Appendix 3
Results of the "New Bundaberg" Auction
Results of The New Bundaberg and Barolin Marine Auction
Held in the Victoria Hall on 14th February 1883
Notes: (a) Owing to some lack of clarity in the published data there is room for minor errors in the following listing.
(b) Below are listed the number of lots purchased, the names of the buyers, and the amounts of their respective purchases. The list of purchasers includes some local businessmen.
(c) The following records indicate that the average cost of the New Bundaberg and Barolin Marine allotments in their unimproved condition was approximately 8¼% of the cost of a typical Bundaberg allotment within the developed area of the existing township.
New Bundaberg - 166 Lots - Total Sales, £3,679 10s.
21, Whittall, £354; 20, D. B. Hunter, £620; 5, W. G. Farquhar, £121; 1, J. Cherry, £25; 2, A. Cook, £33 10s.; 4, J. Green (Melbourne), £94; 2, H. Partridge (Sydney), £58; 2, F. T. Byrne (Brisbane), £48; 17, E. Scott, £394; 9, P. Brennan, £254; 5, C. P. Morgan, £145; 1, J. Roddam, £31; 2, J. Francis, £31; 9, Mrs. P. Ramsay, £261 10s.; 8, G. Lindhert, £202; 1, E. E. Negus, £20; 4, Hon. J. Douglas, £84; 2, Crowe, £24; 1, Lanske, £11; 3, A. P. Barton, £32; 2, E. G. Porter, £48; 2, C. Boch, £31; 2, H. Shuttleworth, £40; 1, H. Corser, £16; 1, Anders Anderson, £20; 1, H. Harris, £21; 1, Thulo £11; 2, T. Morton, £37 10s.; 1, J. Cuss, £16; 1, M. Jensen, £5; 1, M. Nelson, £5; 1, H. Fletcher, £11; 1, C. Dandilands, £6; 3, C. Powers, £81; 1, Maroney, £6; 2, J. S. Meiklejohn, £31; 4, V. Power (Brisbane), £100; 2, Walters, £32; 8, Dr. May, £212; 4, H, C. Thorburn, £80; 2, Geo. Conroy, £24; 1, J. Falconer, £25; 3, E. B. C. Corser, £75.
Barolin Marine Township – 66 Lots - Total Sales, £1,011 10s.
12, Shand, £234; 1, H. Shuttleworth, £20; 2, W. E. Curtis, £34; 1, Barton, £25; 4, Dr. May, £85; 1, T. Morton, £21; 1, Whittall, £18; 1, E. Collemen, £15; 3, A. Anderson, £70; 1, G. Singer, £10; 1, J. Roddam, £8; 2, J. R. Woodall, £19 10s.; 1, M’Kcndall, £12; 2, M. Langdridge, £20 10s.; 1, Simpson, £10; 2, Buckback, £14; 4, Geo. Ruddell, £36; 2, Jas. Callier, £16; 1, T. Isambert, £20; 3, John Hebbels, £24; 20, D. B. Hunter, £300.
Barolin Blocks – 2 Lots - Total Sales, £2,950.
360 acres, A. P. Barton, £2,250; 100 acres, A. P. Barton, £700.
Grand Total - All Sales, £7,641 - (At 1883 currency values)
