• Title
  Mary Reibey land grant, 1812-1884
• Creator
  Mary Reibey, 1777-1855
• Call number
  MLMSS 6260/Folder 1X
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  25 August 1812, with subsequent endorsements, 1822, 1880 and 1884
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  142062
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  0.02 metres of textual material (1 outsize folder) - manuscript
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Mary Reibey (nee Haydock) arrived in Sydney from England in 1792 having been sentenced to seven years transportation for theft. In 1794 she married Thomas Reibey, a merchant and landholder. After his death in 1811 she became a prosperous businesswoman in her own right with interests in trading vessels and property. She died in 1855, a wealthy and respected member of colonial society.
• Scope and Content
  Crown grant of land at Macquarie Place, Sydney. Signed and sealed by Lachlan Macquarie on 25 August 1812 with subsequent endorsements, 1822, 1880 and 1884.
• Finding Aids
  View transcript of document - acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2007/D00007/a128013.html
• General note
  
  Digital order no:a128013
  Microfilm copy available at CY 4546, frames 1-10
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Macquarie, Lachlan, 1761-1824
  
• Subject
  Convicts--New South Wales.
  Land grants--New South Wales.
  
• Place
  Macquarie Place (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  
• Exhibited in
  
  The Governor: Lachlan Macquarie, 1810 to 1821 - State Library of New South Wales (5 July - 10 October, 2010)
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE1660549

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