Report of the Crown Lands Commission of Inquiry on Both the Agricultural and Pastoral Occupation of the Public Lands to be Instituted on the Expiration of the Present Land Act at the Close of 1880 (September 1879)

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Report of the Crown Lands Commission of Inquiry on Both the Agricultural and Pastoral Occupation of the Public Lands to be Instituted on the Expiration of the Present Land Act at the Close of 1880 (September 1879)

TITLE:

Report of the Crown Lands Commission of Inquiry on Both the Agricultural and Pastoral Occupation of the Public Lands to be Instituted on the Expiration of the Present Land Act at the Close of 1880 (September 1879)

AUTHOR:

Victoria. Crown Lands Commission of Inquiry

Clark, Robert, 1830-1890

Cope, Thomas, 1814-1882

Davies, David Mortimer, 1837-1894

Dow, John Lamont, 1837-1923

Hopwood, George Manley, 1846-1883

Morrah, Arthur, 1833-1909

Newbery, James Cosmo, 1843-1895

O'Hea, William Joseph, 1815?-1881

Rees, John, 1825-1917

Skene, Alexander John, 1820-1894

Stirling, James, 1852-1909

Tucker, A. L. (Albert Edwin Elworthy Lee), 1843-1902

Williams, Henry Roberts, 1848-1935

Publication Information:

Melbourne : John Ferres, Government Printer, 1879

Publication Date as Range:

1879

Physical Description:

1v. (xlvi, p. 308-430) ; 35cm.

Series Statement:

Parliamentary paper / Parliament of Victoria ; no. 73

General Note:

"Presented to both Houses of Parliament by His Excellency's command"

Commission: William J. O'Hea (chairman), John Andrew, Robert Clark (Wimmera), Thomas Cope, David M. Davies, John L. Dow, John Rees, A. L. Tucker and Henry Robert Williams

Contents: Report -- Appendix A. Return ... total no. of licensees under the Land Act 1869 who have brought themselves under the Land Act 1878 and the total no. of new selections under the latter Act both up to 30th June 1879 / A. Morrah (sec. for Lands) -- Appendix B. Return ... extent of land under pastoral occupation, aggregate rental and rates of rent per acre paid by the pastoral lessees in periods of five years each from the year 1862 to 1876 inclusive : together with like returns for the last two years viz. 1877 and 1878 -- Appendix C. Explanatory paragraph by W[illia]m J. O'Hea (chairman of the Commission) and letter from A. J. Skene to the Commission secretary accompanying a return (marked Schedule A) showing the no. of acres, no. of estates, aggregate area and aggregate value of land selected ... and a return (marked Schedule B) showing the name of owner, area of selection, county and capital value of land selected -- Appendix D. Statistical information on the Omeo district supplied by James Stirling (district land officer) at the request of William J. O'Hea -- Appendix E: Samples of "Top-Soil" from mallee country / by J. Cosmo Newbery (supt. Industrial Museum) and George Manley Hopwood (analyst Dept. of Agriculture) -- Index -- Minutes of evidence

Witnesses Sale 20th January 1879: Charles Frederic Chapman (crown lands bailiff), Thomas Whitfield Cooper (district land officer), John James English (stock/land agent), Michael Landy (selector Briagolong), William Little (agriculturalist), Robert Wallace McBretney [i.e. McBratney] (crown lands bailiff Sale), James Rea (crown lands bailiff Buln Buln district), John Sykes (farmer Traralgon district), Thomas Thompson (district surveyor Sale), William de Tracy Tracy (resident), Louis Wuillemin (tobacco grower Briagolong) and Robert Young (selector Traralgon)

Witnesses Bairnsdale 22nd January 1879: James Bankin (freeholder), Francis Wilson Blyth (selector between Bairnsdale & Sale), [Peter] Hermann Bredt (sec. Shire of Bairnsdale/shire valuer/clerk of commons), Daniel Davis [also given as Davies] (selector Wyyung parish Bairnsdale), John Frayne (land officer Bairnsdale), Alfred W. Howitt PM, Rowand McArthur (crown lands bailiff), Charles McLeod (manager Roseneath Station), Dalmahoy Macleod, Andrew Martin (pastoralist), Alfred E. Otter (selector Lake Victoria nr Bairnsdale), William S. Ross (selector Lindenow Flat), Charles Seehusen (selector/farmer Bruthen), Thomas Stephenson (selector Moormurng parish) and Thomas T. Stirling (selector/squatter Tambo Bluff at Lake King),

