Lot 3227

Description

Van Diemen's Land Acreage Grant, a vellum document by His Excellency Lachlan Macquarie Esquire, Captain General and Governor in Chief of His Majesty's Territory of New South Wales and its Dependencies giving and granting to John Whaley and His Heirs eighty acres of land in the District of Strangford, Van Diemen's Land, provided he does not sell it or fail to cultivate it in the term of five years otherwise the grant is null and void, signed and sealed on 25 July 1821 by L.Macquarie. Age toned and faded writing but still easily read, very good.

Major General Lachlan Maquarie CB, was a British Army officer who was Governor of New South Wales and its dependencies from 1810 to 1821 and had a leading role in the social, economic and architectural development of the colony. In 1813 he produced the first official currency in the colony, namely the holey dollar and dump. Various places and buildings in Australia bear tribute to his name including Macquarie Street in Sydney, the location of the NSW Parliament.