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JAMES HENDERSON

Original Purchaser of major Landholdings in St Lucia, Taringa and Indooroopilly

The search to find the most likely candidate

Andrew Darbyshire St Lucia History Group Research Notes

St Lucia History Group

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Contents Introduction 2 Reference Material 2 James Henderson local landholdings 3 Initial Clues 4 Potential candidates 6 Shipping Records 10 Portions 25 and 26 (Toowong) 11 Portion 37 (Taringa) 12 Portion 46 (Indooroopilly) 12 Appendix Land purchases in the name of James Henderson Shipping Records Conveyances and Encumbrances James Henderson correspondence with Railways Andrew Darbyshire February 2017 Initial Draft – March 2006 Issue No 3 (Draft) – General update/part resolution April 2007 Issue No 4 (Draft) – Railways correspondence added August 2007 Formatting and minor edits only – January 2010 Private Study Paper – not for general publication St Lucia History Group PO Box 4343 St Lucia South QLD 4067 [email protected] brisbanehistorywest.wordpress.com



Introduction James Henderson’s name features repeatedly on the early cadastral maps of the local area including significant parts of current day Toowong, Indooroopilly and in a continuous stretch along Indooroopilly Road from Burns Road to the river at the end of Meiers Road. Total holdings were in the order of 400 acres. Portion 31, a particularly large block of 53 acres, includes the land on which our house is built. Previous research on Thomas Lodge Murray Prior, a contemporary large local land purchaser, was relatively straightforward, he had a unique name, however, the initial pass of the usual reference material revealed a number of potential James Hendersons. These Notes consolidate the information collected on the candidates and confirm with some certainty at least the identity of the landowner of Portions 25 and 26 at Toowong and Portion 37 at Taringa. It is considered highly likely that all the Portions were purchased by the same individual, however, final confirmation for the balance remains an ongoing task. Reference Material Pughs Almanac 1865 (RHSQ) The History of Queensland It’s People and Industries Vol 2 Compiled by Matt J Fox 1921

(RHSQ) A Biographical Register 1788 – 1939 Vol 1 A – K HJ Gibbney and Ann G Smith (Fryer) Sydney Morning Herald Births Deaths and Funeral Notices 1842-47 and 1851-53 (+ Mfilm

3385) (Fryer) Westpac Banking Corporation Archives ANZ Banking Group Limited Archives Titles Office NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages (Website) Early Shipping in Moreton Bay Volumes 1 (Jun 1846 to Dec 1859 and Two (Jan 1860 to Dec

1863) (National Archives Cannon Hill) The Henderson and Inglis Story 1666-1985 (John Oxley Library) Queensland Railways Files- various (Queensland State Archives) And as noted in the text



James Henderson Local Land Holdings

Base Map C 1880 – Fryer Library



Initial Clues A number of individuals were active in the purchase of land on the fringes of Brisbane in the 1850’s and early 1860’s, primarily it appears for speculative purposes. Reference to various land maps showing the original surveyed Portions, and their original purchasers, reveals a number of regular players active in the market. Thomas Lodge Murray Prior is a good example, he bought suburban Lots close to the city and further afield at Kenmore/Moggill and Tingalpa/Cleveland. In following his acquisitions it became obvious that James Henderson was also making a number of purchases, it would appear, around the same time (refer to Appendix) JH’s 1853 purchases in the local area were the two blocks in what would later be known as Toowong, around 31 acres purchased with the assistance of Land and Immigration Receipts – unclear at this stage if this relates to transferrable immigration scheme land grants or government bonds purchased to fund immigration (the schemes rules and conditions for land grants appear to vary over time). Cash appears to have been the order of the day for the later purchases. James was obviously cashed up or had easy access to a line of credit. Only one Title has been examined at this stage, that for Portion 31, which he purchased in September 1859.

Extract from Portion 31 Title – Titles Office This Title was issued after Separation on Queensland headed paper although it is believed the funds would have been paid into the NSW Treasury. The purchase was made at the upset price of ₤1 per acre, so there was obviously little competition at the land sales auction (or some form of ‘gentleman’s’ agreement was in place).



