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Wollondilly draft development control plan, number 39 Cawdor / Wollondilly Shire Council.

1. Letter from Governor Lachlan Macquarie, dated 17 Aug 1819, conferring a Grant of Land of 1000 acres to James and William Macarthur. p. 1

2. Letter from Governor Macquarie to John Macarthur dated 9 Oct 1820 consenting to the exchange of land at Seven Hills, Pennant Hills, and Cabramatta, for an equal quantity at Camden. p. 4

3. Receipt signed by John Oxley, dated 1 March 1821, for Deeds of Grants of Land to Joseph Foveaux and others, purchased by John Macarthur, for the purpose of being cancelled, and other lands being granted in lieu thereof to John Macarthur, in the county of Camden. With chart of the Cowpastures, drawn by John Oxley. p. 8

4. Letter from John Macarthur jnr to Earl Bathurst, dated 8 Oct 1821, submitting a claim for a further Grant of Land, to his father, John Macarthur. p. 11

5. Draft of the above letter. p. 20

6. Letter from Henry Goulburn, Under Secretary, dated 10 Oct 1821, in answer to John Macarthur jnr's letter of 8 Oct 1821. p. 28

7. F. Goulburn, Colonial Secretary, to John Macarthur, dated 9 Feb 1822. p. 30

8. Letter from John Oxley dated 29 March 1822 to John Macarthur respecting the Grant of Brisbane Estate, Camden, for flock of rams sent to Van Diemen's Land. p. 34

9. Letter from R. Wilmot, Under Secretary, dated 12 July 1822, informing John Macarthur jnr that Earl Bathurst had decided to make an additional Grant of 5000 acres to his father, John Macarthur. p. 37

10. Copy of letter (above). p. 41

11. Copy of letter from John Macarthur to His Excellency Sir Thomas Brisbane, dated 29 Nov 1822, respecting new Grant of 5000 acres and general consolidation of Land in the Cowpastures. p. 43

12. Letter from John Macarthur to His Excellency Sir Thomas Brisbane, dated 20 Dec 1822, respecting the Grant of an additional 500 acres of land. p. 47. Copies of 11-12, pp. 49, 53

13. Letter from John Macarthur dated 29 Jan 1823 to His Excellency Sir Thomas Brisbane respecting the additional Grant of 5000 acres of land at the Cowpastures. p. 54

14. Minutes respecting Grants of Land - [Evidently a copy of the Minutes forwarded to John Macarthur jnr, Jan 1823], with 3 enclosures, copies of letters 24 Nov, 20 Dec 1822, 29 Jan 1823. p. 66

15. Additional memorandum respecting Land in the Cowpastures, 822. p. 108

16. Letter from F. Goulburn, Colonial Secretary, dated 11 Feb 1823, to John Macarthur, informing him that His Excellency the Governor had instructed the Surveyor-General to measure to you, 5000 acres adjoining your property at the Cowpastures. p. 133

17. Copy of Letter from John Macarthur, dated 12 Feb 1823, acknowledging F. Goulburn's letter of 11 Feb 1823. p. 135

18. Letter from John Macarthur jnr dated Lond. 21 July 1823, to R. Wilmot Horton respecting a Grant of 5000 acres at Camden to his father, John Macarthur. p. 136

19. R. Wilmot Horton's reply to above, 19 Aug 1823. p. 144

20. Series of letters ranging from 1 Oct 1823 to 22 Jan 1824, referring to Governor Sir Thomas Brisbane's refusal to issue the Grant of 5000 to John Macarthur. p. 148

21. History of the Leasing Plot, written by John Macarthur to his son John with copies of correspondence, Oct 1823-Jan 1824. p. 172

22. Minutes of Conversations between His Excellency the Governor and James and William Macarthur respecting the Grant of Land to John Macarthur, dated 5, 7 Feb 1824. p. 190

23. Accounts of conversations with Sir Thomas Brisbane by James, 12, 14, 15, 17 Feb 1824. p. 199

24. Copies of letters and originals dating from 22 Jan 1824 to 5 Feb 1828, referring to the Grants of Land at Camden and the provision for a reserve from the Grants for Church and Schools in that district. pp. 226, 280

25. Further copies of foregoing correspondence, July 1822-Sept 1824. p. 283

26. Correspondence of James and William Macarthur and miscellaneous papers respecting land, 1828-1881. Receipts for Quit-Rent, 1826-1853. p. 326

Includes plan showing Friend's proposed fence at Birdseye (Menangle), 22 Nov 1866 (p. 394)

Volume 66: Macarthur family correspondence relating to land, 1819-1881

Cawdor local environmental study 1991 / Purdon Associates Pyt. Limited, Northrop Consultants, Transportation Environment Consultants.

John Macarthur letters to John (9 Apr 1815-19 Feb 1831), Edward (5 Feb 1826-5 Jun 1832) and James (17 Jan 1832), and letters by other writers (R. Crawford to John Macarthur, 22 Aug 1823 (copy); James Macarthur to John Macarthur Junior, 20 Oct 1826, 28 May 1827).

p. 167a-170b: Portion of a letter from John Macarthur to his son John, dated Monday 28 May [1827?], contains references to Australian Agricultural Company, to Captain Piper's defalcations and attempted suicide, death of cousin Charles, and an address to Lord Bathurst with numerous signatures which was destroyed in its progress through Hunter River district; censures Piper's extravagance, debauchery and carelessness in official duty and the laxity of the Government; directs that his shares in AA Co and those of his sons James and William be disposed of. It is probably the concluding portion of the unsigned letter dated 27 May 1827 [i.e. pp. 162a-165b] -- note at p. 166.

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