On 27 April 1839, Arthur Joseph Liddington purchased 440 acres at 5/ an acre on the left bank of Cooyal Creek, opposite the present site of Home Rule. The area became known as "Old Gulgong" after the township of Gulgong sprung up in reaction to the discovery of payable gold in 1870.
The original "Gulgong", a property owned by Liddington.
Source: Parish Maps
Source: Parish Maps
Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, 6th August, 1839.
THE undermentioned Deeds have been transmitted from this Office to the Registrar of the Supreme Court, to be by him forwarded through the Surveyor-General to the Colonial Treasurer, by whom notification of their receipt at his Office will be made to the Grantees by letter, after which they will be delivered on application, viz:—
PORTIONS OF LAND
Advertisement of 30th January, 1839.
Deeds dated 27th April, 1339.
173. Arthur Joseph Liddington, 640 ditto, Phillip, lot 129.
Source: New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900) Wed 14 Aug 1839 [Issue No.441] Page 904
1839 - [CONVICTS ASSIGNED]Principal Superintendent of Convicts' Office 2nd July, 1839.
LIST of Assignment of Male Convicts from the 16th May to the 13th June, 1839
- Liddington A. J., Mudgee, 6 laborers and 1 blacksmith
