This post is intended to provide a brief overview and timeline of some of Dr. James Bowman’s land grants and land purchased that formed the Ravensworth homestead in the Hunter Valley, largely reflected through formal Colonial Secretary correspondence and personal correspondence from the James Bowman papers held at the Mitchell Library. This … More Ravensworth land grants (1.)
FULL ARTICLE J. F. Campbell “The Genesis of Rural Settlement on the Hunter” Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian Historical Society, Vol XII 1926 Part II. (19.8MB PDF File)
All 394 land sale subdivision and related plans formerly in the custody The Northumberland and Permanent Building Investment Land and Loan Society (est 1876) are now online through our Flickr site. Remeber to right mouse click, or directly click to get to the ‘original’ high res scans. Some really ancient ones there, including one for … More Subdivision Plans of the Hunter Region