944046
- TitleDeed, dated 22 February 1790 [1792], to James Ruse
- Creator
- Call numberSAFE/DLMSF 37
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
22 February, 1790 [1792] - Type of material
- Reference code944046
- Issue CopyMicrofilm : MAV / FM1 / 366
- Physical Description1 volume of textual material - Bound in leather. 43 x 27 cm.
- Scope and ContentPresumed to be the first land grant made by Governor Phillip, comprising 30 acres on the south side of the Barrack Ponds at Parramatta, by gift to James Ruse. It is signed by Governor Phillip and four witnesses, to wit: Geo Johnston, Jno Palmer, John White and Secretary, David Collins. It also bears the cancellation stamp of the Deputy Registrar General and, on verso, notice of conveyance of the land from James Ruse to John Harris for £40, dated 1 October, 1793 (date is mutilated)
The written date for the year, given as '1790', is possibly a scribal error caused through omission of the word 'two' but this assumption has been disputed. The deed undoubtedly supersedes an earlier incomplete one and does not invalidate the claim that James Ruse was the first settled man to receive a land grant. For a discussion of the problems of dating see notes at DLMSF 37n
The Registrar's copy of the deed is filed at the N.S.W. Archives Office. A facsimile is included in the work, The Beginnings of Government in Australia (Sydney, Gullick, 1913, filed at NF994.02/1A ) - Finding AidsContents list available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room -
- Description source
Information transferred from Dixson Manuscript Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012. - General note
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