Map 1 - Section G
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 map 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
The Bothwell History pages are undergoing a major review and redesign. Information is being reorganised, new research is being added, and some pages may appear in different formats during this process.
[G3-G5] High Street - 2 acres 35 perches
Land Grant: 4 Feb 1839, Edward Bowden.
Land Grant: 16 Feb 1839, Edward Bowden, enrolled.
Property Transfer: aft 28 Nov 1866, Estate of Diana (Ayres) Bowden to her daughter, Henrietta (Bowden) Lewis.
Article: 14 May 1885, "Real Property Act Notices."
Certificate of Title: 11 Jul 1885, registered to Henrietta Lewis, married woman.
For more information, go to [G3] High St, [G4] High St, & [G5] High St]
[G3] High Street - 2 roods 37¼ perches
Land Grant: 4 Feb 1839, [G3-G5], Edward Bowden.
Land Grant: 16 Feb 1839, [G3-G5], Edward Bowden, enrolled.
Census: 1 Jan 1842, Edward Bowden (owner, occupier), brick house, completed.
Census: 1 Jan 1848, Edward Bowden (owner, occupier), brick house, completed.
Residence: 18 May 1858, Jonathan Bowden (occupier), Edward Bowden Snr (owner), house, stables, barn, annual rateable value £30.
Residence: 6 Dec 1859, Jonathan Bowden (occupier, erased), Edward Bowden Snr (owner, erased), house, stables, barn, annual rateable value £30.
Residence: 6 Dec 1859, Mrs Diana Bowden (owner, inserted), house, stables, barn, annual rateable value £30.
Residence: 15 Nov 1864, Mrs Diana Bowden (owner), house, stables, barn, annual rateable value £25.
Property Transfer: aft 28 Nov 1866, Estate Diana (Ayres) Bowden to her daughter, Henrietta (Bowden) Lewis.
Residence: 26 Feb 1867, Thomas Lewis (owner, occupier), house, out-buildings, annual rateable value £25.
Residence: 7 Feb 1871, Thomas Lewis (owner, occupier), house, annual rateable value £22.
Residence: 11 Mar 1873, Thomas Perkins (occupier), Thomas Lewis (owner), house, annual rateable value £20.
Residence: 30 Jan 1877, Thomas Lewis (owner, occupier), house, annual rateable value £20.
Certificate of Title: 11 Jul 1885, registered to Henrietta (Bowden) Lewis.
Residence: 28 Mar 1899, William Lewis (owner, occupier), house, garden, capital value £350, annual rateable value £18.
Property Transfer: 21 Dec 1900, Estate of Henrietta (Bowden) Lewis to her son, William Lewis.
Certificate of Title: 2 Jan 1901, registered to William Lewis, stonemason.
Residence: 21 Nov 1905, William Lewis (owner, occupier), cottage, capital value £350, annual rateable value £20.
Electoral Roll: 1914, William Lewis, stonemason; Kate Rosina Lewis, domestic duties.
Residence: 3 Nov 1914, William Lewis (owner, occupier), cottage, annual rateable value £18.
Property Transfer: aft 18 Dec 1917, Estate of William Lewis to his widow, Kate Rosina (Woodruff) Lewis.
Electoral Roll: 1919, Kate Rosina Lewis, domestic duties.
Residence: 4 Mar 1919, Mrs Kate Rosina Lewis (owner, occupier), cottage, annual rateable value £18.
[G4] High Street - 2 roods 37½ perches
Land Grant: 4 Feb 1839, [G3-G5], Edward Bowden.
Land Grant: 16 Feb 1839, [G3-G5], Edward Bowden, enrolled.
Advertisement: 8 Feb 1856, "Valuable Houses" Weather-boarded cottage.
Residence: 18 May 1858, George Smith (occupier), Edward Bowden (owner), house, annual rateable value £7 10s.
Residence: 19 Nov 1861, James Powell Smith (occupier), Mrs Diana Bowden (owner), house, annual rateable value £7 10s.
Residence: 17 Nov 1863, Mrs Mary Smith (occupier), Mrs Diana Bowden (owner), house, annual rateable value £5.
Residence: 15 Nov 1864, Mrs Mary Smith (occupier), Mrs Diana Bowden (owner), house, annual rateable value £4.
Property Transfer: aft 28 Nov 1866, [G3-G5], Estate of Diana (Ayres) Bowden to her daughter, Henrietta (Bowden) Lewis.
