Collection R5 - Land conveyance : Rouse to Van Diemen's Land Co.

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Identity area

Reference code

AU TAS UTAS SPARC R5

Title

Land conveyance : Rouse to Van Diemen's Land Co.

Date(s)

  • 1884 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

1 parchment deed

Context area

Name of creator

(1800-1873)

Biographical history

George Rouse (1800-1873) was the Van Diemen’s Land Company’s storekeeper, a pioneer farmer and Burnie’s first justice of the peace and unpaid police magistrate. He was Emu Bay’s first ‘mover and shaker’ and was influential in the development of better ... »

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Collection consists of one parchment deed dated 15th January 1884. Conveyance of two roods of land in Emu Bay, Tasmania, from George and Alfred Rouse, of Emu Bay, to the Van Diemen's Land Company for a railway line, with marginal plan.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for research

Conditions governing reproduction

This material is made available for personal research and study purposes under the University of Tasmania Standard Copyright Licence. For any further use permission should be obtained from the copyright owners. For assistance please contact Special.... »

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Dates of creation revision deletion

LG 10/10/18

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