Early VT Crown Land Grants

Crown Grantees Index pre 1880 (Lands Department)

The names listed are those of the persons who are recorded as the first buyers or selectors of land from the Crown – hence the term ‘Crown Grantee’.

Surname, Name, Section, Allotment, Crown Grant Number, Year

Parish of Violet Town

Austin, William, 3, 9, 2216, 1851
Austin, William, 2, 10, 2214, 1851
Bond, Thomas, 13, 19 & 20, 14754, 1856
Bond, William, 5, 11 & 12, 14509, 1856
Clark, Thomas, multiple listings 1857-8
Hobson, James, multiple listings 1857
Jobson, John, 6, 4 & 9 & 10, 18888, 1857
Lundey, James, 6, 1 & 2 & 3, 13852, 1856
Milne, William 3, 7, 2217, 1851
O’Maley, George, 3, 11 & 12, 14744, 1856
Ranknis, William, 2, 6, 18735, 1857
Sheppard, Wililam, multiple listings, 1857
Siddell, William Alfred, multiple listings, 1857
Stevenson, Elizabeth, 6, 5 & 6 & 7 & 8, 13854, 1856
Underwood, Joseph Alexander, multiple listings, 1856
Valliere, John Henry, 7, 2-10, 406, 1861

Further information about land grants