George Guest at Risdon Cove - part 2

The State Library of Victoria has a number of books on the early settlement of Tasmania so I ordered some of them to try and discover where George Guest had his 300 acres of land at Risdon Cove.

I knew that the land was close to the original settlement so I started by looking at a work by Angela McGowan describing an archaeological dig of the area in 1978-1980.  From the excavation of several sites in the area McGowan describes a number of the structures from the original settlement. However it was on page 14 that I had my 'Eureka' moment when I found a sketch by Woodward of some of the landholdings in the area. To the right of the Risdon Brook was a rectangle identified as G Guest 300 acres.

McGowan page 14

On the other side of the brook the land was identified as belonging to W J Anson 300 acres. (William L'Anson was a surgeon who sold the land to Thomas Birch). In 1812 this block was sold to Andrew Geils, the person who tried to annex George Guest's land in 1813. Andrew Geils left Van Diemen's Land in 1814 but arranged for a series of agents to look after his interests.

Unfortunately I have found no further description of Guest's property. Phillip Tardif, however, provides a description of some of the buildings on Geil's property. "A two-storey brick house arose near what had been Moore's original garden, and a stone wharf at Bowen's original landing place. Geil's pride and joy were his 'Beautiful Gardens' he planted - with apple and peach trees, grapevines and oaks". Tardif then adds - "Stockyards, stock-keepers' huts and poultry houses were built also, but by costly error (for Geils) on the adjoining 300 acres owned by George Guest." (Tardif p192)

The Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office (TAHO) has a series of county maps on the LINC website. The maps are series AF396 County Maps created by the Lands and Surveys Department. Risdon Cove was in the Parish of Forbes located in Monmouth, one of the twenty early land districts in Tasmania. AF396-1-256 is another map of the area around Risdon Cove. This map was surveyed by a surveyor named Seymour and also shows Guest's land.

A copy of the original map surveyed by Woodward is also available on this site as AF396-1-216.

There is still much to learn about this 300 acres of land and how it was farmed plus when it was actually sold. However an article in The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 21 January 1810 p2 provides an account by George Guest of the extent of farming near Hobart Town a year or two after he acquired his 300 acres at Risdon Cove.

From a Mr George Guest, a few days since arrived from the Derwent, we learn the following particulars relative to that Settlement, which may appear interesting. The ground under cultivation Mr. Guest considers to be about 1500 acres. The crop of wheat of the present year's growth he considers will scarcely average eight bushels to the acre, owing to the seed, which was mostly sent from hence, having been of a very indifferent quality. Sixteen acres of Mr. Guest's own growth, he scarcely imagines will produce three bushels to the acre. The flock of horned cattle is in very good condition, and the prices of articles are much similar to those with us; fresh beef, mutton and pork being 1s. 6d. per lb.; potatoes 2d. per do; fowls dear, being from 5 to 6s. each; tea 8 to 12s. per lb.; sugar 10d. per do; spirits 15 to 16s. per bottle; and the store price of wheat 21s. per bushel before the Union arrived. The different settlements of agriculture are New Norfolk, 25 miles from Hobart Town, on the banks of a fine fresh water river, navigable at high water to a vessel of the Lady Nelson's burthen; the next we notice will be Herdsman's Cove, about mid-way between Hobart and the above; — This has only been settled a few months since by settlers from Norfolk Island, who have not yet been able to plant any thing but potatoes; — the river gets brackish at high water. The next is Kangaroo Point about two miles from the town but on the opposite side the river, well watered by a very fine run; and about a mile more distant from Hobart is New Town, which was the first settlement made. Ralph's Bay is about eight miles from Hobart, and also on the opposite shore of the river. Here from 130 to 200 acres are in cultivation by the Norfolk settlers; about 200 of whom have at different times been removed thither with their families, amounting to 1100 persons more or less. The land near the town is considered some of the best yet cultivated, and is mostly laid out in gardens, which produce vegetables in tolerable abundance.

