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proclamation · 1865

Governor Sir Charles Henry Darling proclaims (dated 18 Sep 1865, countersigned J. M. Grant, Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey) that under the Land Act 1862 and Amending Land Act 1865 some 40 agricultural areas across Victoria open for selection, purchase and leasing on 15 November 1865 — including Strathstrachan, Newtown Nicholson, Boloke, Ballybourke, Shirley (county Ripon), Rathscar, Ballarak and Gorong (county Grant), Yackandandah, Cudgewa and Beethang, Molesworth (Hampden), Kanyapella (Rodney), Ennishstawell, Dunlang, Burke and Palmerswood (Villiers), Edenhope, Harrow, Tallarook, Warrambat, Eildon, Doolam, Brankeet, Yarck (Anglesey), Tyrendarra and Homerton (Normanby), Ledcourt, Warra-warra, Riachella, Evansford (Talbot), Carraragarmungee, Taminick, Mepunga and Tallangatta (Heytesbury). Land Officers named for each office (Cape Webster at Ararat, A. M. Meyrick at Avoca, Thos. Adair at Ballan, Henry Morres at Beechworth, Robert Dunbar Scott at Camperdown, Geo. Langford at Echuca, Lindsay Clarke at Hamilton, E. M. Cairnes at Kilmore, Thos. Nixon at Mansfield, W. A. Moore at Portland, Geo. W. Fitzsimons at Stawell, Henry Eugene Jenkins at Talbot, A. L. Ely at Wangaratta, A. M. Mason at Warrnambool). A landmark McCulloch-era Land Act selection proclamation.

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DIEU [ 2323 ] CYPEN VICTORIA GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY. Published by Authority. No. 141.] SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7. …

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Victoria Government Gazette, No. 141, 7 October 1865.

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