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An 1857 Tasmanian land Grant, August 1857 land grant to Robert…
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29-Nov-2020
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An 1857 Tasmanian land Grant, August 1857 land grant to Robert Thirkell, of 189 acres in the Parish of Longford, County of Westmoreland Tasmania, signed and sealed by the Governor, Sir Henry Edward fox young. (the price of £1 per acre is detailed in manuscript and a map illustrating the grant is shown at left, also signed by William Henty, Colonial Secretary. 40 x 59.5 cm., Robert Thirkell died in 1876 at the age of 85 at his residence in Launceston. The published obituary described him as a colonist of 56 years standing, having arrived in Tasmania along with the late Mr. T. C. Simpson, of Macquarie river, in 1820. Thirkell assisted simpson to select his estates on the Isis and Macquarie Rivers, and after the decease of that gentleman, Thirkell leased the Newham park Estate for upwards of thirty years. 'At that time the aborigines of Tasmania were a numerous body, but Mr. Thirkell always treated them kindly, and as a consequence was never molested by them, although he was frequently brought into contact with them.' He amassed a very considerable fortune, having acquired the Darlington park, Pickthorpe, and Woodstock estates, which were respectively inherited by his three Sons, George Thirkell, James Thirkell, and Robert Thirkell. He also left a widow and three daughters. He was considered a first-class farmer and breeder of stock, and as far back as 1861 he obtained a first prize at the Longford show for a bullock reared and fed by himself which turned the scale at 1743lbs.
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