Journal: black hard cover with buff spine and corners. Contains details of crown land surveyed and sold, district of Sandhurst. Double pages numbered on top right, page columns - parish, town lands, particulars, survey fees, date of survey, date of sale, auction, selection price per acre, total amount, purchaser. No index. On spine '08' 'Bendigo A' 26th June 1857 to 1879 (?)Lands Officeplace, land sales, lands office, crown land, land surveys, bendigo, sandhurst

Journal: LANDS OFFICE - SALE OF CROWN LANDS - 1864 - 1869 Brown hard cover journal. Contains details of sales of crown land, listed in chronological order of sales. Includes lot, allotment, section, county, parish, area, upset price per acre, deposit, amount for which sold, valuation, name of purchaser. On spine 011Lands Officelands office, crown land, crown land sales, land sales, bendigo, sandhurst

Journal: black hard cover journal with buff spine and corners. Front cover badly damaged Written on spine ' S.I. Sales 1855 - 1869' '05' written in red ink on top of spine. On front cover 'G.W. Groves' written in blue ink under torn cover. Blue lined pages contain details of crown lands surveyed in district of Sandhurst, town, suburban and country. Details of parish, area, date of sale, price and name of purchaser. Indexed by parish on first page.Lands Officeland sales, lands office, land sales, land surveyed, sandhurst, bendigo

Hard cover journal, green cover with buff spine and edges. Sticker on the front: Sale register 1934-1954. On the spine in red the number 16 and in black Land Sales 10-01-1934 to 31-12-1954. Pages entered with details of sales by public auction of crown lands. LH page: lot, county, town or parish, allotment, section, area, survey fee paid, upset price per lot, sold for per lot. RH page: value of improvements if any, name of purchaser, address, purchase money paid, grant fees and assurance paid.land sales, victoria, crown land sales, bendigo, central and northern victoria

Document: light brown cover, hard cover journal. Contains details of crown lands surveyed and sold in the District of Sandhurst. Index and 217 pages. LH page: parish, town lands, suburban lands, country lands, total lands surveyed, date of survey. RH page: date of sale, by auction, by selection, price per acre, total amount, names of purchasers. On spine: '2' in red, ' sales Bendigo 1861 - 1864'Lands Officeplace, bendigo, land sales, bendigo, sandhurst, land sales, land surveyed

