George Beadon papers, 1838-1882

*D 128

fonds

1838-1882

Textual Records, Cartographic Materials, Posters, Clippings, Drawings

1120791

0.4 metres of textual material (1 volume)

In 1838, Captain Beadon's ship "The Conway", docked at Adelaide for a brief time.
During his stay, Beadon purchased 80 acres of swampland at Port Adelaide but had to leave the same day to catch his ship. Some years later he received a receipt for land at Gawler. He claimed that the S.A. government had made an illegal substitution, and that he was the rightful owner of much of Port Adelaide.
(Source:
http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/archivaldocs/prg/PRG74_GeorgeBeadon_serieslist.pdf)

1. Plan showing 80 acres of land purchased by Lieutenant (now Captain) Beadon in the District A, and part named Fife Angas in the year 1838.

2. Poster. Port Adelaide, to all whom it may concern, whereas I George Beadon of Creechbarrow, near Taunton, in the County of Somerset ... pay the sum of eighty pounds ... at Port Adelaide.

3. Province of South Australia. Land grant Country Section. 83 acres, no. 586D near Myponga ... Captain Beadon on the 4th January 1844.

4. The claim of George Beadon to a tract of Crown Lands on the River Piako in the Province of Auckland New Zealand. 22 December 1874.

5. Copy of Port Adelaide News, dated Wednesday May 11, 1881.

6. Letters from J. Francis Adams to Captain Beadon, dated 23 August 1882 and 2 December 1882.

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