This is the Cora Lynn township plan. This shows the original township allotments and the first owner of the allotments after the Government land sales.
Township of Cora Lynn plan - the town is split between the Parish of Koo Wee Rup and that of
Koo Wee Rup East.
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See the entire plan on the State Library of Victoria here
In Section T some of the sales must have taken place in 1904 as Allotments 14a to 14c have a purchase date of June 28, 1904. Land sales were generally advertised in the newspapers and I have found this report in
The Argus of October 5, 1909 with Allotments 10b, 10d and 10f of Section T for sale - each about half an acre. According to the Plan, above, George Petrie Murdoch Senior (1851-1934) and George Petrie Murdoch Junior (1872-1972) purchased this land and the other adjoining allotments. George Junior also operated the Cora Lynn store, which opened in 1907 on what I believe are Allotments 14b & 14c, Section F; J.L. Stein being listed as the land owner on this plan. More information on the Cora Lynn store, see
here.
Crown land sales, including blocks at Cora Lynn
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