The Title notes that the land was purchased by James Henderson of Sydney. Examination of subsequent Titles shows Portion 31 stayed in the name of James Henderson until purchased by William Dart in October 1876, suggesting the orderly disposal of assets/speculative investments over time. No attempt was made to sub-divide the land during this period. The Title margin note by Edward R Drury (Drury was Brisbane Manager of the Bank of Australasia from 1860 to 1870 and from 1872 Manager of the Queensland National Bank), suggests the original of the Deed may have been lodged with the Bank when it was issued in December 1860. It is unclear whether this was for, or as security, although there is no ‘Mortgage’ stamp on the copy of the Deed.

Property Advertisement from The Courier – Fryer Library Trundle and Cameron offered Portions 29 and 30 Parish of Indooroopilly (just north of Portion 31) for sale in January 1864 noting that the ‘Proprietor leaves for Europe next month’. These lots were part of James Henderson’s 1859/60 purchases and probably still in his hands 1.

1 Sheperd Smith bought these two Portions in early 1864 and subsequently sold them to Robert Cribb – courtesy Peter Brown



Portion 21 is believed to have been under separate ownership at the time and it is not quite clear why it is bundled with 29 and 30. Perhaps just ‘marketing’ by the Agent. Two references to James Henderson have been found in Pughs Almanac for 1865: NSW Marine Assurance Company, George Street Sydney Qld Agents Molison, Black and Smith, Commission Merchants, Station and General Commercial Agents Directors: Robert Dixon James Henderson

Fred H Dangar Richard Jones John Fairfax William Walker MLC

Bank of NSW Head Office Sydney Queensland Manager Alexander Archer Directors: George Allen W Walker MLC

James Henderson Frederick Tooth Robert Towns Thomas Walker

[It has not been possible to trace records of the Insurance Company] Potential Candidates In summary from the above and on the basis that the local purchases were by the same man, it is likely that James was: A man of substance Had access to speculative funds or a good ‘credit rating’ Didn’t run into any financial difficulties needing a fire sale of assets Had the capacity to be active in local land acquisitions from the early 1850’s Potentially lived or had a business base in Sydney at the time of the land purchases Possibly had plans to visit Europe around 1864 Preliminary research revealed a number of potential candidates, however, the following three seemed the best fit based on these criteria. James Henderson (Scott Henderson) Born ? Died London 7 August 1875 Wife Jemima (nee ?), date married ? Occupation - Merchant of Sydney (at time of election to Bank) Director Bank of NSW 1854 – 60, 1862 – Feb 1865 (elected to Board on retirement of William

Rankin Scott Oct 1854 – WRS of Lyall Scott & Co) 1858, joins William Rankin Scott as a Partner in Scott Henderson & Co, Scott in England looking

after the London end of the business 1850/60s, Scott Henderson large importers of a variety of goods including tea from China and

timber from New Zealand 1858/59, address Lower Fort Street (Sands Sydney Directory)



1863 – 65, address Bayswater Woollahra and Bayswater Villa Double Bay (Sands Directory) 1864, Thomas Littlejohn becomes a Partner in Scott Henderson & Co 1865, re-located to London to manage business there, visited Sydney 1868 to wind up affairs 1870’s, Scott Henderson (or individual directors) have stake in Coochin Coochin 1868 – 1875, London Board member Australian Joint Stock Bank 7 Aug 1875, dies in London [Check NSW Marine Assurance Company, George Street Sydney – seems the likely candidate to be a Director] James Henderson (Tabragalba) Born 1822 in Scotland Son of John Henderson (John Henderson and Sons Engineers) and Agnes Page (Fifeshire) 1844, married Euphemia Millar at Kinghorn Parish Church, Elie, Fifeshire, Scotland Early 1850s, arrived in Brisbane with family

Worked/managed/partner in Dougald Graham’s Tabragalba (Beaudesert way) 1855, assumes ownership of Tabragalba Station from Dougald Graham Early 1860s, problem with sheep (foot rot, scab, catarrh) resulting in heavy losses 1866/67, Tabragalba passes to Bank of Australasia and then purchased by De Burgh Persse 1868, relocates family to Logan River Sawmills and then selects 317 acres of land resumed from

Mundoolun Station, renames it Kinghorn Subsequently turns his hand to, and wins awards for Agricultural Engineering (success at local

and Colonial Shows) 1893, dies at Kinghorn (Euphemia died 1870’ish) James Henderson (Bank of Australasia) Born 1815 in Scotland Son of James Henderson, Tax Inspector Edinburgh, and Sophia Young Experience in Solicitors Office 1838, emigrates to Australia, employed as Junior Clerk in Hobart Branch of The Bank of

