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 |