Geelong Grammar School trustees in court over mismanagement
A Geelong Chronicle report details a civil suit where John Taylor sues the Geelong Grammar School trustees for money owed. The case scrutinizes the Bishop Dr Perry and Archbishop Archdeacon as trustees, alleging mismanagement, borrowing, and lack of accountability amid mounting debt from 1857 onward.
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Geelong Grammar School
Geelong Chronicle
Dr Perry
Melbourne
John Taylor
Geelong
Union Bank
Soan
Tosk
Perry
Church of England
Petry
Dr. Perry
California News From Sydney January 21 1849
Reports describe abundant grain cargoes and continued prosperity in California despite agricultural challenges. A prison break at the State prison near Corte Madera resulted in gunfire and arrests, with several escapees wounded or killed and many recaptured. In Stockton and San Francisco, flag demonstrations and unionist meetings reflect tensions over secession and the proposed Pacific Republic, with strong backing for the United States and federal authority.
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California
Sydney
Corte Madera
Kinnaird
Sutter County
Penny
Soome
Kinnard
Benoy
Dita California
Ray Padero Berrade Horsten
StooxTon
Duncan Beauvont
Stockton
Pacific Republic
Stara
Beaumont
Stockton Argusanus
Stockyn
Laybery
Alta California
San Francisco
F. K. Shattuck
John H. Fry
Worthington
William A. Cornwall
Edward Gibbons
Almeda
United States
Congress
Anderson
American Homestead Bill Passed by House in 1560
The American Homestead Bill authorizes entry of 160 acres free for heads of families or adults, with preemption options up to two dollars fifty per acre. Applicants must file affidavits, and patents are issued after five years upon proof of residence and cultivation. Provisions govern widows, orphans, and guardians, with land to be dedicated for infant benefit if needed.
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Senate
United States of America
Congress
United States
Enactment Details on Preemption and Land Entries
The act sets rules for land entries before patent issuance, requiring proof of residence change or abandonment for over six months to revert to government. It limits to one entry per person, outlines registrar compensation, and specifies payment halves. It preserves existing preemption rights and benefits applicants who filed before enactment.
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General Law Office
Proclaimed farmers commons near Buninyong Tarnaguila and Yaw Tuan
The Gazette proclaims new farmers commons at Buninyong near Geelong Ballarat road, Tarnaguila and Tarnaguila old gold field area, and Yaw Tuan Morano Evelyn county. The Buninyong tract covers about 4848 acres with boundaries along Buninyong and Clarendon parishes. Tarnaguila spans about 4395 acres excluding the Racecourse reserve. Yaw Tuan Morano extends about 7000 acres, bounded by Upper Plenty Farmers Common and Greensborough Common, with river and parish lines defining edges.
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Bunisyona
Clarendon
Grant
Buninyeng
Nothwest
Buninyeing i
Buninyong
Geelong
Ballaarat
Eas
Williamson's Creek
Tamnaguita
Tarnaguila
Loddon River
Taragulla
Yaw Tuan
Morano
County of Evelyn
Patrick Reid
Upper Plenty Farmera
Greensborough Farmers’ Common
Linton
Octavius Browne
Vineyards on the Murray and wine making shift
In the Murray district grape demand for table fruit is over-supplied while wine production rises. Wine sells at high prices, shipping grapes to must as large proprietors focus on wine. A later note reports an obituary record in Geelong with four children, and the mother’s blindness, prompting local subscriptions to aid Benjamin Goode.
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Murray
Lagarheen
Benjamin
Elina Goode
Goode
Moorabool
Geelong Advertiser
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Mo Yrey
House of Representatives
Farmers’ Commons
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