Australasia, relocates to Bathurst and promoted to Accountant 1842, relocates and becomes Teller at Sydney Branch

1843, married Margaret Nona Macintosh at St Andrew’s Church, Sydney



Feb 1844, daughter Nona born at Crown Street Surrey Hills Oct 1845, son James born at Surrey Hills Dec 1846, young James dies at Botany Aug 1847, Margaret Nona dies at Surrey Hills May 1849, married to Sarah Hawkins at St Andrew’s Church, Sydney (Sarah a daughter of the

Bathurst pioneering Hawkins family) 1850, promoted to Acting Manager Sydney 1852, promoted to Manager Sydney Feb 1864, granted 12 month leave of absence on full pay for a trip to Europe [salary may have

been in the order of ₤1,200 per year] 1869, application to live outside Sydney Town approved (normal for Manager to live on Bank

premises) Sep 1874, dies of Bright’s Disease (nephrites) and heart failure (at the relatively young age of 59) 1875, Sarah approaches the bank for ‘some pecuniary recognition of her late husband’s services’.

Bank pays ₤700 to his widow as recognition of his ‘long and faithful service’ [Sarah would have been 48 at the time]

Of the three, JH (Scott Henderson) and JH (Bank of Australasia) seemed the likeliest candidates and there are similarities in their histories. Both were well established in the early 1850s, both travelled to England in the early 1860s, both died in the mid 1870s. JH (Tabragalba) seemed the least likeliest of the three, he probably didn’t have the liquidity to hang on to significant land holdings during his financial difficulties in the 1860s and he doesn’t appear to have ever lived in Sydney. He did, however, have the right family connections.



James Henderson (Blacksmith, Fife)married June 1872

Christian Inglis

John Henderson (Blacksmith/Engineer) James Henderson (Tax Inspect,Edinburgh) Grisel Andrewmarried 1820'ish married

Agnes Page Sophia Young

JH Tabragalba (1822-93) Christian JH Bank of Andrew Sophiamarried Inglis Australasia Inglis (1822-1908)

Euphemia Millar (1815-74) (Jimboomba)

From 'The Henderson and Inglis Story 1666 - 1985' by Ian I Henderson (copy at JOL)



‘The Henderson and Inglis Story 1666 – 1985’ was a very useful find as not only did it fill in detail about the ‘locals’ it also allowed cross referencing and not least, access to photographs of at least two of the candidates.

Cousins James Henderson ( left) Bank of Australasia ( right) Tabragalba (Henderson and Inglis Story) Cousins or not, this didn’t seem to have stopped the (assumed) foreclosing of Tabragalba, although the bank stepping in may have prevented a more serious situation developing. Of interest is that Andrew Inglis Henderson appears to have been James (Bank of Australasia)’s brother. Andrew arrived in Australia in late 1839/early 1840 and worked on various sheep properties in the Maitland area before coming north to manage the Gimboomba Run (later renamed Jimboomba). By the early 1850s he had taken on the property under his own name. Andrew married Emma Pamela Collins, daughter of Captain Collins, station owner on the upper Logan River. Andrew’s venture appears to have been a success, the property, although reduced over time (as with many of the original leased properties), passing to his descendents. How close were the families ? Did the locals Andrew and James (Tabragalba), keep their eye on James (Bank of Australasia)’s local landholdings ? As a rising star in the bank was James just the front man with the necessary access to funding ? Shipping Records For previous research, reference to Indexed shipping records has been of use and with two of the candidates based in Sydney, these were examined to see if either could be identified more definitively (refer Appendix). Whilst ‘Henderson’ traffic as early as the late 1840s is noted, other than that Andrew Inglis also spent time out of the country in the early 1860s, nothing conclusive has been drawn from the information at this time.



