded by a rubber stamp.

A similar Act was adopted in Queensland in 1861, a year before the remaining states.

The Land Titles Act 1994 in Queensland introduced the computer to record land transactions, dispensing with paper records.

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