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Bong Bong Common
Chain of ownership 1905 - 2007

1821 Bong Bong declared settlement 30ac
1828 Dr Charles Throsby died, Charles Throsby Jnr inherits  
1825 William Bowman grant for Inn 5 ac
14.12.1843 William Bowman grant 640 acres, including the original 5 acres
1844 Crown grant to Charles Throsby Jnr 30 acres of township
1845 Royal Oak built (later renamed The Briars)  
1848 William Bowman sells to Charles Throsby Jnr 640 acres
27.09.1854 Patrick Hill Throsby inherits from Charles Throsby Jnr  
3.10.1860 Patrick Hill Throsby sold to Oliver Spencer Throsby (maybe actually a mortgage) £180  for 30 acres
1894 Francis Henry Throsby inherits from Patrick Hill Throsby 670 ac
4.12.1905 Sold to Captain Arthur Fisher Lloyd
6ac.1r.30p township on lhs plus 113ac.2r.20p Bowman grant, including pump, plants and pipe from Valetta (Wongabri) and water rights from Wingecarribee River
120 acres
1910 Land leased to Joseph & Emily Ohlenschlager

For an account of life at the Briars by Ruby Parker, daughter of the Ohlenschlagers, during this period click here

Ohlenschlager established a dairy and cropped lucerne hay, peas and corn.
1914 Lloyd sells to Mrs Mary Cruickshank and James Henry Marks. Ohlenschlagers continue to dairy after they move to Valetta (Wongabri) 120 acres
1932 Land around the Briars leased to George Albert Evans  
1934 J.H. Marks dies  
1937 Gertrude Marion Marks & Margaret Florence Pearce inherit the Briars  
1940 Mrs Rabie Emily Sanderson 120 acres
  Leased renewed to George Evans  
1945 George Evans leaves lease  
1958 Sold to SCEGGS 118.0.31¾  acres
10.1.1958 Subdivision for water access to McVey 2 acres
1971 Resumption of land for public road 2ac 1r 20p
1975 Resumption of land 360 sq metres
1976 SCEGGS sold to Myerson family (Leeson Investments Pty Ltd) with vendor finance, excluding 2 resumptions for road 115 acres
1979 Subdivision into 6 lots  
1979 Sold to Edward Karl von Nida, with vendor finance  
1982 Mortgaged to Edward von Nida (father?)  
1986 Sold to Wingecarribee Shire Council (w283040)  
1986 WSC resubdivides