References:
Glover,Margaret. 1978. History of the Site of Bowen’s Settlement, Risdon Cove. Hobart, National Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania Occasional Paper No. 2.  [SLTF 994.61 G51H]

McGowan,Angela. 1985. .Archaeological Investigations at Risdon Cove Site 1978-1980. Hobart, National Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania Occasional Paper No. 10. [SLTF 994.61 M17A]

McPherson,Kaye. 2001. Risdon Cove from the Dreamtime and the First Hundred Years. Lindisfarme, Manuta Tunapea, Puggaluggia.  [SLTF 994.61 M24R]

Tardif, Philip John. 2003. John Bowen’s Hobart: the Beginning of European Settlement in Tasmania. Hobart, Tasmanian Historical Research Association. [LT 994.6102 T17J]

George Guest at Risdon Cove - part 1

George Guest (1753-1841) and his family arrived in Hobart Town in September 1805 from Norfolk Island. The decision had been made to close the settlement on the island and George and his family were among the first to leave. However as George had a number of land holdings on Norfolk Island, a house and livestock, he left Norfolk Island on the understanding that he would be fully compensated for the land surrendered. George did receive a number of grants of land but, feeling that he never received full compensation for his Norfolk Island land, he spent many years petitioning for full compensation.

Earlier in the year I investigated the location of the Seven Stars inn in Campbell Street once owned by George Guest. When I visited Hobart last year I also visited the location of land in the area of what is now Macquarie Point which was the first land granted to George Guest in January 1806. As mentioned in the previous post my next goal was to locate the location of 300 acres of land granted to George Guest, probably in 1806, in or near Risdon Cove. Previous research in the Historical Records of Australia (HRA) had located reference to George owning 300 acres in the Risdon area.

On the 27th January 1806 Lieutenant-Governor David Collins wrote a letter to Governor King in Port Jackson informing him of what he had done so far in assisting George Guest settle into the new colony. George Guest had brought sheep with him from Norfolk Island. Not all survived the trip but some were kept by George while the remainder were purchased by the government at £3 per head. George was also allowed to land thirty-seven gallons of spirits for his own use. George Guest was under the impression that he should receive 424 acres of land in the new colony. The land at Fosbrooks (later Macquarie) Point was twenty-four acres. At one stage it was decided that George Guest would receive the rest of the land as four allotments of 100 acres and Collins reported that he had told George Guest to choose suitable land. However George then decided to remove his family to Port Jackson where his children could receive an education. George sold a yoke of oxen (two oxen) and some other animals but announced that he would return to claim land in Van Diemen's Land. He had also provided the government with a quantity of provisions including salted pork, flour and sugar in exchange for twelve cows and one calf. George Guest and his family were to travel to Port Jackson aboard the Sophia and would receive full victuals for two weeks. The letter concluded with the statement that "I understand he purposes returning at some (not very) distant Period to occupy his Farms, which he has now chosen in one allotment in the Neighbourhood of Herdsman's Cove." (HRA series III vol 1 pp354-355)

Map showing Herdsmans Cove (top) in relation to Risdon Cove (middle)

The map above shows Herdsmans Cove in relation to Risdon Cove. (Tardif) Subsequent references to the 300 acres of land belonging to Geoge Guest all provide Risdon Cove as the location.

The original European settlement on the Derwent River had been at Risdon Cove from 1803 until 1804 when Collins decided to establish the settlement of Hobart Town across the river. In February 1805 Lieutenant-Governor Collins wrote to Governor King that he had decided to open a Government Farm at Risdon Cove but some allotments could be made available for settlers. (HRA series III vol 1 p317).  A follow-up letter in October 1805 described how land in that previously cultivated area had been tilled again and replanted with barley and wheat. Collins had expectations of "an abundant produce from the ensuing harvest". (HRA series III vol 1 p331) When Collins travelled to Australia via the Cape of Good Hope he had brought with him "Cape Seed" which grew better in the new colony than the seed from England. (HRA series III vol 1 p248) The plan for a Government Farm at Risdon Cove appears to have been short lived but the area was made available to new settlers arriving in the colony to farm. George Guest would appear to have been one of these settlers.

