Map 2 - Sections Aa, Bb
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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[Aa1] Schaw Street - 16 acres
Land Grant: 7 Aug 1849, William Moyes, in consideration of £48.
Land Grant: 8 Aug 1849, William Moyes, enrolled upon payment of £48.
Land: 18 May 1858, William Moyes (owner), annual rateable value £8.
Land: 15 Nov 1864, William Moyes (owner), cultivated land, annual rateable value £8.
Land: 26 Feb 1867, William Moyes (owner), agricultural land, annual rateable value £8.
Mortgage: 26 Apr 1876, William Moyes borrowed £120 from James Alfred Huybers and William Simmons Hammond.
Property Transfer: aft 29 Jun 1876, Estate of William Moyes to James Huybers & William Hammond.
Land: 19 Mar 1878, William Henry Jones (occupier), Moyes Estate (owner), annual rateable value £8.
Conveyed: 19 Sep 1881, James Huybers & William Simmons to William Henry Jones for £100.
Conveyed: aft 19 Sep 1881, William Henry Jones to William Jonathan Blake for £120 (paid on 19 Jun 1886); a conveyance was never executed.
Land: 16 Feb 1886, William Blake (owner), annual rateable value £8.
Conveyed: 19 Jun 1886, William Jonathan Blake to Arthur Augustus Allen for £120.
Mortgage: 24 Jun 1886, Arthur Augustus Allen borrowed £100 from Elizabeth Dear.
Land: 28 Mar 1899, Unoccupied, Arthur Allen (owner), capital value £250, annual rateable value £10; includes [A].
Conveyed: 10 May 1900, Arthur Augustus Allen to Robert Swindells for £80; paid £19 2s 4p to Elizabeth Dear and £60 17s 8p to Arthur Allen.
Conveyed: 9 Mar 1909, Robert Swindells to Edward Swindells for £70.
[Aa2] Schaw Street - 4 acres 3 roods 16 perches
Conveyed: 10 Aug 1854, John White purchased Crown Land for £31 7s.
Land Grant: 7 Nov 1854, John White, in consideration of £31 7s.
Land Grant: 15 Mar 1855, John White, enrolled upon payment of £31 7s.
Land: 18 May 1858, John White (owner), 42 acres, annual rateable value £20; includes [A2], [A3], 12 acres remains unknown.
Land: 15 Nov 1864, John White (owner), 30 acres, annual rateable value £12; includes [A2], [A3].
Land: 26 Feb 1867, John White (owner), 30 acres, annual rateable value £12; includes [A2], [A3].
Land: 19 Mar 1878, John White (owner), allotments, 44 acres, annual rateable value £19-10s; includes [2], [A2], [A3], [A10].
Conveyed: 13 Jan 1898, John White to Arthur Augustus Allen for £70.
Land: 28 Mar 1899, Unoccupied, Arthur Allen (owner), 26 acres, capital value £250, annual rateable value £10; includes [Aa1].
Conveyed: 8 Mar 1909, Arthur Augustus Allen to Edward Swindells for £35; paid £22 8s to Frederick Bowden Rattle and £12 12s to Arthur Allen.
[Aa3] Wilmot Street- 10 acres 1 rood 33 perches
Land Grant: 28 Dec 1854, Captain William Langdon, in consideration of £19.
16 Jan 1855 - Deed of Grant enrolled and recorded to William Langdon upon receipt of £19 duly paid to the Crown.
Land: 26 Feb 1867, William Langdon (owner), allotments, 12 acres, annual rateable value £3; includes [Ss1].
Property Transfer: 14 Jul 1879, [Aa3] Wilmot St, Bothwell, TAS; Estate of Captain William Langdon to his son, William Langdon.
Land: 28 Mar 1899, Unoccupied, William Langdon (owner), land, 12 acres, capital value £50, annual rateable value £2; includes [Ss1].
[Bb1-Bb2] Adelaide Street - 10 acres 1 rood 6 perches
Conveyed: 10 Aug 1854, Charles William Lewis purchased Crown Land for £48.
Land Grant: 19 Dec 1854, Charles William Lewis, in consideration of £48.
Land Grant: 19 Apr 1855, Charles William Lewis, enrolled upon payment of £48.
Conveyed: bef 20 Nov 1860, Charles William Lewis to Richard Wyatt; a deed has not been located.
Land: 20 Nov 1860, Richard Wyatt (owner), annual rateable value £5.
Land: 15 Nov 1864, Richard Wyatt (owner), allotment, annual rateable value £1.
Land: 26 Feb 1867, Richard Wyatt (owner), allotment, annual rateable value £3.
Land: 19 Mar 1878, Nathaniel Paul Allison (occupier), Richard Wyatt (owner), paddock, annual rateable value £5.
Land: 14 Jan 1890, Richard Wyatt (owner), annual rateable value £4.
Conveyed: 4 Aug 1891, Charles William Lewis & Richard Wyatt to Gifford White for £50 paid to Richard Wyatt; plus 5s paid to Charles William Lewis.
Land: 16 Feb 1892, Gifford White Jnr (owner), annual rateable value £4.
Land: 28 Mar 1899, Vincent Geard (occupier), Gifford White (owner), paddock, capital value £50, annual rateable value £2.
Conveyed: 17 Jun 1904, Gifford White to Vincent Geard for £60.
[Bb3] Glebe Street - 10 acres
Land Grant: 2 Oct 1846, William Chester, in consideration of £30.
Land Grant: 20 Oct 1846, William Chester, enrolled upon payment of £30.
Conveyed: bef 18 May 1858, William Chester to James Fisher; a deed has not been located.
Land: 18 May 1858, Richard Allen (occupier), James Fisher (owner), partly cultivated, annual rateable value £5.
Advertisement: 30 Nov 1858, "Auction" Chesterfield.
Conveyed: bef 19 Nov 1861, Executors of James Fisher to Richard Allen; a deed has not been located.
Land: 19 Nov 1861, Richard Allen (owner), annual rateable value £5.
Land: 17 Nov 1863, Richard Allen (owner), cultivated land, annual rateable value £5; includes [H7-H8].
Land: 26 Feb 1867, Richard Allen (owner), agricultural land, annual rateable value £5.
Land: 19 Mar 1878, Richard Allen (owner), arable, 41 acres, annual rateable value £20 10s; includes [Mm], [Oo1-part].
Property Transfer: 27 Nov 1882, Estate of Richard Allen to his son, Arthur Augustus Allen.
Certificate of Title: 10 Dec 1891, registered to Arthur Augustus Allen, farmer.
Residence: 16 Feb 1892, George Horne (occupier), Arthur Allen (owner), house, annual rateable value £15.
Land: 28 Mar 1899, William Henry Sealy (occupier), Arthur Allen (owner), paddock, capital value £100, annual rateable value £4.
Conveyed: 30 Dec 1899, Arthur Augustus Allen to William Henry Sealy for £40.
Certificate of Title: 30 Jan 1900, registered to William Henry Sealy, storekeeper.
Conveyed: 10 Mar 1917, William Henry Sealy to John Augustus Jeffries.
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. ↗