Portions 25 and 26 (Toowong) Attention was now turned to the disposal of the land rather than its initial purchase and this tied in well with other parallel research associated with the construction of the Toowong to Indooroopilly section of the ‘Queensland Southern and Western Railway’. At the time of the 1873 land acquisitions for the extension of the line from Ipswich to Brisbane, James Henderson was still the noted owner of Portion 26 and part of 25 (or to be more accurate at least those sections on the line of the railway). By this time he had already sold 6 acres of the south-eastern corner of Portion 25 to Eliza M Rodgers (who built Middenbury). The railway records show the adjoining land owners were, Portion 27 Benjamin Cribb (successor to Robert Cribb) to the south, Part Portion 25 Eliza Rodgers, and to the north, Portion 24 Robert Towns and G Christie. Cribb’s land was described as fenced paddock. Eliza was living on her property which included a fenced waterhole on Portion 25 (this may have been a seasonal problem for travellers on Moggill Road). The balance of the land acquired in the immediate area was described as ‘Unenclosed’, one up it is assumed from the ‘Waste Land’ description used for much of the land between here and the site chosen for the river railway crossing at what we now know as Indooroopilly. Perhaps the term related to land where at least some element of clearing had taken place. The next more definitive step in confirming which of the candidates owned these particular portions was the examination of the original ‘Conveyances and Encumbrances’ hand written ledgers held at Queensland State Archives (refer Appendix). These show that James must have sub-divided the land at least as early as 1865 when 4 blocks were sold, a further 2 sales being recorded in 1868. Sales activity levels were then quiet until 1875, when there was a flurry, perhaps associated with the opening of the railway, perhaps arising from the need to capitalise the land bank. April 1875 was the significant date in solving this part of the puzzle as it is at this time that the records show the land was transferred following the death of James Henderson to his wife. With JH (Scott Henderson) and JH (Tabragalba) still living, and only one of them married to a Sarah, it was obvious which one of the three was the owner of these particular portions. Further the name of one of current day Toowong’s earliest sub-divisions was a (retrospective) giveaway. The ‘Village of Nona’ was more than likely named after James’ daughter from his first marriage, or possibly (depending on how his second wife felt about it !) his first wife. It can be seen that the available evidence links James Henderson of The Bank of Australasia directly with the ownership of Portions 25 and 26 Parish of Enoggera.. At least two Sales Lithographs were produced for the Sub-Division, one pre railway and one post, when the name was suffixed with ‘And Toowong Railway Station’ (refer following pages). Interestingly the mid 1860s version describes the land as ‘near Milton’ giving strength to the view that the name Toowong only became cemented to this location with the coming of the railway. With James in well paid employment, and holding an important position, it is anticipated the Hendersons lived well and no doubt Sarah would have felt some trepidation for the future following James’ death. Whilst Nona her step daughter would have been 30 by this time she would have had at least a number of her children dependent on her and living at home (Sarah and James may have had up to 12 children, seven of them surviving infancy).



Hence the request to The Bank for some financial assistance and the decision to liquidate parts of the landbank in Brisbane.

Sarah Henderson (Henderson and Inglis Story)

Sales of the Village of Nona were steady during 1875, 1876 and 1877 (refer Plan mark up on following pages - table included in the Appendix) and then appear to drop off until 1880 when another 2 blocks were sold. Purchasers appear to have been a mix of individuals, some building homes in preference to living in Brisbane, others buying residential house lots as a speculative investment. This appears to have been the pattern at other station locations such as Indooroopilly and Taringa. Joseph Black Dixon of the Bank of Australasia acted for Sarah as he had done for James in dealings connected with the railway land acquisitions. Portion 37 (Taringa) The Railway Books of Reference 2 note James Henderson as the owner of Portion 37. It is described as ‘Fenced Pasture’ and at the time was being leased (and possible occupied) by William Yaxley (noted as ‘of Toowong’). JB Dixon was acting as Agent for James. Following examination of the more detailed Land Acquisition Files it became evident that both this Portion and those above were under the same ownership (both properties mentioned in the same correspondence), hence, James Henderson of The Bank of Australasia also owned Portion 37. Shortly after negotiating compensation from the Railways for the land resumption it appears James sold Portion 37 (or at least the area including that required for the Railway) to Walter Horatio Wilson (by May 1874). Graham Lloyd Hart acted for JH in this transaction. Portion 46 (Indooroopilly) [more research required] By 1873 James Henderson’s interest in the land had passed to Louis Stamm, and was described as ‘Pasture’.

