Lilburn’s Paddock 17th December 1881 – Brunswick

Description

We have a subdivision of some 318 allotments just before Christmas in 1881. I could not find any newspaper advertisements for the sale. However 5 weeks later there were advertisements for a sale on Saturday the 11th of February ,1882. The advertisement said that 200 lots:-

“Must be sold to wind-up partnership accounts.” Age 24th January 1882 Page 2

The subdivision starts at the south eastern corner of Sydney Road and Moreland Road and extends south to cover both sides of Mitchell Street, east to Holmes Street. Other streets involved include Davies, De Carle, Barrow and Donald.