Map 1
Sections A2 to A7
Information contained in reports are a timeline of occurrences for each property until 1899 - who conveyed, occupied etc. Complied from records at the Tasmanian Archives, Land Titles Office, Hobart Town Gazette Valuation Rolls and newspaper articles. This is a work in progress and will be continually added to and updated.
All sections below have been modified from the Tasmanian Archives: Map - Bothwell B37, AF819/1/26
View original map on the Tasmanian Archives website https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/AF819-1-26
[1-A2] Patrick Street - 11a 0r 0p
Bounded on the South by ten chains easterly along Patrick Street from its angle with King Street; on the East by eleven chains northerly along Marie Street; on the North by ten chains westerly along land located to Peter Taylor to King Street aforesaid; and thence on the West by eleven chains southerly along that street to the point of commencement - 11 acres. (1)
April 18, 1855 - John White purchased crown land for £33. (2)
June 18, 1855 - Land granted to John White. (1)
May 19, 1856 - Deed of Grant enrolled and recorded to John White upon receipt of £33 paid to the Crown. (1)
May 18, 1858 - John White (owner), land, 32 acres, annual rateable value £20 - includes [1-A3], [2-A]. (3)
November 15, 1864 - John White (owner), land, 32 acres, annual rateable value £12 - includes [1-A3], [2-A]. (4)
February 26, 1867 - John White (owner), pastoral land, 32 acres, annual rateable value £12 - includes [1-A3], [2-A]. (5)
March 19, 1878 - John White (owner), allotments, 44 acres, annual rateable value £19 10s - includes [1-2], [1-A3], [2-A10], [2-A]. (6)
November 28, 1904 - The property transferred from the estate of John White to his daughter-in-law, Beatrice Edith (North) White. (7)
[1-A3] Patrick Street - 11a 0r 0p
Bounded on the South by ten chains easterly along Patrick Street from its angle with Marie Street; on the East by eleven chains northerly along Harriett Street; on the North by ten chains westerly along land located to Peter Taylor to Marie Street aforesaid; and thence on the West by eleven chains southerly along that street to the point of commencement - 11 acres. (1)
April 18, 1855 - John White purchased crown land for £38 10s. (2)
June 18, 1855 - The land was granted to John White. (1)
May 19, 1856 - Deed of Grant enrolled and recorded to John White upon receipt of £38 10s paid to the Crown. (1)
May 18, 1858 - John White (owner), land, 32 acres, annual rateable value £20 - includes [1-A2], [2-A]. (3)
November 15, 1864 - John White (owner), land, 32 acres, annual rateable value £12 - includes [1-A2], [2-A]. (4)
February 26, 1867 - John White (owner), pastoral land, 32 acres, annual rateable value £12 - includes [1-A2], [2-A]. (5)
March 19, 1878 - John White (owner), allotments, 44 acres, annual rateable value £19 10s - includes [1-2], [1-A2], [2-A10], [2-A]. (6)
November 28, 1904 - The property was transferred from the estate of John White to his daughter-in-law, Beatrice Edith (North) White. (7)
[1-A4, A5] Patrick Street - 9a 2r 38p
[1-A4] - Bounded on the South by ten chains easterly along High Street from its angle with Marie Street; on the East by four chains and eighty-seven links northerly along Harriet Street; on the North by ten chains westerly along Patrick Street to Marie Street aforesaid; and thence on the West by four chains and eighty-seven links southerly along the last-named street to the point of commencement - 4 acres, 3 roods, 19 perches.