4-page typewritten letter dated 28 May 2012 from Richard Carter (Carter Real Estate) to Mr John Close, Archivist, Yarra Valley Grammar School, Kalinda Road, Ringwood Vic 3134 detailing research findings relating to the history of the school site and previous ownership by the Larkin Family.28 May 2012 Mr John Close Archivist Yarra Valley Grammar School Kalinda Road RINGWOOD VIC 3134 Dear John. Re; The Larkin Family I read with interest the article in the Link about the history of the school site and the previous ownership by the Larkin Family. That interest was influenced, of course, by the fact that the site was acquired on behalf of the school by my father Allan Ballard Carter who was an inaugural and foundation member of the School Council. I set about undertaking my research. Crown Grant Volume 1700 Folio 927 shows that "Thomas Larkin of Ringwood" purchased 51 acres 2 roods 22 perches(about 20.9 hectares) being Crown Allotment 40 in the Parish of Warrandyte from the Crown on 9 March 1885 for 52 pounds, being the prevailing rate of 1 pound per acre or part thereof. That land fronted two government roads, now known as Kalinda Road and Plymouth Road but earlier known as Wonga Park Road and Wonga Road. The distinctive kink in the school's Plymouth Road frontage dotes from that time. Adjacent to the land, on the corner of those two roads, was Crown Allotment 40A which you identify as having been acquired by Richard Wilioughby in 1876. That title contained an area of exactly 20 acres (8.09 hectares). Larkin's Crown Grant then notes that Michael Larkin of Victoria Street Camberwell, Gentleman, and Norah Larkin of Warrandyte, Widow, took title on 22 June 1892 as Executor Executrix of the Will of Thomas Larkin who died on 10 May 1891. Norah Larkin was presumably the widow of Thomas Larkin. The address ("of Warrandyte") is significant. She might not have been living on the land. Alternatively, the North Croydon locality could easily have been referred to as "Warrandyte". Was Michael Larkin the son, brother or even the father of Thomas Larkin? The title holds a few clues. -2- The next transfer was Norah Larkin as surviving executor of the Will of Thomas Larkin. That endorsement is dated 9 August 1909, obviously after the death of Michael Larkin. Perhaps he was, indeed, Thomas' father. That endorsement immediately proceeded the transfer on the same day of the date of the title into Norah's name absolutely, and not simply as Executrix of her late husband's estate. Norah Larkin died on 5 April 1918 and probate of her Will was granted to Thomas Larkin of Wonga Road Warrandyte, Fruit-grower. We can surmise that this Thomas was the son of Norah and her late husband Thomas and that the address "Wonga Road Warrandyte" could in reality have been what would be regarded as Plymouth Road Croydon, Thus, we can surmise that Thomas Larkin was operating an orchard on the land he was living in on 1918. Thomas Larkin took title to the property in his right in 1923 and held it until his death in August 1939. Probate of Thomas Larkin's Will was granted to Eileen Molloy of Healesville Road Ringwood and title was transferred into her name on 1 December 1939. Who was Eileen Molloy? Clearly she was not Thomas Larkin's daughter (she was a spinster), The address 'Healesville Road' refers to what is now Maroondah Highway, In fact the Molloy family lived on Maroondah Highway, west of Oban Road, not far from the land. Regardless of whether she was family or merely a friend, Eileen Molloy continued to hold the land until the land was sold for development, firstly to Parkmore Proprietory Limited in about 1958 and finally to Dehay Pty Ltd on 26 October 1960. Dehay Pty Ltd was a land development company of Mr David Hains of the Portland Property Group in Collins Street Melbourne. The company had land along Kalinda Road which was later subdivided into Grayling Crescent and into Chesney Drive and surrounding streets. Clearly the intention would have been to subdivide the Larkin and Molloy lands (together with Willoughby's land) into residential allotments. -3- !t was at about this time that Mr A Robin Clarke had conceived the idea of an independent boy's school in the location and has approached my father, presumably both to select a suitable site and to serve on the school council which was about to be formed. Allan Carter was obviously aware in his professional capacity of the land and its ownership and identified it as a suitable site for a school. He approached Mr Hains with a proposal to sell and was able to secure an agreement. I recall my father some years later commenting to me that Mr Hains could well have regarded the approach as ill-conceived and an approach merely by a loose consortium with many bright ideas, hopes and aspirations but no money! It is probably a testament to the calibre of Robin Clarke and those around him that David Hains was persuaded of the greater good in selling the land and enable the school to take root. The school took title of three parcels of land, being the whole of the Larkin Land and the Willoughby Land (which had been split in two in 1890) on 13 January 1964. The entire site which totalled 71.6376 acres was purchased for a price of t52,750. The transfer was signed by David Hains as Vendor on behalf of Dehay Pty Ltd and by J B Harper & R F Hughes on behalf of the school. The rest, as they say, is history. As an aside, I understand David Hains is still alive with active business interests. As perhaps the last survivor of events surrounding the purchase of the site, it might be prudent for the school to ascertain whether he would care to detail for the record the circumstances which lead to his purchase of the Larkin/Molloy/Willoughby lands and his sale to the school. The Willoughby Land also holds some history. Richard William Willoughby held his 20 acres on the corner from the date of the Crown Grant in 1876 only until his death in 1877. His executors continued to own it until 1890 when it was split in two and the northern portion of about 10 acres sold to Hugh Ta\A4on Knight of Spencer Street Melbourne, That portion was later sold in 1897 to William George Long of Melbourne, Fruit Merchant who. in turn, in 1903 sold it to his neighbour. "Thomas Larkin of Ringwood, farmer" on 27 May 1903. It was then held by the Larkin/Molloy family until 1960 when it was sold to Parkmore Pty Ltd and then, in 1961, to Dehay Pty Ltd. -4- Meanwhile the southern portion of the Willoughby Land was sold to William George Long in 1897 (who held the northern portion) before being sold to James Maggs of Wonga Park Road (now Kalinda Road) Ringwood. It ultimately was also purchased by Dehay Pty Ltd. Yours faithfully Richard Carter

Land sale advertisement for 50 home sites with map of Sub-division showing layout of streets and allotments, summary of local features and services and terms of sale, and copy of sectional map of Crown Allotments 20 & 21B Parish of Warrandyte also showing layout of Sub-division.Subdivision includes Grandview Grove (later Bemboka Road), Merrill Crescent and Kerry Road, Warranwood. Estate Agents - V.C. Swift & Son R.E.S.I., Main Street, Croydon, Phone 20. Solicitors - Morgan, Fyffe & Mulkearns, 108 Queen Street, Melbourne. Handwritten 1970s real estate price notations for some blocks.