Witnesses Beechworth 5th March 1879: Charles Henry Barbour (pastoral tenant Gundowring), Henry Davidson (authorized surveyor/mining surveyor), James Fitzjohn (crown lands bailiff), Balfour E. Forrest (crown lands bailiff), William Hyem (pastoral tenant Wooragee nr Beechworth), Edward Morres (land officer), Richard Thomson (farmer/selector Bowman's Forest) and James Woodside (grazing license Happy Valley/pastoral license Dederang)

Witnesses 8th March 1879 Talangatta: Thomas Cahill (shire councillor), Robert Cardwell (farmer), William Carkeek (publican/selector), Andrew Paton (landowner), Joseph [also given as Thomas] Toal (ex policeman acting as crown lands bailiff) and Peter Wright MLA

Witnesses Towong 12th March 1879: James Fitzjohn (crown lands bailiff) and David Waller (selector Tintaldra)

Witnesses Pine Mount, Cudjewa 12th March 1879: Annie Dobinson (selector Tintaldra) and Henry Dobinson

Witnesses Bethanga 15th March 1879: Joseph Coulston (selector Kiewa), James Fitzjohn (crown lands bailiff), Esther Gould (selector's wife), John Hill (hotelkeeper Bethanga), James McGill (baker Bethanga/selection applicant), George Osborne (hay/corn store Bethanga/selection applicant), Henry Schumann (miner/former selector nr Maldon), Charles F. Smith (pres.Yackandandah Shire) and Henry Smith (carpenter Bethanga ex farmer)

Witness Wodonga 18th March 1879: James Day.

Witnesses Wedderburn 9th May 1879: Joseph Howard (farmer/storekeeper/ butcher 20 miles from Wedderburn), Dr Peter Macvean/McVean and Samuel Rinder JP

Witnesses East Charlton 10th May 1879: Patrick Quirk (farmer/ex mounted constable & crown lands bailiff), James Sutherland (agriculturalist East Charlton 2 years St. Arnaud 16 years) and Thomas Western (resident of 14 years)

Witnesses Swan Hill 13th May 1879: John Comb (butcher/farmer/selector), Robert Woods (pastoral tenant) and his brother William

Witness Piangil Station 15th May 1879: Thomas Macredie (owner Piangil Station)

Witnesses Jarrejee Station (owner Henry Miller) 19th May 1879: Peter Dow and John Miller

Witness Lake Corrong Station 21st May 1879: Arthur Mandeville.

Witness Brim Station (owner Thomas Guthrie) 22nd May 1879: John McLennan (supt. Brim Station).

Witnesses Warracknabeal 23rd May 1879: George Bell JP, James Hood & Thomas McQueen (selectors) and Frank Umbers (selector between Warracknabeal & Antwerp),

Witness Melbourne 20th June 1879: A. J. Skene (surveyor-general)

