Map 1 - Sections A2 to A7
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.
All sections below have been modified from the Tasmanian Archives: Map - Bothwell B37, AF819/1/26
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[A2] Patrick Street - 11 acres
Conveyed: 18 Apr 1855, John White purchased Crown Land for £33.
Land Grant: 18 Jun 1855, John White, in consideration of £33.
Land Grant: 19 May 1856, John White, enrolled upon payment of £33.
Land: 18 May 1858, John White (owner), 32 acres, annual rateable value £20; includes [A3], [Aa2].
Land: 15 Nov 1864, John White (owner), 32 acres, annual rateable value £12; includes [A3], [Aa2].
Land: 26 Feb 1867, John White (owner), pastoral land, 32 acres, annual rateable value £12; includes [A3], [Aa2].
Land: 19 Mar 1878, John White (owner), allotments, 44 acres, annual rateable value £19 10s; includes [2], [A3], [A10], [Aa2].
Property Transfer: 28 Nov 1904, Estate of John White to his daughter-in-law, Beatrice Edith (North) White.
Electoral Roll: 1914, William Bowden, butcher; Adelaide Edith Bowden, domestic duties.
Residence: 3 Nov 1914, William Bowden (occupier), Mrs Beatrice Edith North (owner), house, 22 acres; includes [A3].
[A3] Patrick Street - 11 acres
Conveyed: 18 Apr 1855, John White purchased Crown Land for £38 10s.
Land Grant: 18 Jun 1855, John White, in consideration of £38 10s.
Land Grant: 19 May 1856, John White, enrolled upon payment of £38 10s.
Land: 18 May 1858, John White (owner), 32 acres, annual rateable value £20; includes [A2], [Aa2].
Land: 15 Nov 1864, John White (owner), 32 acres, annual rateable value £12; includes [A2], [Aa2].
Land: 26 Feb 1867, John White (owner), pastoral land, 32 acres, annual rateable value £12; includes [A2], [Aa2].
Land: 19 Mar 1878, John White (owner), allotments, 44 acres, annual rateable value £19 10s; includes [2], [A2], [A10], [Aa2].
Property Transfer: 28 Nov 1904, Estate of John White to his daughter-in-law, Beatrice Edith (North) White.
Electoral Roll: 1914, William Bowden, butcher; Adelaide Edith Bowden, domestic duties.
Residence: 3 Nov 1914, William Bowden (occupier), Mrs Beatrice Edith North (owner), house, 22 acres; includes [A2].
Electoral Roll: 1919, William Bowden, butcher; Adelaide Edith Bowden, domestic duties.
[A4-A5] Patrick Street - 9 acres 2 roods 38 perches
Conveyed: 18 Apr 1855, William Maskell purchased Crown Land for £51 12s.
Land Grant: 18 Jun 1855, [A4], William Maskell, 4a 3r 19p, in consideration of £14 12s.
Land Grant: 18 Jun 1855, [A5], William Maskell, 4a 3r 19p, in consideration of £37.
Land Grant: 26 Jun 1855, [A4], William Maskell, upon payment of £14 12s.
Land Grant: 26 Jun 1855, [A5], William Maskell, upon payment of £37.
Land: 18 May 1858, William Maskell (owner), annual rateable value £4 10s.
Land: 15 Nov 1864, William Maskell (owner), cultivated land, annual rateable value £4 10s.
Land: 11 Feb 1868, William Maskell (owner), cultivated paddocks, 17 acres, annual rateable value £6; includes [A13].
Land: 19 Mar 1878, William Maskell (owner), 17 acres, annual rateable value £8 10s; includes [A13].
Conveyed: 14 Aug 1885, Executors of William Maskell to Hector McRae for £60.
Land: 14 Jan 1890, Hector McRae (owner), 17 acres, annual rateable value £8; includes [A13].
Conveyed: 16 Aug 1895, Hector McRae to Sarah Hodgson Lovell for £100.