Residence: 26 Feb 1867, Daniel Gibbons (occupier), Thomas Lewis (owner), house, annual rateable value £5.
Residence: 19 Mar 1878, Mrs Maria Burrows (occupier), Thomas Lewis (owner), house, annual rateable value £3.
Certificate of Title: 11 Jul 1885, registered to [G3-G5], Henrietta (Bowden) Lewis.
Residence: 28 Mar 1899, John Finley (occupier), Thomas Lewis (owner), cottage, capital value £80, annual rateable value £5.
Property Transfer: 21 Dec 1900, [G3-G5], Estate of Henrietta (Bowden) Lewis to her son, Thomas Edwin Lewis.
Certificate of Title: 2 Jan 1901, registered to Thomas Edwin Lewis, stonemason.
Residence: 21 Nov 1905, owner, cottage, capital value £250, annual rateable value £15.
Conveyed: 8 May 1907, Thomas Edwin Lewis to Elizabeth (Whiteway) Sims.
Residence: 3 Nov 1914, Charles Sims (occupier), Mrs Elizabeth Sims (owner), cottage, annual rateable value £18.
[G5] High Street - 2 roods 37½ perches
Land Grant: 4 Feb 1839, [G3-G5], Edward Bowden.
Land Grant: 16 Feb 1839, [G3-G5], Edward Bowden, enrolled.
Advertisement: 8 Feb 1856, "Valuable Houses" Half an Acre of Land.
Residence: 17 Nov 1863, Henry Hunt (occupier), Mrs Diana Bowden (owner), house, annual rateable value £5.
Residence: 15 Nov 1864, William Dalby (occupier), Mrs Diana Bowden (owner), house, annual rateable value £6.
Property Transfer: aft 28 Nov 1866, [G3-G5], Estate of Diana (Ayres) Bowden to her daughter, Henrietta (Bowden) Lewis.
Residence: 26 Feb 1867, William Dalby (occupier), Thomas Lewis (owner), house, annual rateable value £7.
Residence: 7 Feb 1871, William Dalby (occupier), Thomas Lewis (owner), house, annual rateable value £10.
Residence: 19 Mar 1878, Richard Shepherd (occupier), Thomas Lewis (owner), house, annual rateable value £5.
Certificate of Title: 11 Jul 1885, registered to [G3-G5], Henrietta Lewis, married woman.
Property Transfer: 21 Dec 1900, [G3-G5], Estate of Henrietta (Bowden) Lewis to her son, Edward John Lewis.
Certificate of Title: 2 Jan 1901, registered to Edward John Lewis, stonemason.
Electoral Roll: 1914, Edward John Lewis, stonemason.
Residence: 3 Nov 1914, Edward John Lewis (owner, occupier), cottage, annual rateable value £7.
Electoral Roll: 1919, Edward John Lewis, stonemason.
Residence: 4 Mar 1919, Edward Lewis (owner, occupier), cottage, annual rateable value £6.
[G6] High Street - 2 acres 1 rood 14 perches
Land Grant: 1 Feb 1849, Edward Andrews, in consideration of £42.
Land Grant: 3 Feb 1849, Edward Andrews, enrolled upon payment of £42.
Land: 18 May 1858, Edward Andrews (owner), barn, cultivated land, annual rateable value £10.
Land: 26 Feb 1867, Edward Andrews (owner), cultivated land, annual rateable value £2 10s.
Property Transfer: 1 Mar 1871, Estate of Edward Andrews to his widow, Catherine (Curtin) Andrews & son, Charles Edward Andrews,
Land: 19 Mar 1878, Mrs Catherine Andrews (owner), annual rateable value £2 10s.
Advertisement: 31 Jan 1879, "Properties in Bothwell" Paddock of 2 acres,
Land: 14 Jan 1890, Roberts & Co (owners), sale-yards, annual rateable value £10.
Conveyed: 25 Mar 1890, Catherine (Curtin) Andrews & Charles Edward Andrews to Roberts & Co Ltd for £150.
Land: 24 Feb 1891, Roberts & Co (owners), sale-yards, annual rateable value £10.
Land: 28 Mar 1899, Roberts & Co (owners), sale-yards, capital value £100, annual rateable value £10.
Land: 21 Nov 1905, Roberts & Co (owners), sale-yards, capital value £100, annual rateable value £10.
Land: 4 Mar 1919, Roberts & Co (owners), sale-yards, annual rateable value £10.
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