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selection of Geelong railway applicants for allotments
A list of successful applicants and their addresses for allotments, drawn from 511 submissions for railway strip land. The Tuesday drawing produced 138 names placed in the revolving barrel. many candidates appeared from Colac, Gee long, and surrounding districts, with multiple Beech Forest and Geelong connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geelong
Colac
Michael Barker
Traralgon
Jd. H. Eam Francis
Prahran
John Rush
Wahring
M. T
O'Brien
Gellibrand Hiver
M. EB
Davidson
Tooborac
T. H. Robertson
Steiglitz
James Hansen
Apollo Bay
Thomas Dunn
Birreguttra
W. L. Hall
Beech Forest
F. W. Foster
Carpendell
Thos. Murphy
Gellibrand River
G. Coppock
Foret
Ff O'Brien
Carorooke
W. Thompson
Kyneton
W. J. Peart
Maryborough
H. M. Munro
Teesdale
E. Luge
Waurn Ponds
T. M. Caldwell
A. W. Holmes
Spencer Street
Melbourne
P. C. M'‘Dougall
Tragowel
H. Lamb
Allamble
W. J. Wheeler
Mooroooma
G. Evans
Lovely Hanks
J. C W. Rose
B. Ryan
King Street
Melbourn
Martin M'Dermott
Kongwak
J. Brock
Highett
Lord
Leon’s Creek
Patrick Troy