Land: 28 Mar 1899, William Henry Sealy (occupier), Miss Sarah Hodgson Lovell (owner), paddock, capital value £100, annual rateable value £6.
[A6] Franklin Street - 5 acres 4 perches
Conveyed: 18 Apr 1855, Eli Parker purchased Crown Land for £16 10s.
Land Grant: 18 Jun 1855, Eli Parker, in consideration of £16 10s.
Land Grant: 26 Jun 1855, Eli Parker, enrolled upon payment of £16 10s.
Residence: 8 Apr 1856, Eli Parker (owner, occupier), freehold, cottage, garden.
Residence: 18 May 1858, Eli Parker (owner, occupier), house, garden, annual rateable value £14.
Residence: 19 Nov 1861, Mrs Charlotte Parker (owner, occupier), house, annual rateable value £14.
Residence: 17 Nov 1863, Thomas Smith (occupier), Robert Parker (owner), house, annual rateable value £15.
Residence: 15 Nov 1864, William Taylor (occupier), Robert Parker (owner), house, annual rateable value £15.
Residence: 26 Feb 1867, William Taylor (occupier), Robert Parker (owner), house, annual rateable value £15.
Residence: 11 Feb 1868, John Horne (occupier), Robert Parker (owner), house, annual rateable value £12.
Land: 19 Mar 1878, Thomas Smith (occupier), Robert Parker (owner), paddocks, 7 acres, annual rateable value £15; includes [I10-I11].
Advertisement: 25 Dec 1879, "Real Property Act Notices."
Conveyed: bef 26 Jan 1880, Robert Parker to Humphrey Thomas Savage; a deed has not been located.
Certificate of Title: 26 Jan 1880, registered to Humphrey Thomas Savage, storekeeper.
Land: 21 Mar 1882, Humphrey Thomas Savage (owner), paddock, annual rateable value £2 10s.
Land: 28 Mar 1899, William Blake (occupier), Mrs Ann Alice Savage (owner), paddock, capital value £50, annual rateable value £2 10s.
Land: 21 Nov 1905, William Blake (occupier), Mrs Ann Alice Savage (owner), paddock, capital value £50, annual rateable value £3
[A7] Franklin Street - 5 acres 4 perches
Conveyed: 18 Apr 1855, Charles William Lewis purchased Crown Land for £16 18s.
Land: 19 Nov 1861, Charles William Lewis (owner), allotment, annual rateable value £2.
Land: 26 Feb 1867, Charles William Lewis (owner), allotment, annual rateable value £1 10s.
Land: 7 Feb 1871, Charles William Lewis (owner), allotments, 6a 0r 32p, annual rateable value £1 10s; includes [L1-L2].
Land: 14 Jan 1890, Charles William Lewis (owner), annual rateable value 10s.
Property: 26 May 1891, An Inquisition of Escheat was recorded for the property belonging to Charles William Lewis, who had died without heirs many years ago in the Colony of Victoria and that he was well entitled to the allotment or piece of land and that the same has become the property of Our Sovereign Lady the Queen by way of Escheat.
Notes: 4 Aug 1891, Charles William Lewis was recorded as living at Trawool in Victoria when, on this date, he was visiting Tasmania to convey the property [Bb1-Bb2] Adelaide St.
Land Grant: 11 Nov 1891, Charles William Lewis, a gentleman, living at Trawool in Victoria.
Land: 28 Mar 1899, Unoccupied, Charles William Lewis (owner), capital value £15, annual rateable value £1.
Property: 10 Nov 1899, The Estate of Charles William Lewis became vested in the Curator of Intestate Estates in Pursuance of an order of the Supreme Court.
Advertisement: 17 Mar 1900, "Property in Township of Bothwell."
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
FamilySearch: Australia, Tasmania, Government Gazette, 1833–1925
TROVE: Various newspapers
The LIST: Historic Deeds, Grants and Titles