2 Books of Reference were the supporting documents tabled in Parliament setting out the route of the railway line, compulsory acquisition requirements etc



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APPENDIX – Land Purchases in the name of James Henderson Land Purchases in the name of James Henderson



Information Source: Queensland State Archives (Extracts from Government Gazette) Date Purchaser Parish Area Portion/Sub-

Division Purchase

Price Notes/Comments

Jul 1853 James H (Sydney) Enoggera 15-3-16 26 ₤39-12-6 Toowong. Land and Immigration Rec No 58 16-1-29 25 ₤41-1-7 Land and Immigration Rec No 57 & 58 Jul 1853 James H (Sydney) Nth Brisbane 6-2-27 42 ₤16-13-6 (Section 5) . Land and Immigration Rec No 58 6-1-8 43 ₤22-1-0 6-3-24 44 ₤20-14-0 Jul 1853 James H (Sydney) Toombul 13-2-16 13 Land and Immigration Rec No 58 16-0-0 14 Jul 1853 James H (Sydney) Cleveland 11-1-24 4/93 Land and Immigration Deposit Receipt No 57 Jul 1853 James H (Sydney) Sandgate 0-1-14.5 10/11 Land and Immigration Deposit Receipt No 79 0-2-0 9/16 0-2-0 10/23 0-2-0 11/23 Nov 1860 James H Cleveland 10-0-0 4/99 Deeds ready for collection 10-0-0 1/99 5-0-0 7/98 5-0-0 1/98 Later James H Cleveland ? 10-0-0 3/99 Deeds ready for collection 10-0-0 2/99 5-0-0 8/98 Indooroopilly ? 42-0-0 46 21-0-0 29 37-0-0 32 59-0-0 36



44-0-0 37 31-0-0 27 30-0-0 28 40-0-0 45 43-0-0 30 ?? 21-3-5 64 17-3-14 65 21-2-9 66 24-3-0 110 25-0-0 39 9-0-0 56 22-0-0 37 25-0-0 40 9-0-0 58 23-0-0 109 40-0-0 108 9-0-0 57 Information Source: Peter Brown (St Lucia History Group Research) Date Purchaser Parish Approx Area Portion/Sub-

Division Purchase

Price Notes/Comments

Sep 1859* J Henderson Indooroopilly 31-0-0 27 ₤31 * Advertised for sale J Henderson Indooroopilly 30-0-0 28 ₤30 J Henderson Indooroopilly 21-0-0 29 ₤29 J Henderson Indooroopilly 43-0-0 30 ₤43 J Henderson Indooroopilly 53-0-0 31 ₤53



J Henderson Indooroopilly 37-0-0 32 ₤37 J Henderson Indooroopilly 59-0-0 36 ₤59 J Henderson Indooroopilly 44-0-0 37 ₤44 J Henderson Indooroopilly 40-0-0 45 ₤40 J Henderson Indooroopilly 42-0-0 46 ₤42 [Further Research - Land and Immigration Receipts as a means to pay for land. Any registers of issue ? Qualification for ? – Try NSW Archives]



APPENDIX – Shipping Records



SHIPPING RECORDS Information Source: Early Shipping in Moreton Bay Volumes 1 (Jun 1846 to Dec 1859 and Two (Jan 1860 to Dec 1863) (NACH) 26 Dec 1849, Mr Henderson on Eagle from/for Sydney 17 Mar 1851, Mr Henderson arrives on Tamar from Newcastle/Sydney 4 Aug 1853, Mr and Mrs James Henderson depart for Sydney (Fairholme, Southerden and

Benjamin Cribb on board) [28 Apr 1855, Louis Hope departs for Sydney, returns 14 Mar on Boomerang] 30 Apr 1855, Mr and Mrs Henderson and child arrive from Sydney on the Boomerang (G

Graham, CC McDonald and 6 prisoners on board) 17 Jun 1855, Mr and Mrs and Miss Henderson depart for Sydney on Boomerang (Alford/

Darvalls/Grahams/de Lacy Moffat etc on board) 3 Apr 1856, Mr Henderson departs for Sydney on Shamrock 13 Jan 1858, Mr J Henderson arrives from Sydney on Yarra Yarra (Hope, Tooth and Hiligard on

board) 10 Jan 1859, Mr and Mrs Henderson depart for Sydney on Yarra Yarra 12 Feb 1859, Mr and Mrs Henderson arrive from Sydney on Yarra Yarra 13 Sep 1859, Mr Henderson arrives from Sydney on Yarra Yarra 28 Sep 1859, Mr Henderson departs for Sydney on Yarra Yarra (McKenzie, Hope, Palmer and

Tooth on board) 5 Nov 1859, Mr Henderson arrives from Newcastle/Sydney on Telegraph [3 Dec 1859, Herbert, Governors child and Nurse, Robert Towns and Macarthur arrive from