Other mentions: Adjie run 367, Annanale run 367, Baringama/Baringama East (given as Berimgama) 367, Beecher's Hill run xxxviii, Beggarie (i.e. Biggerie) run 367, Benambra run/Benambrum station xxxviii,393, Bendock run 333, Mr. [Graham] Berry 366, Bethanga run 347,348,349,350,351,354,367, Bindi run xxxviii,312, Bingomunjie (i.e. Binnomunjie) run xxxviii, Birregun run xxxviii, [Samuel Joseph] Black xiii,388, Black Mountain run/station xxxviii,329, Bogong High Plains run xxxviii, Bolga 354, Brim station 419, Buchan run 333, Buemba (i.e. Buenbah) run xxxviii, Bundaramunjie run xxxviii, Bungil/Bungil and Koetong (i.e. Bungill and Koetung) run 350,367, Burra (i.e. Burra Burra) run 409,414, Burrow[y]e run 367, Burrow[y]e South run 367, Cassillas (i.e. Cassillis) run xxxix, Castleburn (i.e. Castle Burn) run xxxix, Cobungra east run xxxix, Cobungra West run xxxix, Corley Grove run 363,367, Corrags (i.e. Corrack?) run 367, Corrong run (given as Lake Corrong station/run) 416,418, trustee of late Edward Crooke xxvii,311, Cudgewa run 367, Cuigmundi/Cuig Mundi (i.e. Cungmundi) run xxxix,309, Cuigmundi (i.e. Cungmundi) North run xxxviii, Cuigmindi (i.e. Cungmindi) West run xxxix, Curgan Green run 367, Darbalary run xxxix, Dargo High Plains run xxxix, Dargo Run xxxix,309, Davis Plains station 419,420, Deddick run 309,333, Deddick (given as Suggan Buggan) run 333, John and Charles Degraves xxxiv,311, Deighton (No. 1?) run 310,333, Deighton East run 333, E[dwin] Desail[l]y xil, W[illiam] H[enderson] Disher xxvii,311, Eagle Vale/Eaglevale run xxxix,310, Emu Vale run 310,333, Ensay run/station xxxix,312,345, Ensay (given as Numblamungy i.e. Numlamungee) run 393, Forlorn Hope run xl, trustees late John Foster xxvi,311, Gayfield or Kulkyne run (given as Kulkyne)4122,413, Gelantipy station 329,333, Gibbo run xl, Gillingall run xl, Goonegrah (given as Goongerrah) run 333, Hinnomunjie/Hinnomungy run xl,393, Jarrejee Station [on Gayfield or Kulkyne run] 412,413, (Jerrimul (given as Jerrimal) run 367, Jingellie run 367, Jugeegoodbee run 333, Junction Meadow[s] run 367, Jungle Creek run xl, Kelanjie run 367, Kilmorie run 333, Kuriong (given as Corryong) run 367, Kirkenong Run 333, Kuriong (given as Curryong) run 379, Lake Tyers and Snowy River Run (Vic.) 333,343, Lalbert (given as L'Albert) run 402,410, Limestone Run xl,393, Lindenow run 333, Little River run 333, Lowan Flats run 409, Lucknow station 310,333, Lucy Vale (i.e. Lucyvale) run 367, Marlow run 333, Martha Vale (given as Marthavale) run 333, Mibost run 333, Minapree run 418, Mitta Mitta B run 367Mitta Mitta [No. 1] run 367, Mitta Mitta No. 2 run 367, Mitta Mitta West run xl, Mosquito Point run 333, Mount Leinster run 393,Mount Martin North run xl,367, Mount Martin South run 367, Mount Taylor run 333, Mount Wills run xli, Mountain Lodge run (adjoining Omeo A run) xl, Murthill run 331,332,333, Nariel run 367, Narong Run 414, Newmerall run 333,336, Neyang (given as Neoyang) run 333, No[o]rongong run 367, Nowa Now run 333,343,344, Nullan 420, Nullan run 419, Nuninyong [i.e. Nunniong] run xli, Omeo A run xli,393, Omeo B run xli,393, Orbost run 333,336, Pheasant Park run xli, Piangil station 408,409,410,414, Raymond Island Run 333, Razorback run 367, Red Bank [i.e. Redbank] run 367, Snowy Creek run 367, Snowy Mitta run 367, Swan Reach run 333, Tabberabbera run xli, Talgarno run 367, Tallandoon run 367, Tallangatta run 367, Tambo run 393, Tambo North run xli, Tangamballanga [i.e. Tangambalanga] run 378, Tatonga Run 367, Thologolong Run 367,372, Thologolong South run 367, Thowgla/Thougla run/station xli,367,386, Tibbutt [given as Tubbut] run 333, Tildesley run 333, Tintaldra run 367,374,377,404, Tittybong run 402, Tom Groggin run xli, Towong run xli,367,378, Triangle run 367, Tungie Mungee [given as Tongiomunjie] run xli,312, Tyntynder [given as Tintynder] run 414, Wabba run 367, Wagra run 354,363,367, Waitchi run 409,410,411, Walwa run 367, Wangarabell [given as Wanferbill] run 310, Wangarabell [given as Wanngerbell] 333, Sydney Grandisson Watson 367,374,375,376,377,379,381, Weem run 367, Wermatong run 367, Wilhelmina run 418, Wingelgoodbin run 333, Wombyne run 367, Wonnangatta run xli,310, Woongulmerang run 333, Yabba run 367, Yellamgip [gven as Yellamjip] out station viii,

