1858 Victorian Land Grant During Gold Rush

An 1858 Victorian Land Grant During The Gold Rush, October 1858 land grant by purchase to Joseph Ball of an allotment in Castlemaine, signed and sealed by the Governor, Sir Henry Barkly. (The price of £39/5/- is detailed in manuscript. 13.78 in. x 17.72 in. The land in question, 'suburban lot 11', was a 'town allotment' of 1 rood, (just over 1000 square meters or the traditional 'quarter acre block'). Gold was discovered near present-day Castlemaine (Mt Alexander Goldfields) in July 1851 at Specimen Gully on Barkers Creek. The gold was discovered by Christopher Thomas Peters, a shepherd and hut-keeper on Barker's Creek. Castlemaine became a boomtown and by the end of the year there were more than 25,000 diggers working in the area. Barkly was appointed governor of Victoria in November 1856, with the highest salary in the British Empire because the Colonial Office considered the post particularly difficult. He remained in the post until 1863 when he was moved to Mauritius.

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