[1-A5] - Bounded on the South by ten chains easterly along High Street from its angle with King Street; on the East by four chains and eighty-seven links northerly along Marie Street; on the North by ten chains westerly along Patrick Street to King Street aforesaid; and thence on the West by four chains and eighty-seven links southerly along the last-named street to the point of commencement - 4 acres, 3 roods, 19 perches. (1)
April 18, 1855 - William Maskell purchased crown land for £51 12s. (2)
May 18, 1858 - William Maskell (owner), land, 9 acres, annual rateable value £4 10s. (3)
November 15, 1864 - William Maskell (owner), cultivated land, 9 acres, annual rateable value £4 10s. (4)
February 26, 1867 - William Maskell (owner), arable land, 16 acres, annual rateable value £8 - includes [1-A13]. (5)
February 11, 1868 - William Maskell (owner), cultivated paddocks, 16 acres, annual rateable value £6 - includes [1-A13]. (6)
March 19, 1878 - William Maskell (owner), land, 16 acres, annual rateable value £8 10s - includes [1-A4, A5]. (7)
August 14, 1885 - Executors of William Maskell conveyed to Hector McRae for £60. (1)
January 14, 1890 - Hector McRae (owner), land, 17 acres, annual rateable value £8 - includes [1-A13]. (8)
August 16, 1895 - Hector McRae conveyed to Sarah Hodgson Lovell for £100. (9)
March 28, 1899 - William Henry Sealy (occupier), Miss Sarah Hodgson Lovell (owner), paddock, 9 acres, capital value £100, annual rateable value £6. (10)
[1-A6] Franklin Street - 5a 0r 4p
Bounded on the South by ten chains easterly along Franklin Street from its angle with King Street; on the East by five chains and three links northerly along Marie Street; on the North by ten chains westerly along High Street to King Street aforesaid; and thence on the West by five chains and three links southerly along the last mentioned street to the point of commencement - 5 acres, 4 perches. (1)
April 18, 1855 - Eli Parker purchased crown land for £16 10s. (2)
June 18, 1855 - The land was granted to Eli Parker. (1)
June 26, 1855 - Deed of Grant enrolled and recorded to Eli Parker upon receipt of £16 10s paid to the Crown. (1)
April 8, 1856 - Eli Parker (owner, occupier), freehold, cottage, garden. (3)
May 18, 1858 - Eli Parker (owner, occupier), house, garden, land, 5½ acres, annual rateable value £14. (4)
November 20, 1860 - Eli Parker (owner, occupier), house, garden, land, 5½ acres, annual rateable value £14. (5)
November 19, 1861 - Charlotte Parker (owner), house, ground, 5½ acres, annual rateable value £14. (6)
November 17, 1863 - Thomas Smith (occupier), Robert Parker (owner), house, 5½ acres, annual rateable value £15. (7)
November 15, 1864 - William Taylor (occupier), Robert Parker (owner), house, ground, 5½ acres, annual rateable value £15. (8)
February 26, 1867 - William Taylor (occupier), Robert Parker (owner, Den Hill), house, ground, 5½ acres, annual rateable value £15. (9)
February 11, 1868 - John Horne (occupier), Robert Parker (owner), house, ground, 5½ acres, annual rateable value £12. (10)
March 19, 1878 - Thomas Smith (occupier), Robert Parker (owner), paddocks, 7 acres, annual rateable value £15 - includes [1-I10, I11]. (11)
December 25, 1879 - Newspaper advertisement.
REAL PROPERTY ACT. Whereas the persons named at foot hereof have each respectively for himself made application to have the land set forth and described before his name brought under the operation of "The Real Property Act:" Notice is hereby given that, unless caveat be lodged with the Recorder of Titles, by some person having estate their interest in the said lands, on or before the date herein below for each case specified, the said pieces of land will be brought under the operation of the said Act as by law directed.
BOTHWELL- Section A6, 5a 0r 4p. Bounded by High-street, Main-street, Franklin-street and King-street. Originally granted to Eli Parker.
