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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Australian & Historical
• Sale Date:
  25 Jun 2022 ~ 10am (AEST) - Session 1: Lots 1 - 769
  26 Jun 2022 ~ 10am (AEST) - Session 2: Lots 770 - 1491
• Lot #:
  980
• Lot Description:
  1854 VICTORIAN LAND GRANT DURING THE GOLD RUSH: July 1854 land grant
  by purchase to Allan McDougall and Theodore Clodins, signed and sealed by SIR CHARLES HOTHAM, whilst serving as 2nd Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria, (Appointed 1st Governor of Victoria in May 1855), for a parcel of land measuring “two acres, three roods and eight perches” in the County of Talbot, in the Parish of Castlemaine on Barkers Creek; window mounted, framed and glazed, 44 x 55cm.
• Notes:
  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.
• Estimate:
  A$250 - 350
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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