Lot 93

Description

Colony of New South Wales, Sydney District, Town Lot, dated 22 September 1846, in the Town of Bathurst, for a property of two roods, at a cost of thirty two pounds, purchased by James William Bligh, on vellum with red wax seal, signed by Governor Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy; Conveyance of Premises in Bathurst, dated 20 February 1851, between James William Bligh, to Messrs TH Stewart, D Kennedy and Kirkpatrick D Stewart, two large vellum pages folded, signed and sealed; also a reconveyance on paper dated 3rd April 1905, from The Union Bank of Australia Limited to Mrs Elizabeth Evans and Another, for property on Battery Point Hobart, signed and sealed. Fine. (3)

Ex Alan McRae Collection.^James William Bligh (1810-1869) was a solicitor who owned 400 acres in the Sydney suburbs of Willoughby, Northbridge and Castlecrag. He was the first Chairman of Willoughby Council from 1865 until 1867.^Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy was Governor of NSW from 1849-1855. In 1851 he named Grafon NSW after his grandfather the Duke of Grafton.