The returns of the General Muster 1809 show that George Guest was a settler at Risdon Cove, Clarence Plains, where he owned 300 acres of land. He was farming twenty acres of wheat, had 63 cattle, 49 sheep and 1 pig. (Shaffer p54)

In April 1813 Governor Maquarie wrote a letter to Major Geils making it clear that Geils had no right to assume the 300 acres of land belonging to George Guest as part of Geil's property at Risdon Cove. Governor Maquarie stressed that Guest's land had "been regularly assigned to him and taken possession of by him in part Payment of his Norfolk Island Claims on Government." (HRA series III vol 2 pp30-31).  Geils had tried to add the land to his property arguing that Guest had left his property to go to New South Wales.  Advertisements in  newspapers located via Trove show, George Guest was regularly travelling between Van Diemen's Land and Port Jackson at this time. Macquarie told Geils that the only way that he could aquire the land was to purchase it directly from George Guest. George Guest kept possession of the 300 acres at Risdon as shown by an advertisement in the Hobart Town Courier 24 November 1827 advertising the Risdon land for sale or let.

When we visited Hobart last year we had passed Risdon Cove when we travelled via the ferry to MONA. We did visit other locations in Clarence including Bellerive and Kangaroo Bay but did not visit the Risdon Cove area. The need to create a research plan for an Introduction to Family History course provided the impetus to try and locate the actual location of George's 300 acres.

References:

Historical Records of Australia (HRA) series III Despatches and Papers Relating to the States. vol 1 & 2

Schaffer, Irene (ed). 1991. Land Musters, Stock Returns and Lists. Van Diemen’s Land 1803-1822. Hobart, St David's Park Publishing.

Tardif, Philip John. 2003. John Bowen’s Hobart: the Beginning of European Settlement in Tasmania. Hobart, Tasmanian Historical Research Association.

Advertisement. The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 21 January 1810 p1; 2 February 1811 p2; 18 July 1812 p1; 20 March 1813 p2; 16 October 1813 p1; 4 March 1815 p2; 14 December 1816 p2; 29 November 1817 p4; 18 April 1818 p1; 26 December 1818 

Advertisement. The Hobart Town Courier 24 November 1827

Family History Research Plan

The major assignment for the Introduction to Family History course at the University of Tasmania was to create a Family History Resarch Plan. I took the opportunity to decide how I might locate a map showing where George Guest had land at Risdon Cove. The research plan proved a useful exercise leading me to locate the information I was seeking. I will write about this part of George's story in another post.

Genealogical problem:
(Introduce the key focus of your research plus a clearly stated research question)
 

Visiting Hobart last November I spent time exploring, on foot, the area where three of my ancestors had land in Hobart prior to 1840 including the area on Fosbrooks (later Macquarie) Point that originally belonged to George Guest. George Guest also owned the Seven Stars Inn on Campbell Street. Since then I have been looking for information about other holdings of land owned by George Guest in Tasmania.

George Guest (1765-1841) was my great (x4) grandfather. In 1783 he was arrested for stealing pigs and a horse. George Guest was a First Fleet convict who travelled to Norfolk Island in January 1790. In September 1805 George and his family relocated to Hobart Town. While on Norfolk Island George became a major land owner and farmer and understood that when he left Norfolk Island he would be compensated with grants of land on his arrival in Van Diemen’s Land. George received some land grants but was to dispute whether this was fair compensation for the rest of his life.

The initial settlement on the Derwent was at Risdon Cove in 1803 before being relocated to the present site of Hobart in 1804. Prior to the relocation some of the land at Risdon Cove had been cleared for farming and Lieutenant-Governor Collins later provided seed for the planting of crops. When the settlers decided to return to Sydney the land was intended to be used as a government farm. There was a need for a reliable supply of grain for the new settlement so land in the Risdon Cove area was made available for farming. In January 1806 George Guest was considering a grant of 300 acres of land in the Herdsman’s Cove area near Risdon Cove though later references show that the land grant was at Risdon Cove. By 1809 twenty acres of the land was farmed for wheat and George had 63 cattle and 49 sheep.