Added Author:

Clark, Robert, 1830-1890

Cope, Thomas, 1814-1882

Davies, David Mortimer, 1837-1894

Dow, John Lamont, 1837-1923

Hopwood, George Manley, 1846-1883

Morrah, Arthur, 1833-1909

Newbery, James Cosmo, 1843-1895

O'Hea, William Joseph, 1815?-1881

Rees, John, 1825-1917

Skene, Alexander John, 1820-1894

Stirling, James, 1852-1909

Tucker, A. L. (Albert Edwin Elworthy Lee), 1843-1902

Williams, Henry Roberts, 1848-1935

Corporate Author:

Victoria. Crown Lands Commission of Inquiry

Subject Term:

Barbour, Charles Henry 1820-1882

Bell, George, -1898

Berry, Graham, Sir, 1822-1904

Black, Samuel Joseph, 1837-1901

Blyth, Francis Wilson

Bredt, Peter Hermann, 1836-1888

Cardwell, Robert

Carkeek, William

Chapman, Charles Frederic

Cooper, Thomas Whitfield, 1820?- 1896

Coulston, Joseph

Crooke, Edward, 1810-1873

Davidson, Henry

Degraves, Charles, 1812-1874

Degraves, John, 1814-1880

Desailly, Edwin

Disher, William Henderson, -1915

Dobinson, Annie

Dobinson, Henry

English, John James

Fitzjohn, James, 1833-

Forrest, Balfour Ewing, 1845-

Foster, John, 1792-1875

Frayne, John, 1847-

Howitt, A. W. 1830-1908

Little, William

McArthur, Rowand, 1830-

McBratney, Robert Wallace, 1828-

McLeod, Charles

Macleod, Dalmahoy, 1837-1909

McQueen, Thomas

Macredie, Thomas

MacVean, Peter, 1828-1896

Mandeville, Arthur

Morres, Edward, 1841-

Osborne, George

Otter, Alfred Emmanuel, 1837?-1920

Paton, Andrew, 1809-1885

Rea, James, 1829-

Ross, William Sinclair

Schumann, Henry

Seehusen, Charles

Skene, Alexander John, 1820-1894

Smith, Charles Fleming

Stephenson, Thomas

Stirling, Thomas Telfer

Sutherland, James

Thompson, Thomas, 1827-

Thomson, Richard

Tracy, William de Tracy

Watson, Sydney Grandison, 1816-1891

Western, Thomas F. P.

Woodside, James,

Wright, Peter, 1834-1907

Wuillemin, Louis

Land use -- Victoria -- Mallee

Land use -- Victoria

Public lands -- Victoria

Land tenure -- Victoria

Adjie Run (Victoria)

Annandale Run (Victoria)

Beechers Hill Run (Victoria)

Benambra Run (Victoria)

Bendock Run (Victoria)

Biggerie (Begary) Run (Victoria)

Bethanga Run (Victoria)

Bindi Run (Victoria)

Binnomunjie Run (Victoria)

Birregun Run (Victoria)

Black Mountain Run (Victoria)

Bogong High Plains Run (Victoria)

Bolga (near Tallangatta, Victoria)

Brim Run (Victoria)

Buchan Run (Victoria)

Buenbah Run (Victoria)

Bundaramunjie Run (Victoria)

Bungill and Koetung Run (Victoria)

Burra Burra Run (Victoria)

Burrowye Run (Victoria)

Burrowye South Run (Victoria)

Cassillis Run (Victoria)

Castle Burn Run (Victoria)

Cobungra East Run (Victoria)

Cobungra West Run (Victoria)

Corley Grove Run (Victoria)

Corrack Run (Victoria)

Corrong Run (Victoria)

Cudgewa Run (Victoria)

Cungmundi Run (Victoria)