Sydney] [24 Mar 1860, Herbert and Bramston arrive from Newcastle/Sydney on Telegraph] 3 Aug 1860, Miss Henderson departs for Sydney on Telegraph (Dr Lang MLA and Arthur

Hodgson MLA on board) [9 Oct 1860, Bramston, Governor and Lady Bowen depart for Northern ports on Clarence] 31 Jul 1861, AJ Henderson departs for Sydney on Telegraph 19 Jul 1862, J Henderson departs for Sydney on Prince of Wales (Palmer, Warry and the

Campbells on board) 6 Aug 1862, J Henderson arrives from Sydney on Telegraph (Douglas, E Cowlishaw, Campbell

and Goggs on board)



14 Aug 1862, Henderson arrives from Northern Ports on Queensland (Scott, Kent and Raff on board)

[19 Aug 1862, RGW Herbert departs for England via Sydney steamer, large party of friends and

Heads of Department on board. They will leave steamer on tug Rainbow at the bar to await arrival of Governor at the steam dredge]

1 Nov 1862, Mr and Mrs Henderson and Master James Henderson arrive from

Gravesend/Plymouth on the Sultana. Noted Mr AJ Henderson of Jimboomba has returned to the Colony

[17 Jul 1863, arrived at the heads CH Lambert, C Copeland, C and J Brown, John Keating, Rev

Keating (RC Chaplin) in 1st class cabin of Beejapore. Noted immigrants had already disembarked at Keppel Bay. Reported problems on trip with Galley and lack of fresh water (no still)]



APPENDIX – Conveyances and Encumbrances Land Transactions in the name of Henderson



Information Source: Conveyances and Encumbrances (Queensland State Archives) Items in italics info from Index only, detail Volume not available In the name of: Sarah Henderson Property Location

Property Description

Transaction

Parish of Enoggera Part Portions 25 and 26 Apr 1875, JH > Sarah Henderson Transfer by Death May 1875, Sara H grants Joseph Black Dixon Power of Attorney 46 / 25 Jun 1875, SH > Rodderick Morrison (₤30) 26 / 26 Jun 1875, SH > Alexander Archer (₤30) 33 and 34 / 26 Jun 1875, SH > Vincent Jessup (34 - ₤25) 60 and 61 / 25 Jun 1875, SH > William Munro 12 and 13 / 26 Jun 1875, SH > William Henry Jackson 31 and 42 / 26 Jul 1875, SH > Elizabeth Frances Boylan 41 / 26 Jul 1875, SH > William Powell Jul 1875, SH > 19 / 26 Sep 1875, SH > Robert Rickardo Davidson 16 / 26 Oct 1875, SH > William Webster (₤70) 29 / 26 Nov 1875, SH > Maria Carver 72 / 25 Dec 1875, SH > Anna Katerina Lagergren 39 and 40 / 26 Jan 1876, SH > Edward William Alkin (₤152) 18 / 26 Jan 1876, SH > Albert Witham Wimberley 57 and 69 / 25 Jan 1876, SH > Robert Henderson Moffat 43 and 44 / 26 Mar 1876, SH > James Lord



14 /26 Mar 1876, SH > Margaret Ann Costin (₤20) 15 / 26 Mar 1876, SH > Robert Robertson (₤21) 70 / 25 Mar 1876, SH > Joseph Magee 54 / 25 Apr 1876, SH > George Rogers 32 / 26 Apr 1876, SH > Robert Maguire Snr 37 and 38 / 26 Jun 1876, SH > Frederick Thomas Brentnall (₤50) 30 / 26 and 73 and 74 / 25 Jun 1876, SH > Joseph Buckle 45 / 26 Jul 1876, SH > William Henry Knowles 4 / 26 Jul 1876, SH > Arthur Rutledge (₤60) 35 and 36 / 26 Jul 1876, SH > Charles McGinty 58 and 59 / 25 Jan 1877, SH > William Hicks (₤24) 38 /25 Feb 1877, SH > John Henry Hocker 23a and 23b / 26 Mar 1877, SH > Alexander Archer 5 / 26 Mar 1877, SH > John Cossar Smith 17 / 26 Jul 1877, SH > Henry Sleath 8 / 26 Sep 1877, SH > George Burnell 47 and 48 / 25 Feb 1880, SH > Samuel Young (₤***) – The Brisbane Courier, Mr John Cameron report on recent land sales April 1875 (Courtesy Peter Brown)