Manilla folder containing 2-page foolscap size typewritten summary of Parkhaven Estate Heathmont multiple release allotment prices and two maps headed Plan of Subdivision - Part of Crown Portion 13, Parish of Ringwood. Subdivision includes Cuthbert Street, Waterloo Street, Sunset Drive, Markhill Place, Parkhaven Drive, Bayley Close and Blenheim Street. Agents - Consolidated Home Industries Limited, Lower Dandenong Road, Braeside, Vic., Phone 91-9791. Rep - Bruce Grant.Accompanying handwritten sales note researched in 2024 by Richard Carter - Carter Real Estate - "Generally $2500 to $4000 per lot".

Folded subdivision map of 15 residential allotments in McKay Court Ringwood, off Wantirna Road north of Canterbury Road. Rubber stamped by Surveyors and Chartered Engineers J.S. Watson & Associates, Mornington and South Yarra, with illegible signature dated 17/2/58. Handwritten notations indicating allotment sale names and amounts or where passed in. Accompanying clipping on scrap paper backing from Land Sale Brochure with description of available services and local facilities and terms of sale - £75 Deposit £10 Monthly.

Three cardboard-backed copies of map clipped from land sale auction brochure. Subdivision includes Warrandyte Road, Tamar Street, Mersey Street and Derwent Street.H.C. Crouch BCE, Licensed Surveyor, 443 LtCollins Street, Melbourne. Handwritten real estate notations in margins and on some allotments include sales information and reference LP7604 - Part of Crown Allotment 31B. Auction date June 14th, 1919.

Map showing residential allotments for sale in Armstrong Road, Danielle Crescent and Locksley Close, Heathmont, Victoria.Ref.532A Date 13.4.70. Paul Millar & Associates, Land & Engineering Surveyors, 14A Main Street Croydon (Phone) 723 4493. Ref.532A Date 13.4.70. (Agent) H.G. McLean & Assoc P/L, 166 Canterbury Road Heathmont, Phone 8703422 A.H. 8706726 8700112.

Photocopied map from land sale brochure with handwritten real estate sales notations. Subdivision includes allotments on Dickason's Road and Allen's Road, Heathmont.LP3917 Part of Crown Allotments 14A-40A Parish of Ringwood. Vol 3232 Fol 626380.

Bi-fold pamphlet advertising auction of 20 residential allotments on Saturday, 14th December, 1957, with description of services available and finance terms. Subdivision inclues Orchard Grove and Barnic Road. Agent - Heathmont Estate Agency, 103 Canterbury Road, Heathmont, Telephone WU6808, after hours WF1488. Auctioneer Mr. A.B. Carter. Accompanying Parish of Ringwood survey map with cardboard backing - Part of Crown Allotment 14B, includes handwritten price notations for each allotment.

