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La Trobe, Charles Joseph, Lieutenant Governor of Victoria…
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Melbourne
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15-Jul-2018
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La Trobe, Charles Joseph, Lieutenant Governor of Victoria (1801-1875) signature and seal on vellum Town Lot purchase document dated 2nd December, 1853. The land, 2 roods in the County of Bourke, Parish of Oakleigh was sold for £5 to Christina Atkinson. When survey plans for the parish of Mulgrave, county of Bourke, first appeared in 1853 a portion of the parish was reserved for a township. This reserve - 'Oakleigh, at the South Yarra Pound, on Scotchman's Creek' - was proclaimed on April 12, 1853. The earliest Crown Land sales in Oakleigh took place in May 1853.
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Printed & Written Material: Historical Documents