Robert Parker, (Application 1971), 17th January, 1880. (12)
Bef January 26, 1880 - Robert Parker conveyed to Humphrey Thomas Savage, but a conveyance has not been located. (13)
January 26, 1880 - Certificate of Title registered to Humphrey Thomas Savage, a storekeeper living in Bothwell. (13)
March 21, 1882 - Humphrey Thomas Savage (owner), paddock, 5 acres, annual rateable value £2 10s. (14)
February 20, 1883 - Humphrey Thomas Savage (owner), paddock, 5 acres, annual rateable value £2 10s. (15)
February 16, 1886 - Humphrey Thomas Savage (owner), paddock, 5 acres, annual rateable value £2 10s. (16)
March 28, 1899 - William Blake (occupier), Mrs Ann Alice Savage (owner, Melbourne), paddock, 5 acres, capital value £50, annual rateable value £2 10s. (17)
[1-A7] Franklin Street - 5a 0r 4p
Bounded on the North by ten chains easterly along High Street commending at the angle of that street with Marie Street; on the East by five chains and three links southerly along Harriett Street; on the South by ten chains westerly along Franklin Street to Marie Street aforesaid; and thence on the West by five chains and three links northerly along that street to the point of commencement - 5 acres, 4 perches. (1)
April 18, 1855 - Charles William Lewis purchased crown land for £16 18s. (2)
November 19, 1861 - Charles William Lewis (owner), allotment, 5 acres, annual value £2. (3)
February 26, 1867 - Charles William Lewis (owner), allotment, 5 acres, annual value £1 10s. (4)
February 7, 1871 - Charles William Lewis (owner), allotment, 6a 0r 32p, annual value £1 10s - [1-L1, L2], [1-A7]. (5)
January 14, 1890 - Charles William Lewis (owner), land, 5 acres, annual value 10s. (6)
The following Inquisition of Escheat was recorded on a historic deed stating that Charles William Lewis was deceased at this time. However, this is incorrect as the following information confirms he died in Sep 1899.
May 26, 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. (7)
August 4, 1891 - Charles was recorded as living at Trawool, Victoria, Australia and on this date was visiting Tasmania to convey the property [4-Bb1, Bb2] Adelaide St, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia. (8)
November 11, 1891 - Land granted to Charles William Lewis, living at Trawool, Victoria, Australia, gentleman (1)
March 28, 1899 - Unoccupied, Charles William Lewis, land, 5 acres, capital value £15, annual value £1. (9)
September 8, 1899 - Newspaper article.
A LITTLE STRANGE. He Sometimes was Found in the Yarra. The Coroner's Inquiry. Mr Morrison, district coroner, held an inquest at the Morgue this morning on the body of Charles Lewis, which was found in the Yarra, at Collingwood, on the 4th inst. Godfrey McDonald, engine-driver, residing at Clifton Hill, stated that he found the body of the deceased in the Yarra, near Dight's Falls, Collingwood, on the 4th inst. He reported the matter to the police. The body was fully dressed. Constable Nicholson deposed that he recovered the body and removed it to the Morgue. It was very much decomposed. He had made inquiries, and found that deceased had drawn £10 out of the Savings Bank on the 27th June, but witness had been unable to trace what had become of the money. Deceased, who had not been drinking, left his lodgings on the 29th June. Harriet Thompson, dairy-keeper, Clifton Hill, said that deceased, who was sixty-nine years of age, stayed at her place when he came to Melbourne. He left it on the 29th June last. He was sometimes a little strange in his manner, and went to the Hospital, but did not go in as a patient. Two days previous to leaving he had drawn £10 out of the Savings Bank for the purpose of paying a blll. Deceased had about £230 in the bank. He was very much depressed when he left on the 29th June. He had never threatened to take his life, but on one occasion had spoken about it being an easy place to go to Studley Park and roll down the bank into the Yarra. Deceased had a selection near Trawool. Dr Neild, who made a post-mortem examination of the body, deposed that the cause of death was drowning. The Jury returned a verdict to the effect that deceased was found drowned, but that there was no evidence to show how he got into the water. (10)
November 10, 1899 - The Estate of Charles William Lewis became vested in the Curator of Intestate Estates in Pursuance of an order of the Supreme Court. (1)
March 17, 1900 - Newspaper advertisement.
Friday, March 23. Property in Township of Bothwell. Roberts & Company Limited are instructed by the Curator to sell at Bothwell Yards, on account of the estate of C W Lewis, deceased, on above day, at 12 o'clock. An allotment, bounded by Marie, Franklin, High and Harriet streets, containing 5a 0r 4p. Title - Land grant. Terms - Half cash at sale; balance on completion. (11)
Sources
[1-A2]
Libraries Tasmania: Deeds of Land Grants 1832-1935 (RD1), John White, p112/1856 (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RD1-1-34/RD1-1-34P112JPG).
TROVE: Colonial Times (Hobart, TAS : 1828-1857), "Sale of Crown Lands," 19 Apr 1855, p3, c2 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8779986).
FamilySearch: Australia, Tasmania, Government Gazette, 1833-1925, John White, p700/1858 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-898F-VZH5).
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[1-A3]
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[1-A4, A5]
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[1-A6]
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[1-A7]
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