Two 1850s surveyor's maps on cardboard backing showing area from Melbourne extending East beyond Bulleen and Nunawading. Detailed description of lots for sale and navigational directions to the property from Richmond by Thomas Ham, Victorian public servant, map maker, publisher, lithographer and original Ringwood land owner. Inset map enlarging area between Yarra River and Dandenong Creek, with southern boundary of allotments later forming part of Oban Road, North Ringwood.TRANSCRIPT: "This really valuable Property is now offered to the public for sale, in lots to suit purchasers at the Iow rate of £1 per Acre for 80 acres and upwards, and £1.10s per Acre for any smaller portion. Terms of payment Half Cash, Balance in 6 and 12 months, bearing 8 per cent interest. The Estate is well wooded with Gum, Cherry Tree and Stringy Bark, with Wattle in the valleys of the several creeks. Every lot is Staked and Trenched at the corners marked on the Plan thus - The Surveyor has carefully sub-divided the Property, in order to give every Farm a Creek for Water, Valley for Cultivation, and Hills for House and Grass Paddock. The ROADS have been very carefully laid out so as to give a firm, well drained, and nearly level road to each Homestead. Intending purchasers can readily find the property by the following directions, viz: Start from Richmond Bridge, at Hawthorne, then take the left-hand road to KEW. When at the "Woodman Inn", take the Cotham Road to the right, bearing due east, keep this Road, passing Trainor's "White Horse" Inn, and before you leave the fences, you will see calico bills (see margin) nailed to the Trees on the bush track leading to the Upper Yarra country, follow the Bills till you come to the SOUTH boundary line of the Property, which bears East and West (see Plan) where you will see Bills nailed up "THIS PROPERTY FOR SALE, etc." The Bills from Town lead direct to where Mr. Jull is erecting his Store, and arrangements have been made with him to show the lots to intending purchasers free of charge. At the respective corners of the lots the Bills are nailed up double, with numbers to denote the lot, and that the corner stake is adjacent. Any parties wishing to proceed to the property by way of BULLEEN will find Bills nailed on the Trees, commencing at the NEW INN, at "Wilson's Slip Rail." Keep this Track till you come to the Log Bridge, over the Deep Creek at Bloxhome's Paddock; go through the land now being cleared; keep the track over the hill till you come to an Iron House, you will then be on the property, which Iies to the North and East as per Plan. Follow the Bills till you come to Mr. Jull's Store, etc. etc. Further particulars can be had from the Agent for the Property. THOMAS HAM. "

Black and white photocopied plan - Part of Crown Allotments 14A and 40A showing blocks in Sharps Court and Salsibury Court, Heathmont. Some blocks showing sale price.K.J. Noonan & Co. Licensed Land Surveyors, Suite 16 "Gloucester Lodge", 445 StKilda Road, Melbourne S.C.2, Telephone BM 1631. References to coloured easements etc., not evident from b&w photocopy.

Correspondence between Mr Goddard and Repatriation Department regarding War Pension entitlements. Specifications of work to be done and materials to be used in the erection of a timber residence at 15 Eastfield Road, Ringwood East, for E.K. Goddard. Contract of Sale of Land at Lots 55 & 56 on P/S No.10492, part of Crown allotments 27 and 28,B, Parish of Ringwood, County of Mornington. Miscellaneous receipts from 1947-1953 including Hire Purchase Agreement for Hillman Minx car. Also includes letter from Presbyterian Ladies' College referring to 1953 term 1 fee of £18.0.3 for Margaret Goddard Receipts from Wiltshire's East Ringwood Hardware, 98 Railway Avenue, East Ringwood, Phone 87-6092, 8/7/1962.

This list shows the names of the Pioneer settlers with the amount of Acres, the date purchased from The Crown and the Lot or Portion Number in the Land of the Henry Dendy Special Survey of Brighton 1841, in the County of Bourke , Victoria. The Squatters ,who arrived in the area first, used the land for grazing sheep and cattle. The Squatters had the right to graze unoccupied Crown land for ₤10 per year rental and a per capita payment for animals grazed. They could develop , improve and clear the land for the purpose of the tenancy but ownership was not permitted. When the land became useful The Crown put it on the market and the developers took over whilst the Squatters lost the improved land, dwellings and out buildings, there being no compensation paid. Squatters named John and Thomas Martin 1840-41; Richard and John King 1840- 1854 ; M.N.M.Moysey and M.J.Bickford 1841-1852 ; James McMahon 1846-1853 ; Daniel MacKinnon 1839- 1840. The 5120 Acres of the Henry Dendy Special Survey 1841were divided into approx. 83 Portions / Lots with varying acreage . Josiah Holloway, a speculator purchased 625 acres of the King Brothers run and re-sectioned the land into 2 acre Lots for Sale as market gardens. It was called The Two Acre Village later known as Cheltenham. A List of the names of The Pioneers in County of Burke Victoria c1841-1887 compiled by Lesley A. Schumer in 1985 A 3 Laminated display on wall in room 2 THE PIONEERS, Signed L.A. Schumer moorabbin, brighton, cheltenham, bentleigh, market gardeners, pioneers, early settlers, dendy henry, henry dendy's special survey 1841, squatters, king john, martin john, mcmahon james, two acre village, holloway josiah, were jonathan binn, grazing, cattle, sheep, market gardens,

