Today I have been looking at the Victorian Government Gazettes for 1861 and 1863. Rivetting stuff! So exciting it sets your hair on fire. NOT. However, my pursuit was the land acquisitions of a couple of Dunolly lads in 1861 so I persisted and struck gold, so to speak. I am left a little puzzled, however, and pose a few questions which, hopefully, listers will be able to help me with. 1. Why would land acquisitions appear in the Government Gazette? The notices appear under the heading, TITLE DEEDS. It seems odd that they would be gazetted. 2. In each case, the Title Deeds were "forwarded for delivery at the Receipt and Pay Offices undermentioned....". What was a "Receipt and Pay Office"? There seemed to be an awful lot of them - Maryborough, Amherst, Dunolly, Moliagul, Clunes, Avoca, Talbot, Majorca, Carisbrook, etc, etc 3. How would I go about finding a map of the actual land for which titles were applied and granted? The largest piece was 7a. 3r. 21p. and the smallest just over 1a. All were in Dunolly. Trevor
Hi Trevor, Can you tell me if you were able to access those Vic Govt Gazettes online? Phil Perth -----Original Message----- From: Trevor [mailto:tjwilliams@iinet.net.au] Sent: Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:30 PM To: AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Receipt and Pay Offices Today I have been looking at the Victorian Government Gazettes for 1861 and 1863. Rivetting stuff! So exciting it sets your hair on fire. NOT. However, my pursuit was the land acquisitions of a couple of Dunolly lads in 1861 so I persisted and struck gold, so to speak. I am left a little puzzled, however, and pose a few questions which, hopefully, listers will be able to help me with. 1. Why would land acquisitions appear in the Government Gazette? The notices appear under the heading, TITLE DEEDS. It seems odd that they would be gazetted. 2. In each case, the Title Deeds were "forwarded for delivery at the Receipt and Pay Offices undermentioned....". What was a "Receipt and Pay Office"? There seemed to be an awful lot of them - Maryborough, Amherst, Dunolly, Moliagul, Clunes, Avoca, Talbot, Majorca, Carisbrook, etc, etc 3. How would I go about finding a map of the actual land for which titles were applied and granted? The largest piece was 7a. 3r. 21p. and the smallest just over 1a. All were in Dunolly. Trevor ______________________________