Historical information

Sales plan for land in the suburb of Cheltenham, along Barker Street

Significance

The developing urban area of Cheltenham within the City of Kingston. This land sale pamphlet illustrates the subdivision of land within the municipality and the changing demographic of the district as new houses are constructed.

Physical description

Colour pamphlet advertising subdivisional land auction of Barker's estate, on Barker Street Cheltenham.

Inscriptions & markings

Handwritten in grey pencil on the subdivision map: a series of numbers on each block possibly indicating the sale price.
Handwritten in grey pencil on the subdivision map: Roy- joined to subdivision 6
Handwritten in grey pencil on the subdivision map: x on the border between subdivision 17 and 16, and again on the border between subdivision 12 and 11.