Showing posts with label Murdoch George Petrie (1851-1934). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Murdoch George Petrie (1851-1934). Show all posts

Saturday, January 19, 2013

Cora Lynn township plan and early land sales

This is the Cora Lynn township plan. This shows the original township allotments and the first owner of the allotments after the Government land sales. 


Township of Cora Lynn plan - the town is split between the Parish of Koo Wee Rup and that of
 Koo Wee Rup East.
Click on image to enlarge.
See the entire plan on the State Library of Victoria here 

In Section T some of the sales must have taken place in 1904 as Allotments 14a to 14c have a purchase date of  June 28, 1904. Land sales were generally advertised in the newspapers and I have found this report in The Argus of October 5, 1909 with Allotments 10b, 10d and 10f of Section T for sale - each about half an acre. According to the Plan, above, George Petrie Murdoch Senior (1851-1934) and George Petrie Murdoch Junior (1872-1972) purchased this land and the other adjoining allotments. George Junior also operated the Cora Lynn store, which opened in 1907 on what I believe are Allotments 14b & 14c, Section F; J.L. Stein being listed as the land owner on this plan. More information on the  Cora Lynn store, see here.

Crown land sales, including blocks at Cora Lynn