Chinese market-gardener’s watering-cans on a wooden yoke. This item was authenticated by the Bendigo Historical Society, and is said to be quite rare. It consists of two large galvanized watering-cans each with a pouring spout, suspended by chains from a well-used wooden yoke. The cans would each have been filled with water, then carried a distance into the market garden and used to water crops. The cans and yoke alone are very heavy, one can only imagine how heavy they were when filled with water.As profits from the gold-fields petered out the Chinese immigrants, (nearly all single men), were forced to seek other occupations. Many moved into furniture building in the East Melbourne area, whilst others went into market gardening . A significant number of Chinese men, realising the potential of the sandy, fertile soil, with a good supply of water, in the Shire of Moorabbin, leased tracts of land in that area to establish a market garden and grow produce for the increasing population of MelbourneAfter the Dendy Special Survey in1841in Brighton, Victoria, the first sale of Crown Land, taking in the whole Shire of Moorabbin, occurred in 1852. These allotments of land were eagerly bought up - some by speculators - although many were either worked by the owner, or leased out as market gardens and "fruit gardens", (orchards). Chinese market-gardener’s watering-cans suspended by chains on a wooden yoke. This item was authenticated by the Bendigo Historical Society, and is said to be quite rare. It consists of two large galvanized watering-cans each with a pouring spout, suspended by chains from a well-used wooden yokebrighton, gardeners, bentleigh, orchards, vegetables, dendy henry, market gardens, chinese settlers, pioneers moorabbin, water wells, creeks

Late 1800s-early 1900s A horse-drawn furrow plough is an example of the type of farm implement widely used by pioneer market gardeners in the Moorabbin Shire following 'Dendy's Special Survey' of 1841 and the Crown Land Sale in 1852. Land allotments were bought by pioneer settlers who established or rented allotments for market gardens in the area. They supplied produce to the markets in St Kilda and Melbourne. During the gold-rush of the 1850s the rapidly increasing population of Melbourne saw a huge demand and a rise in prices for all foodstuffs, including the vegetables and fruit grown in the Shire of Moorabbin. This heralded a time of prosperity for market gardeners, and an equally rapid expansion of the numbers of vegetable and produce growers in the area. The 'knock-on effect" resulted in an increased interest and development of the community in the Shire of Moorabbin.Following 'Dendy's Special Survey' of 1841 and the Crown Land Sale in 1852, land allotments were bought by pioneer settlers who established or rented allotments for market gardens in the area and they supplied produce to the markets in St Kilda and Melbourne. During the gold-rush of the 1850s the rapidly increasing population of Melbourne saw a huge demand and a rise in prices for all foodstuffs, including the vegetables and fruit grown in the Shire of Moorabbin. Circa late 1800's to early 1900s. A horse-drawn furrow plough was the most common type of agricultural implement used by the pioneers of the 1800s and continued on into the 1940s when motorised tractors came into use. This plough is an example of a two furrow, mullboard plough which would most likely have been pulled by two horses. The long handle was used to lower the silver plates, (mullboards), to the chosen depth of soil. Painted yellow. Although this Box Cottage museum plough is unbranded, the most widely used plough in the Shire of Moorabbin was made by Oliver. This plough appears to be identical to that brand. brighton, moorabbin, pioneers, fruit, bentleigh, vineyards, vegetables, plough, market gardens, plow

