Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
County & Parish Maps of N.S.W. with Index
Author: Australian National Bibliography: 1992
Author: National Library of AustraliaPublisher: National Library Australia
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 1976
Book Description
Australian Maps
Author: Catalogue of Printed Maps
Author: British Museum. Map RoomPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Maps
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Report
Author: New South Wales. Department of LandsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Journal of the Legislative Council
Author: New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative CouncilPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New South Wales
Languages : en
Pages : 1350
Book Description
Weight of Evidence
Author: Matt MurphyPublisher: The GHR Press/Hale & Iremonger
ISBN: 086806923X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
In 1794 and 1799 Superintendent of Convicts Nicholas Devine was granted 210 acres on the edge of the current CBD of Sydney. After the demise of Governor Bligh (to whom he was closely allied) Devine reluctantly retired to his estate where, as an old man living alone, he was constantly beaten and robbed. An Irish convict named Bernard Rochford befriended the old man in 1825 and upon his death in 1830 forged a Will and seized control of the estate and proceeded to subdivide it and sell it off. Many of the purchasers (and others, including the Governor) knew Rochford was in no position to sell the land as even if the will he had was authentic, he was a nonetheless a convict and therefore was prohibited from holding property, let alone profit from its sale. Rochford sold much of the land in exchange for grog and was continually in court over a variety of issues. As devious as Rochford was, he proved no match for his wife whose deceit landed him in jail where he died in 1839. The 30 new landowners included judges, mayors, magistrates, aldermen, newspaper editors, solicitors and other Sydney luminaries. They believed that with Rochford’s death all suspicions regarding their ownership of the land would also die but that was not to be. In 1848 Nicholas Devine’s heir John Devine arrived to lay claim to the entire estate.
Report of the Department of Lands
Author: New South Wales. Department of LandsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Guide to Maps in the New South Wales Parliamentary Papers: 1836-1912
Author: Diane CollinsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Catalogue of New South Wales Exhibits
Author: New South Wales. Commissioners for the World's Columbian expositionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Metallurgy
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description