George Guest made many trips to New South Wales where he also had some land but his main landholdings were in Van Diemen’s Land. In 1813 a neighbour, Major Geils, attempted to add George Guest’s land to his property on the grounds that Guest was in New South Wales. In a letter to Geils, Governor Macquarie stressed that the 300 acres at Risdon Cove belonged to George Guest as part compensation for the land and house he had surrendered when leaving Norfolk Island. George Guest continued to own this land until at least 1827 when it was advertised for sale.

My research question is:

Where exactly was the location of George Guest’s three hundred acres of land at Risdon Cove? 

Known facts:

1. Lieutenant-Governor Collins provided seed for growing wheat and Barley at Risdon Cove in 1804.
2. In 1805 Lieutenant-Governor Collins proposed opening up the land in Risdon Cove area for settlers to farm.
3. Lieutenant-Governor Collins, in a letter to Governor King on 27 January 1806, wrote that George Guest had selected land ‘in one allotment in the neighbourhood of Herdsman’s Cove’.
4. In 1809 general muster, George Guest is listed as owning 300 acres at Risdon / Clarence Plains.
5. In 1827, land at Risdon Cove owned by George Guest described as ‘at the junction of a small chain of ponds and the Risdon Cove’.
6. George regularly travelled between Hobart Town and Port Jackson (a sample of some of the visits provided).
7. Neighbour, Major Geils, attempted to claim George Guest’s land and Governor Macquarie confirmed the 300 acres belonged to George Guest.
8. Advertisement for sale of land in 1827.

Records used:

1.  Historical Records of Australia (HRA) series III Despatches and Papers Relating to the States. Vol 1 p248-249.
2.   HRA vol 1 p317.
3. HRA vol 1 p355.
4. Irene Schaffer (ed). 1991. Land Musters, Stock Returns and Lists. Van Diemen’s Land 1803-1822. Hobart. p54.
5. Advertisement. The Hobart Town Courier 24 November 1827 p3.
6. Advertisement. The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 21 January 1810 p1; 2 February 1811 p2; 18 July 1812 p1; 20 March 1813 p2; 16 October 1813 p1; 4 March 1815 p2; 14 December 1816 p2; 29 November 1817 p4; 18 April 1818 p1; 26 December 1818 p2.
7. HRA vol 2 p30-31.
8. Advertisement. The Hobart Town Courier 24 November 1827 p3

Widening your search:

(Where else might you find relevant information)

State Library of Victoria

The State Library of Victoria holds books relating to the history of the Risdon Cove area. These can be checked for references particularly to George Guest and neighbouring landholders including Andrew Geils.

1.  Glover, Margaret. History of the Site of Bowen’s Settlement, Risdon Cove. Hobart, National Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania Occasional Paper No. 2. 1978. [SLTF 994.61 G51H]
2. McGowan, Angela.  Archaeological Investigations at Risdon Cove Site 1978-1980. Hobart, National Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania Occasional Paper No. 10, 1985. [SLTF 994.61 M17A]
3. McPherson, Kaye. Risdon Cove from the Dreamtime and the First Hundred Years. Lindisfarme, Manuta Tunapea, Puggaluggia, 2001.  [SLTF 994.61 M24R]
4. Tardif, Philip John. John Bowen’s Hobart: the Beginning of European Settlement in Tasmania. Hobart, Tasmanian Historical Research Association, 2003. [LT 994.6102 T17J]

Tasmanian Historical Research Association

Tasmanian Historical Research Association Papers and proceedings have been published since 1951. These are available to view online via the State Library of Victoria website.