In the name of: James Henderson Property Location


Transaction

South Brisbane 18, 29 and 30/ Portion 211 Feb 1864, noted as ‘Conveyance’ South Brisbane Sub 1 Allot 76 Nov 1864, noted as ‘Conveyance’ Sep 1865, Queensland Building Society No 2 register mortgage Jan 1871, mortgage released May 1874, JH > Mary Ann Henderson Transfer by Death South Brisbane 29 and 30 / Portion 211 Nov 1864, noted as ‘Conveyance’ May 1874, JH > Mary Ann Henderson Transfer by Death South Brisbane Subs 29 and 30 Aug 1870, Archibald H > JH South Brisbane Sub 18 Portion 111 Jun 1874, James H > Mary Ann Henderson Transfer by Death Aug 1874, Mary Ann H > Amelia Ormond P Enoggera Part Allot 25 and 26 Jul 1865, noted as ‘Power of Attorney’ Sub 20, 21, 24 and 25

Portion 26 Jul 1865, noted as ‘Conveyance’

P Enoggera Sect 22 and 23 Portion 26 Sep 1868, JH > Janet Wright P Enoggera Part Portions 25 and 26 Aug 1874, JH > Commissioner of Railways P Enoggera Part Portions 25 and 26 Apr 1875, JH > Sarah Henderson Transfer by Death May 1875, Sara H grants Joseph Black Dixon Power of Attorney Helidon 36 and 38 Jan 1872, John O’Connell > JH 37 Jan 1872, Augustus Leach > JH 39 Jan 1872, Francis Edward Bailey > JH



41 Jan 1872, Alexander Bailey > JH Logan Allot 3 Sect 1 Mar 1872, Euphemia H > JH (Trans by Death) Mundoolun (Beaudesert way)

Portion 5 May 1879, Mortgage Albert Rudolf Hugo Pietzeker

In the name of: James Henderson, Boulton Molineux and Thomas Littlejohn Property Location


Transaction

Coochin (Boonah or Caloundra ?)

51 Feb 1871, William Hahasey > JH, Boulton Molineux and Thomas Littlejohn

52 Feb 1871, Horace Isaacson > JH, Boulton Molineux and Thomas Littlejohn 53 Feb 1871, George Campbell > JH, Boulton Molineux and Thomas Littlejohn Coochin Portions 177 and 178 Apr 1875, E Bostock > JH / BH / TL Coochin Portions 70-75, 126 and 127 May 1877, JH > Edwin Daintrey, (J) Littlejohn, RM Scott and John Currie

Transfer by Death Coochin Coochin Portions 125 and 128 Jun 1877 JH > Boulton Molineux and Thomas Littlejohn Coochin Portions 165-167 Sep 1879, JH > BH and TL Transfer by Death Coochin 13 Parcels Dec 1879, JH > BH and TL Transfer by Death Fitzroy Portion 1 Sep 1875, CRH > JH / BH / TL



In the name of: James Henderson and Isaac Moore Property Location


Transaction

Gooburrum (Bundaberg way ?)

Part Sect 4 Portion 1 Apr 1874, John Whitehead Stewart > James H and Isaac Moore

Subs 3 to 14 Sect 1 Portion 1 Apr 1874, John Whitehead Stewart > James H and Isaac Moore Gooburrum Sub 15 Sect 2 Portion 1 Apr 1877, Peter Gallagher > James H and Isaac Moore Gooburrum Sub 9 Sect 2 Portion 1 Feb 1878, JH and IM register Mortgage on Agnes Broom property Jun 1879, mortgage released Gooburrum Sub 12 Sect 1 Portion 1 Nov 1879, JH and IM > John Batstone Gooburrum Sub 3 Sect 1 Portion 1 Dec 1879, JH and IM > Reinhold Schemalleck Sub 11 Sect 1 Portion 1 Dec 1879, JH and IM > Samuel Phelps Gooburrum Feb 1880, more sales Gooburrum Jul 1880, more sales Gooburrum Several subs Aug 1880, JH > George Henry Newman Trans by Insolvency Bundaberg Allot 6 Sect 11 Jul 1874, JH and Isaac Moore > George Skyring



APPENDIX – James Henderson correspondence with Railways



ODDS Copy of photograph from Indooroopilly & District Historical Society member. Relative ? [ not researched further ]

On back of original photograph: James Henderson Craigarm Hall Bridge of Allan 1st July 1866 Photographed by WF Bradshaw Dollar or Doldar

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