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455749
  • Title
    Dennis Connor - land grant, 1 August 1796, with later transactions, 1809, 1842, 1864
  • Creator
  • Call number
    Safe 1/89
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    1796-1864
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    455749
  • Issue Copy
    Microfilm : CY 756 (Safe 1/89)
  • Physical Description
    0.01 metres of textual material (1 volume) - 44 x 37 cm - manuscript
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

    Dennis Connor was sentenced to life imprisonment in Exeter in 1788. His sentence was later reduced and he received a grant of land at York Place in 1796. Two years later he married Mary Anne Hill, another convict. Connor's farm included the present Blair Park and Acton Street, Burwood, and extended to Parramatta Road. -- Source: Burwood Council local history website.
  • Scope and Content
    1 Aug. 1796; Deed of grant of thirty acres of land to Dennis Connor, to be known as Connor's Farm, situated on the south side of Parramatta Road in the district of York Place; authorized and signed by John Hunter, Governor of New South Wales; witnessed by John Piper and Charles Grimes
    23 Aug. 1809; Record on back of grant: transfer of thirty acres of land to Samuel Terry; witnessed by Richard Atkins
    9 Nov. 1842; Record on back of grant: acknowledgement of payment of quit rent, signed by Campbell Duncan Riddell, Colonial Treasurer
    13 Oct. 1864; Record on back of grant: notice that the land is now under the Real Property Act, and this deed is cancelled
  • Copying Conditions
    Out of copyright:
    Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
  • General note

    Bound with three other land grants in a volume with spine title: New South Wales Land Grants.
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