The library also holds paper indexes for this publication:

1. Tasmanian Historical Research Association. Index to the Papers and Proceedings. Vol 1 (1951-1983), Hobart, Tasmanian Historical Research Association, 1991.
2. Tasmanian Historical Research Association. Index to the Papers and Proceedings. Vol 2 (1984-1993), Hobart, Tasmanian Historical Research Association, 1998.
3. Tasmanian Historical Research Association. Index to the Papers and Proceedings. Vol 3 (1994-2003), Hobart, Tasmanian Historical Research Association, 2006. [G994.6 IN23R INDEX]

Trove

Continue to search online newspapers in Trove for references to George Guest and his land, particularly in the Herdsman Cove, Risdon Cove and Clarence area as well as land belonging to neighbours including Andrew Geils. Articles on the history / reminiscences of people living in these areas may appear in later newspapers.

LINC

A series of maps – AF316 County Maps (Lands and Surveys Department) – can be located on the LINC website. The maps and plans in this collection are arranged according to their County and Parish. Risdon Cove and surrounding area is in the Parish of Forbes in the County of Monmouth.

Likely outcomes:
(Include ethical considerations)

Locating a map showing the location of the 300 acres belonging to George Guest at Risdon Cove would be a great addition for my research; however any additional information as to where the land was located would help the search. Hopefully a search of the AF316 County Maps series will be useful.  

Books and / or articles about the early history of Risdon Cove or the wider Clarence area could provide useful background information particularly if they discuss how the land was farmed. They may also contain a map or sketch of the area around the original Risdon Cove settlement which may indicate further development of the land after the closure of the settlement. References and bibliographies may also be useful for providing additional leads for research.

This research requires looking for information relating to events that occurred two hundred years ago and therefore making information available in the findings is unlikely to be an issue for anyone, especially as material about the events at this time is available in the public record.

I will add any information located as part of the story of George Guest and his family in my blog. Using information ethically in blogs (and other publications) has been a discussion point in the Australian Local & Family History Bloggers Facebook page. The use of material from other sources without recording that the material is the work of, or belongs to, others should not occur. Much of the material available online is available as Creative Commons and can be freely used provided acknowledgement of the source is provided. However in some cases it is necessary to first obtain permission from the organisation or person making the material available before using it. Blogs make it easy to include a link back to the source page for images and other material used in a post. Apart from the ethics of this it is a courtesy to other researchers.

George Guest - Notes from Trove 1830-1841

CAUTION.

THE Public and particularly Mr. Crombie, and Mr. M'Rae are hereby cautioned not to trespass on my Farm, in the District of Forbes, bounded by the Farms of Mr George Guest and Mr. Samuel Young, and granted to me by Governor  Macquarie in the Year 1821, by cutting timber, quarrying stone, depasturing cattle or otherwise as I am in future resolved to prosecute all offenders . T KANE

Pensioner of the 46th regt.

The Hobart Town Courier 18 September 1830

The Hobart Town Courier 25 September 1830

This Gazette contains also a list of convicts which have been assigned to settlers, viz. on the 3d inst, to James Hume, Edward Franks 2, John Dean, James Gordon, Anthony Geiss, George Guest...  

The Hobart Town Courier 21 September 1832

Launceston Advertiser 27 September 1832

CAMPBELL STREET.

We have been requested to give publicity for the information of the parties concerned to the following letter and liberal list of subscriptions:-    

Colonial Secretary's Office,

24th Sept. 1833.

Sir.- In reply to your letter of the 22d inst. enclosing a list of the subscribers towards the completion of Campbell street, I beg to inform you that the Collector of Internal Revenue has been instructed to receive the amount and sign and return to you the receipt; and the Inspector of Roads has been directed to commence the work forthwith, and complete it   as soon as possible.

I remain, Sir, your very obedient Servant,

J. BURNETT.

To JOHN BISDEE, esq.

RECEIVED from Mr. John Bisdee and others, proprietors of houses and allotments in Campbell street, the sums opposite their respective names, as a subscription towards the completion of that street, so as to reach uninterruptedly some eligible junction with the present

main road to New town.

JOSEPH HENRY MOORE

Collector.  

John Bisdee 10l. - James Wood 10l. - James Scott 7l. - William Wilson 51. - John Burgess 5l. - George Guest 5l....

