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Lot 3155    SESSION 12 (11.30AM THURSDAY 30TH MARCH)    Documents

Estimate $50
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COLONY OF VICTORIA, Indenture of Release for Estate of David Baldie of 45 Victoria Street, Brunswick, Vic with Helen Baldie of 366 Ascot Vale Road, Moonie (sic) Ponds, Vic and Robert Vass of 45 Victoria Street, Brunswick, Vic to Frederic Barrington Bloomfield, grazier, of Benah, Cannonbar, NSW, executor of the will of Robert Baldie, station manager, late of Buckiinguy Station near Nyngan, NSW, handwritten 3-page fold-over on 4-page ruled paper document dated 28 June 1900, with affixed 2 x one penny Victoria duty stamps, signed and sealed by Helen Baldie and Robert Vass; handwritten receipt issued to Frederick Barrington Bloomfield for monies paid by him as executor, with affixed one penny Victoria duty stamp; also Supreme Court of New South Wales, Certificate and Order Passing Accounts in the Estate of Robert Baldie, dated 16 July 1900. The last with a small hole, overall fine - good very fine. (3)

Benah, a sheep station, was divided into five grazing areas ranging in size from 3,394 to 5,758 acres and these were sold individually by tender in 1929.

Buckiinguy, managed by Robert Baldie, was once owned by a partner in the coaching company of Cobb & Co. It was a huge property comprising ten separate stations including Benah.