Circa late 1800s early 1900s a horse-drawn plough, potato digger, is one example of the implements that were widely used by early market gardeners in the Shire of Moorabbin. The flat plate, seen to the right of the photo, dug down into the ground below the potatoes and "scooped" them up. Behind the plate, two driving chains on cogs, (these chains are missing from our exhibit), then "rocked' the dug potatoes to loosen the soil from the "spuds". The potatoes were then harvested by hand. Very large tracts of land in the Shire of Moorabbin were planted with potatoes. Harvesting commenced in October, into November and on into December. Potatoes were a necessary food staple. The market gardeners were always in a rush to be first to get their potatoes to market, and hence the best price. Some market gardeners were so keen to be the first to market, (and get the most money), that they dug their potatoes "green" (or new). The only downside of this practice was that these early potatoes had to be handled with extreme care as their skins were very loose, and came off easily - so decreasing their profits.As well as taking their produce to the Melbourne and St Kilda markets, they also sent produce off to Sydney markets. It is interesting to note that a group of Chinese market gardeners were the first to access the Sydney market. .Following the 'Dendy's Special Survey' 1841 and the Crown Land Sale of 1852, land allotments were sold to pioneer settlers who established market gardens in the area of Moorabbin Shire. During the 1850s gold-rush population boom the number of market gardeners increased significantly spreading throughout the Moorabbin Shire. Potatoes were considered a staple foodstuff, so crops were regularly sown throughout the whole Moorabbin area. Circa late 1800s early 1900s. A horse-drawn plough potato digger is an example of the machines used by early market gardeners in Moorabbin Shiremelbourne, sydney, markets, vegetables, potato, dendy henry, st kilda, market gardeners, gold rush, moorabin, chinese gardeners, ploughs

Circa late 1800's to early 1900s. A horse-drawn furrow plough was the most common type of agricultural implement used by the pioneer market gardeners, in Moorabbin Shire, of the 1800s and continued on into the 1940s when motorised tractors came into use. This plough is an example of a single-mullboard plough which would have been pulled by horse. The long handle was used to lower the silver plate, (mullboard), to the chosen depth of soil. Following 'Dendy's Special Survey' of 1841 and the Crown Land Sale in 1852, land allotments were bought by pioneer settlers who established or rented allotments for market gardens in the area and they supplied produce to the markets in St Kilda and Melbourne. During the gold-rush of the 1850s the rapidly increasing population of Melbourne saw a huge demand and a rise in prices for all foodstuffs, including the vegetables and fruit grown in the Shire of Moorabbin. An "Oliver" single mull-board plough in good condition with faded manufactures markings on shaftsPainted on shaft "MANF'D BY/OLIVER CHILLED PLOW WORKS/Southend Ind. USA/" Engraved on blade " 13 OLIVER"brighton, moorabbin, plough, dendy henry, east bentleigh, market gardens, horse drawn plough, plow, mullboard

796.1 - Crown Land Sale by auction in the township of Mallacoota on Wednesday January 1920 at 2pm. 796.2 - Snowy River farms , 630 acres of river flat land at Orbost on Wednesday April 28, 1909 at 2.30pm. 796.3 - Famous Orbost Flats - "Important Sale of Snowy River Land" , 900 acres subdivided into 13 choice farms on Wednesday 1st December 1920 at 2.30pm. 796.4 - "Second Great Sale in James' Subdivision", adjoining town of Orbost on 16th May, 1919 at 2pm. 796.5 - "Subdivisional Sale Brooklands Estate", 5 rich Snowy River farms on Wednesday 23rd February at 2.30 at Orbost on account of James Hossack Esq. 796.6 - "Subdivisional sale of Splendid Residence Sites and Handy Small Paddocks" adjoining the progressive town of Orbost on 5th March 1915 at 11am at the rooms of H.James & Co. 796.7 - This is a contract drawing on waxed paper. Crossing near Harbecks Cunninghame Signed and traced N. Anderson 17/11/00. 796.8 - A plan and specification on waxed paper. Shire of Orbost Cunninghame Road - signed by the shire engineer. 796.9 - This is a hand drawn map of Orbost Cunninghame Road, November 1896. 796.10 - This is a hand drawn cross-section of a culvert on the Orbost Cunninghame Road. 796.11 - This is a plan of a culvert on Tabbara Road, 13th January 1899 796.12 - This is a poster for an "Important Subdivisional Sale' for land near Orbost Bridge, on Wednesday 16th March 1921 at the rooms of H. James & Co. These documents are an important part of Orbost history in that they show how the town and surrounding areas were subdivided for farming and residential settlement.A set of twelve maps, plans and land sale posters .orbost-land-1900s maps posters h.james