The Hobart Town Courier 28 September 1832

Hobart Town Police Report

Tuesday October 14

Mr. Bernard Galley was charged by the Inspector, Mr. Foote, with not having his weights properly adjusted, and fined 5s.

Messrs. Beazeley and George Guest were also fined for a similar offence.

Colonial Times 21 October 1834 [which George Guest - senior or junior]

The following claims for grants are to be forwarded for the approval of the Commissioners of the Caveat Board on the 11th Jan. 1835. Persons therefore who have counter claims must enter them before that period, or they will be too late -

Forbes district-William J. Anson, 500. Edward Abbott, 2000, Lake Mornington,.50, James Hooper, 100, J. H. Alcock, 100, Hezekiah Harrison, George Guest, 300....

The Hobart Town Courier 2 January 1835

LOST, on Monday evening the 23d - instant, a Dark-bay Pony, about 14 hands- high, with -a saddle, bridle and martingale, having thrown, his rider at O'Briens Bridge, and thence, bolted. — Any person bringing him, the saddle, bridle etc or information ; where the property may. be found, will receive a reward of £2, on application to Mr. George Guest, Market-place, Hobart Town; or to W.. Guest, Jericho. Jericho, Feb, 24, 1835

The True Colonist Van Diemen's Land Political Despatch and Agricultural and Commercial Advertiser 26 February 1835

 The True Colonist Van Diemen's Land Political Despatch and Agricultural and Commercial Advertiser 27 February 1835

The True Colonist Van Diemen's Land Political Despatch and Agricultural and Commercial Advertiser 28 February 1835

The True Colonist Van Diemen's Land Political Despatch and Agricultural and Commercial Advertiser 2 March 1835 

The True Colonist Van Diemen's Land Political Despatch and Agricultural and Commercial Advertiser 3 March 1835 

I Hereby caution the public not to purchase on any account my grants of land, situate at Grasstree hill, township of Bridgewater, adjoining the grants of George Guest and Samuel Young. Also an allotment in upper Bathurst street, Hobart town - the above named grants being my sole property.
THOMS. KANE

Pensioner 46th Regt,

The Hobart Town Courier 3 April 1835

SURVEY OFFICE. June 11.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the Crown Lands hereinafter described, will be disposable by sale, under the regulations of the 10th February 1832, at the expiration of three mouths from this date. Parties desirous of purchasing any of these lots, will apply by the regulated printed form, in order that such may be offered for sale, on a day to be hereafter appointed. ...

Lot 252 - 650 acres, more or less

Somerton parish-Bounded on the northeast by a location to Chubb Tolman and by part of lot 104 purchased of the crown by George Stokell, being a continuation of the southwest boundary of J. C Tolman's location, from the south angle thereof, -on the southeast by a perpendicular line from the aforesaid lot 104 to the northeast angle of a location to George Guest, sen., thence on, the south by the north boundary of that location to its northwest angle, on the east boundary of the original, grant to E. Hodgson, thence on the west by the last mentioned grant to its northeast angle, and south eastern angle of an additional grant to the said Hodgson and by the east boundary of the last mentioned grant to the north eastern angle thereof, and south angle of lot 23, purchased of the crown by the said Hodgson, and thence on the northwest by the lot last mentioned to the angle of J. C. Tolman's location.

The Hobart Town Courier 19 June 1835

SURVEY OFFICE, December 25, 1835.— Notice is hereby given, that the undermentioned claims for Grants will be forwarded for approval or investigation to the Commissioners appointed to examine into applications for titles to Land on the 25th day of January, 1936, before which day any caveat, which must be in writing, will be received in this office : — George F. Head, 427 acres, Hobart parish, (originally granted to Leonard Fosbrook. Edward Miller, and Wm. Blyth) ; George Mercer, 640 acres, Pomerton parish, (originally granted to George Guest); George Mercer, 600 acres, Somerton parish (originally granted to Ed. Hodgson); George Mercer, 950acrcs, Somerton parish , (originally granted to James Walton) ; Georgc Mercer, 1097 acres, (originally granted to Edmund Hodgson); ...
Launceston Advertiser 31 December 1835
The Hobart Town Courier 1 January1836

Seed Peas
FOR SALE, a small quantity of good Blue Peas, warranted to grow, at No. 7 Old Market Place, next door to the Seven Stars, at a low price-FOR CASH.  Aug. 31, 1837
Colonial Times 5 September 1837

Notice is hereby given, that the following claims for grants, will be ready for examination by the Commissioners appointed for that purpose, upon, or immediately after the 15th day of November next, before which day, any caveat or counter claim, must he entered:

Joseph Costello, 16p. Hobart town.

