Map 1 - Sections 30, P, Q, R, S
The information in these reports provides a timeline of occurrences for each property up to 1919, including details such as conveyances and occupancy. Compiled from records at the Tasmanian Archives, the Land Titles Office, Hobart Town Gazette Valuation Rolls, and newspaper articles, this is a work in progress and will be continually updated.
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[30, P-S] Patrick Street - 10 acres 1 perch
Land Grant: 24 Oct 1839, [30], John Hunter Patterson.
Land Grant: 21 Nov 1839, [30], John Hunter Patterson, enrolled.
Conveyed: 6 Dec 1839, [30], John Hunter Patterson to Edward Bowden for £120.
Census: 1 Jan 1842, [30], William Phillips (occupier), Edward Bowden (owner), brick house, unfinished, inhabited.
Conveyed: 3 Jun 1847, [30], Edward Bowden to his son-in-law, Robert Blake, for £120.
Census: 1 Jan 1848, [30], Robert Blake (owner, occupier), brick, completed, inhabited.
Conveyed: 18 Apr 1855, [P-S] Robert Blake purchased Crown Land for £88 2s.
Land Grant: 20 Jun 1855, [P], Robert Blake, in consideration of £28.
Land Grant: 20 Jun 1855, [Q-R], Robert Blake, in consideration of £40 10s.
Land Grant: 20 Jun 1855, [S], Robert Blake, in consideration of £20.
Land Grant: 28 Jun 1855, [Q-R], Robert Blake, enrolled upon payment of £40 10s.
Land Grant: 17 Nov 1856, [P], Robert Blake, enrolled upon payment of £28.
Land Grant: 17 Nov 1856, [S], Robert Blake, enrolled upon payment of £20.
Residence: 18 May 1858, Robert Blake (owner, occupier), house, fields, annual rateable value £30.
Property: 19 Nov 1861, Robert Blake (owner), house, fields, annual rateable value £30.
Residence: 15 Nov 1864, William Webb (occupier), Robert Blake (owner), house, garden, under 1 acre, annual rateable value £10.
Land: 15 Nov 1864, Isaac Blake (occupier), Robert Blake (owner), agricultural land, annual rateable value £20.
Residence: 26 Feb 1867, William Webb (occupier), Robert Blake (owner), house, garden, under 1 acre, annual rateable value £10.
Land: 26 Feb 1867, Isaac Blake (occupier), Robert Blake (owner), agricultural land, annual rateable value £20.
Land: 8 Sep 1874, Isaac Blake (occupier, erased), executors of Robert Blake (owner), arable land, annual rateable value £15.
Residence: 8 Sep 1874, John Hanigan (occupier, inserted), executors of Robert Blake (owners), house, arable land, annual rateable value £15.
Residence: 30 Jan 1877, Joseph Blake (occupier), executors of Robert Blake (owners), house, annual rateable value £15.
Conveyed: bef 12 Oct 1877, Executors of Robert Blake to Elizabeth (Javis) Jackson.
Advertisement: 12 Oct 1877, "Real Property Act Notices."
Certificate of Title: 19 Nov 1877, registered to Elizabeth Jarvis, married woman.
Residence: 19 Mar 1878, Samuel Jackson (owner, occupier), house, annual rateable value £15.
Residence: 14 Jan 1890, Samuel Jackson (owner, occupier), house, annual rateable value £15.
Property Transfer: 3 Apr 1895, [30, Q-R], Estate of Elizabeth (Jarvis) Jackson to her son, Samuel Jackson. Subject to one condition that during the time Samuel remains unmarried, he is to supply ample house accommodation, food, clothing and all other necessaries to his sister, Mary Ann Jackson.
Property Transfer: 3 Apr 1895, [P, S], Estate of Elizabeth (Jarvis) Jackson to her son, Samuel Jackson.
Certificate of Title: 18 Jun 1895, [30, Q-R], registered to Samuel Jackson, farmer.
Certificate of Title: 18 Jun 1895, [P, S], registered to Samuel Jackson, farmer.
Residence: 28 Mar 1899, Samuel Jackson (owner, occupier), house, capital value £290, annual rateable value £22.
Conveyed: 21 Mar 1901, [30, Q-R], Samuel Jackson to his sister, Mary Ann Jackson (LIST: Samuel Jackson, title historical, vol 96, fol 46)
Residence: 21 Nov 1905, Miss Mary Ann Jackson (owner, occupier), house, paddocks, 10 acres, capital value £165, annual rateable value £15; grass paddocks, 11 acres, capital value £65, annual rateable value £4.
Land: 21 Nov 1905, [P, S], Samuel Jackson (owner), grass paddocks, 5 acres, capital value £40, annual rateable value £2; grass paddocks, 4 acres, capital value £30, annual rateable value £2.
Property Transfer: aft 14 Feb 1913, [P, S] Patrick St, Bothwell, TAS; [P, S], Estate of Samuel Jackson to his brother, William Jackson.
Property Transfer: 21 Feb 1917, [30, Q-R] Patrick St, Bothwell, TAS; [30, Q-R], Estate of Mary Ann Jackson to her brother, John Jackson.
Resources Used:
Ancestry: Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903–1980. ↗
Libraries Tasmania: Census Returns for Various Districts, Tasmania; Copies of Wills Granting Probate; Deeds of Land Grants 1832–1935; Record of Cases Heard in Petty Sessions, Bothwell; Registers of Births; Registers of Deaths. ↗
FamilySearch: Australia, Tasmania, Government Gazette, 1833–1925. ↗
TROVE (National Library of Australia): The Britannia and Trades' Advocate; Colonial Times; The Cornwall Chronicle; The Courier; The Daily Telegraph; The Hobart Town Advertiser; The Hobart Town Courier; The Hobart Town Courier and Van Diemen's Land Gazette; The Hobarton Mercury; Hobart Town Daily Mercury; Launceston Advertiser; Launceston Examiner; MacPhail's Directory of Tasmania 1867-68; The Mercury; The Tasmanian; The Tasmanian Morning Herald; Tasmanian Weekly Dispatch; Tribune. ↗
The LIST (Land Information System Tasmania): Historic Deeds, Grants and Titles. ↗