Cungmundi North Run (Victoria)

Cungmundi West Run (Victoria)

Curgan Green Run (Victoria)

Darbarlary Run (Victoria)

Dargo High Plains Run (Victoria)

Dargo Run (Victoria)

Davis Plains Run (Victoria)

Deddick Run (Victoria)

Deighton East Run (Victoria)

Deighton No. 1 Run (Victoria)

Eagle Vale Run (Victoria)

Emu Vale Run (Victoria)

Ensay Run (Victoria)

Forlorn Hope (Run)

Gayfield or Kulkyne Run (Victoria)

Gelantipy Run (Victoria)

Gibbo Run (Victoria)

Gillingall Run (Gippsland District, Victoria)

Goonegrah Run (Victoria)

Hinnomunjie Run (Victoria)

Jarrejee Station (Gayfield or Kulkyne Run, Victoria)

Jerrimul Run (Victoria)

Jingellie Run (New South Wales or Victoria)

Junction Meadows Run (Victoria)

Jugeegoodbee Run (Victoria)

Jungle Creek Run (Victoria)

Kangaroo Ground Run (Murray District, Victoria)

Kelangie Run (Victoria)

Kilmorie Run (Gippsland District, Victoria)

Kirkenong Run (Victoria)

Kuriong Run (Victoria)

Lake Tyers and Snowy River Run (Victoria)

Lalbert Run (Victoria)

Limestone Run (Victoria)

Lindenow Run (Victoria)

Little River Run (Victoria)

Lowan Flats Run (Victoria)

Lucyvale Run (Victoria)

Lucknow Run (Victoria)

Marlow Run (Victoria)

Mibost Run (Victoria)

Minapree Run (Victoria)

Mitta Mitta B Run (Victoria)

Mitta Mitta No. 1 Run (Victoria)

Mitta Mitta No. 2 Run (Victoria)

Mitta Mitta West Run (Victoria)

Mosquito Point Run (Victoria)

Mount Leinster Run (Victoria)

Mount Martin North Run (Victoria)

Mount Martin South Run (Victoria)

Mount Taylor Run (Victoria)

Mount Wills Run (Victoria)

Mountain Lodge Run (Victoria)

Murthill Run (Victoria)

Nariel Run (Victoria)

Narong Run (Victoria)

Neyang Run (Victoria)

Noorongong Run (Victoria)

Nowa Nowa Run (Victoria)

Nullan (Victoria)

Nullan Run (Victoria)

Nunniong Run (Victoria)

Omeo A Run (Victoria)

Omeo B Run (Victoria)

Orbost Run (Victoria)

Pheasant Park Run (Victoria)

Piangil Run (Victoria)

Raymond Island Run (Victoria)

Razorback Run (Victoria)

Redbank Run (Victoria)

Snowy Creek Run (Victoria)

Snowy Mitta Run (Victoria)

Swan Reach Run (Victoria)

Tabberabbera Run, Victoria)

Talgarno Run (Victoria)

Tallandoon Run (Victoria)

Tallangatta Run (Victoria)

Tambo Run (Victoria)

Tambo North Run (Victoria)

Tangambalanga Run (Victoria)

Tatonga Run (Victoria)

Thologolong Run (Victoria)

Thologolong South Run (Victoria)

Thowgla Run (Victoria)

Tibbutt Run (Victoria)

Tildesley Run (Victoria)

Tintaldra Run (Victoria)

Tittybong Run (Victoria)

Tom Groggin Run (Victoria)

Towong Run (Victoria)

Triangle Run (Victoria)

Tungie Mungee Run (Victoria)

Tyntynder Run (Victoria)

Wabba Run (Victoria)

Wagra Run (Victoria)

Waitchi Run (Victoria)

Walwa Run (Victoria)

Wangarabell Run (Victoria)

Weem Run (Victoria)

Wermatong Run (Victoria)

Wilhelmina Run (Victoria)

Wingelgoodbin Run (Victoria)

Wombyne Run (Victoria)

Wonnangatta Run (Victoria)

Woongulmerang Run (Victoria)

Yabba Run (Victoria)

Yellamgip Run (Victoria)

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