Thomas Yardley Lowes, 16p. Hobart town. George Guest, 19p. Hobart town. ...

 The Hobart Town Courier 15 September 1837

The following persons applied for, and received permission to transfer their licenses

William Jones to John Wilmot, Bull's Head Goulburn street; George Guest to Isaac Lear, Seven Stars, Campbell street; Samuel Smith to William Dove, Scotch Thistle, Liverpool street; Patrick Gormley to John Cavanagh, Saint Patrick, Goulburn street. 

The Hobart Town Courier 10 Novenber 1837

Town Allotment.

BY MR. T Y. LOWES

On Monday the 14th day of May next, at 11 o'clock

in the forenoon, by order of the Mortgagee and  without any reserve

ALL that Allotment, Piece or Parcel of Land, or Ground, situate, lying, and being in Liverpool-street Hobart Town, containing a frontage in Liverpool-street of 34 feet, and having a width at the back thereof of 32 feet 1 inch, measuring in depth 100 feet; and bounded on one side by the premises; formerly, of Samuel Gunn, but now or late of William Bradshaw; on the other side, and also on the back theroof, by premises now or late belonging to George Guest-together with the Messuage or DwelIing-house thereon erected, and built.

For further particulars,- apply to John Dobson, Esq., solicitor, Macquarie -street, Hobart Town.

Colonial Times 1 May 1838

The Hobart Town Courier 4 May 1838

Colonial Times 8 May 1838

The Hobart Town Courier 11 May 1838

The True Colonist Van Diemen's Land Political Despatch and Agricultural and Commercial Advertiser 11 May 1838

MR. T. Y. LOWES

WILL SELL BY AUCTION,

At his Mart, in Elizabeth street, Hobart-Town, on Monday, the 22d day of July instant, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, by order of the Mortgagee, and without any reserve,

ALL that allotment, piece, or parcel of land or ground, described in the Mortgage Deed as situate, lying, and being in Liverpool-street, Hobart Town, containing a frontage in Liverpool-street of thirty-four feet, and having a width at the back of thirty-two feet one inch, and measuring in depth one hundred feet, and bounded on one side by premises formerly of Samuel Gunn, but then of or occupied by William Bradshaw; on the other side by premises of George Guest, then in the occupation of Anne Meyers; and on the back by other premises of the said George Guest, then occupied by Joseph Tice Gellibrand, Esq.; together with the dwelling-house thereon erected.

For further particulars, apply to John Dobson, Esq., Solicitor, Macquarie-street, Hobart Town.

The Hobart Town Courier and Van Diemen's Land Gazette 5 July 1839

The Hobart Town Courier and Van Diemen's Land Gazette 12 July 1839
The Hobart Town Courier and Van Diemen's Land Gazette 19 July 1839

Publicans' Licenses, Hobart.

AT a Quarterly Meeting of Justices, held at Hobart Town on the 3rd instant, the following Transfers of Licenses to retail Wines and Spirits were allowed: - From George Gude to John Bell, " The Brunswick Wine Vaults," Liverpool-street; from Maria Innes to   James Costello, " The Brown Bear," Harrington- street; from Edward Moore to Jonathan Ford, "The House in the Trees," Glenarchy; from Isaac Lear to   George Guest, "The Seven Stars," Campbell-street;  ... [The inn was now back in the family - George Guest junior this time?]

The Hobart Town Courier and Van Diemen's Land Gazette 7 August 1840