In May 1884, George Smart of Bulleen Road Kew, brickmaker, bought the 23 acres one rood and twenty nine and three tenths perches, or 9.4834 hctares from Arthur Bailey Clements of Ringwood for the sum of 600 pound sterling. (Extract from The Story of the Crown Jewel Estate in Ringwood East pdf)Double sided folded page with black and red print on both sides advertising auction sale of residential and business sites and highlighting local facilities, services and layout of the estate.Subdivision includes Mount Dandenong Road, Valda Avenue, Evon Avenue, Mirabel Avenue, and Velma Grove. (Agent) T. Burkitt, Box 12 Ringwood, Phone Ringwood 157. Vendor: A. Marshall Miller, McDonald Street, Mordialloc. Solicitors: Russell, Bona and Russell, 19 Queen Street Melbourne, and Ringwood - Phone Cent. 4308.

Bi-fold advertisement for sale of residential sites, including map and summary of subdivision features and local facilities. Subdivision includes Coven Avenue, View Court, and Miller Road. Agent - A.W. Dickson, Opposite Station. (Phone) WU6007, WU7016, after hours WU6868. Accompanying Titles Office Plan of Subdivision photocopy dated 1971 - Part of Crown Allotment 38A Parish of Ringwood.

Certificate of Title - Georgina Elizabeth Wingfield Knox, wife of William Robert Knox, part of allotments 14A and 40A, 27th November, 1895, and subsequent transfers up to 1959. Plan of Subdivision includes Allens Road, The Greenway, Dickasons Road, and Canterbury Road, Ringwood. (With further residential and commercial developments taking place since the 1920s, this area became part of the suburb of Heathmont.)

Auctions of Crown land were introduced in the Colony of Victoria from 1851 to encourage settlers to occupy and work the land. Many squatters purchased land at auction at the upset (minimum) price of £1 per acre. In some areas where demand was high, such as the goldfields, the price realised at auction was much more. Land was put up for sale in the study area on the Burrumbeep run in May 1855, on the Lexington run in 1857, and on the Gorrinn run in 1858. (http://www.ararat.vic.gov.au/library/document/thermatics.pdf, accessed 27 January 2015) For 70 years or more, Yalla-y-Poora, Burrumbeep, Edgarley, Mount William and Narrapumelap ranked in the leading wool producers in Victoria. 1 Stud owners at Yalla-y-Poora, Eurambeen, Burrumbeep and Challicum crossed merino sheep with sheep descended from John Macarthur's Camden Park in New South Wales. (http://www.ararat.vic.gov.au/library/document/thermatics.pdf, accessed 27 January 2015) In what was to become the Ararat Mining Division, gold was discovered in May 1854 on the Burrumbeep run at a place that became known as Pinky Point on the Mount William goldfield. By 21 June 1854, between 600 and 1,000 people had arrived. (http://www.ararat.vic.gov.au/library/document/thermatics.pdf, accessed 27 January 2015)\ Town allotment plan for Burrumbeep. Merrymbuela, Borung, Lexington and Langi Logan are neighbouring areas. The plan includes the Burrumbeep Pre-Emptive Right (Roger and Wright); licensed land holders including Stephen Young, John Carroll, William Walsh, Thomas Purcell, Martha M. Bond, Colin Johnson, John Charles Webb, Henry Withycombe, William Henry Barbridge, John Wall, Thomas Flatelly, William Jenkinson, Elisia Radford, V. Radford, Denis Byrne, George Cook. Land holders included Andrew Maloney, Richard Wingfield Harrocks, W. Sporton, Terence Lynch, F. S. Falkiner, A. Millman, H. Morris, George Upham, J. McCLure, S. Fletcher, W. Parker, Thomas Myers, William wright, W.C. Winter, C. Wordman, Oliver A. Winter This plan is associated with former Ballarat School of Mines student Richard Squire (1875-6) Gift of the Squire FamilyVerso written in pencil - Plan of Burrembeep Ararat Burrembeep Araratburrumbeep, corrinn, langi logan, merrymbuela, lexington, ararat, roger & wright, cook, rogers, upham, george upham, ross, parsans, morris, johnson, withycoombe, colin johnson, falkiner, dsporton, john carroll, donald gordon, denis bryne, maurice dooley, martha bond, william harricks, \william wingfield harricks, william l.c. harricks, michael houlihan, thomas purcell, martin ryan, michael cody, fletcher, mccaw, w. parker, j.m. clow, elisia radford, thomas radford, thomas myers, barbridge, e. wilde, j. wall, flatelly, g. wardman, w.c. winter, david ball, jenkinson, ballarat school of mines, richard squire, squire

Bifold land sale brochure glued to brown stationery folder with advertisement including map of original subdivision (circa 1958) and subsequent 1982 re-subdivision of Lot 7 Vista Avenue - LP41463 - Part of Crown Allotment 43, Parish of Ringwood, and 4-page brochure for sale of 4 luxury new homes built by Bovis Homes Aust. P/L as presented by Lyndsay Edmonds Homes. Subdivision includes Bedford Road, Homebush Court, Vista Avenue and Vista Court. Original protective covenant: "One dwelling house only on each of Lots 1-15 for a period of 15 years". Agent - Anderson & Hickling, 239 Collins Street, Melbourne. (Phone) Cent.25.

Contract of sale of land dated 2nd May 1957 between Mrs. I. Campbell (vendor) and Miss N. J. Schier - Mrs. M. Turner (purchaser). Solicitor for vendor: Hogan & Hogan. Solicitor for purchaser: Cohen, Kirby & Co. Property: land being part of Crown allotment 6A section 107C Parish of Sandhurst, City of Bendigo, described in certificate of title volume 6141 folio 189 and situate No. 5 Eadie Streetbendigo businesses, h.a. & s.r. wilkinson, contract of sale

A small book owned by Accountant & Auditor Harold Curnow dated 23/2/60 detailing "An Act to consolidate the Law relating to the Sale and Occupation of Crown Lands." on page 61 it also has a 2/10/61 newspaper article and a June 27, 1962, page from the Victoria Gazette both of them detailing the Laws. The first page is written as following "Harold Curnow 1958. VICTORIA ANNO SEPTIMO ELIZABETHÆ SECUNDÆ REGINÆ No. 6284. An Act to consolidate the Law relating to the Sale and Occupation of Crown Lands, [30th September 1958.] Be it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the legislative Assembly of Victoria in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows (that is to say) 1. This act may be cited as the Land Act 1958. and shall come into operation on a day to be fixed by proclamation of the Governor in council published in the Government Gazette, and is divided into Parts Divisions and Subdivisions as Follows: -"victoria, government gazette

Pru Sanderson, in her groundbreaking ‘City of Kew Urban Conservation Study : Volume 2 - Development History’ (1988), summarised the periods of urban development and subdivisions of land in Kew. The periods that she identified included 1845-1880, 1880-1893, 1893-1921, 1921-1933, 1933-1943, and Post-War Development. These periods were selected as they represented periods of rapid growth or decline in urban development. An obvious starting point for Sanderson’s groupings involved population growth and the associated economic cycles. These cycles also highlighted urban expansion onto land that was predominantly rural, although in other cases it represented the decline and breakup of large estates. A number of the plans in the Kew Historical Society’s collection can also be found in other collections, such as those of the State Library of Victoria and the Boroondara Library Service. A number are however unique to the collection.Subdivision plans are historically important documents used as evidence of the growth of suburbs in Australia. They frequently provide information about when the land was sold on which a built structure was subsequently constructed as well as evidence relating to surveyors and real estate and financial agents. The numerous subdivision plans in the Kew Historical Society's collection represent working documents, ranging from the initial sketches made in planning a subdivision to printed plans on which auctioneers or agents listed the prices for which individual lots were sold. In a number of cases, the reverse of a subdivision plan in the collection includes a photograph of a house that was also for sale by the agent. These photographs provide significant heritage information relating house design and decoration, fencing and household gardens.In the subdivision of part of Crown Portion 82, bordered by John and Sackville Streets and Cotham and Burke Roads, over 100 lots were offered for sale. In addition to the designated lots, a number of key locations are also identified. These include the Genazzano Convent to the north of Cotham Road, the Reservoir, St Hilary’s and the land holding of Colonel Parnell on the corner of John Street and Cotham Road. On the Plan, No. 5064, is the handwritten name ‘St. Hellier’s Estate’. St. Helliers, the home of the Dumaresq family is shown beside St. Hilary’s.subdivision plans - kew, st helliers estate