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BUNYAN
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John Cullen's Hotel, Bunyan |
The native name of which is Boonyan or Pigeons' Resting Place, is five miles
north of Cooma, and is of interest in that it is the locality where early
settlement suggested the probable formation of a town. It was in the direct line
of travel for anyone coming from Queanbeyan, and making for the hinterland of
Manaro. It had extensive flats, which offered inducements to graziers. So in the
very early thirties Dr. Reid settled there and from this fact the place gained
its early name of Reid's Flats. Reid's Innkeeper in 1832 was William Stanton,
who was Nimmitabel's first hotel-keeper. Though officially Reid's Flats was
known as such till about 1858, in which year it was called Bunyan, it was
locally spoken of as "Jews' Flats," by reason of the fact that in the
thirties members of the Jewish families of Solomon, and later those of Moses and
Shannon, resided there. Solomon Solomon built a store and public-house there and
carried on until September, 1854, when he transferred to his brother, Maurice
Solomon Charles Solomon, in 1841, at about the age of ten years, had been
brought to the Flats by his brothers.
In 1855 Alexander Walker Davidson appears as the licensee of the hotel called
"The Squatters' Arms" at Reid's Flats. In 1856 the license apparently
lapsed, but was granted to John Cullen in 1858.
Mr. A. J. Litchfield states that some years ago he met a son of Dr. Reid, who
informed him that his father, during his occupancy of The Flats, purchased some
sheep from Camden Park and ran them on part of what is now Rosebrook.
Cullen's Hotel was acquired by Thomas Power, who used it as a residence. The
site of the premises erected by Solomon is still to be located by ruins of part
of the buildings. The land at Bunyan is to-day used principally for lucerne
growing, for which purpose it is regarded as equal in quality to anything in the
district.
Transcribed by Pattrick Mould in 2003,
from the book "Back to Coma' Celebrations" page 39
Bunyan Statistics submitted by Carole
Douch
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Bunya |
electoral rolls
1903 |
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Bollard |
William |
Bunyan |
maintenance man |
1903 |
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Cullen |
Daniel |
Bunyan |
farmer |
1903 |
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Huggett |
Elizabeth Caroline |
Bunyan |
domestic duties |
1903 |
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Huggett |
John george |
Bunyan |
farmer |
1903 |
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Huggett |
Sarah Ann |
Bunyan |
domestic duties |
1903 |
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Murphy |
Bridget |
Bunyan |
domestic duties |
1903 |
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Murphy |
James |
Bunyan |
labourer |
1903 |
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Murray |
Daniel |
Bunyan |
labourer |
1903 |
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Murray |
Marjorie |
Bunyan |
domestic duties |
1903 |
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Power |
Catherine |
Bunyan |
domestic duties |
1903 |
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Power |
David |
Bunyan |
labourer |
1903 |
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Power |
Matthew |
Bunyan |
labourer |
1903 |
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Power |
Thomas |
Bunyan |
farmer |
1903 |
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Power |
William |
Bunyan |
labourer |
1903 |
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Robinson |
Frederick John |
Bunyan |
labourer |
1903 |
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Rollason |
Jacob |
Bunyan Rise |
farmer |
1903 |
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Stopp |
Mark |
Bunyan |
labourer |
1903 |
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Storman |
Honora Mary |
Bunyan |
dressmaker |
1903 |
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Summers |
Robert |
Bunyan |
labourer |
1903 |
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Whitehead |
William |
Bunyan |
labourer |
1903 |
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Wilford |
Jane |
Bunyan |
domestic duties |
1903 |
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Wilford |
Thomas |
Bunyan |
farmer |
1903 |
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Woodcroft |
Agnes |
Bunyan |
domestic duties |
1903 |
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Woodcroft |
Eliza Jane |
Bunyan |
domestic duties |
1903 |
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Woodcroft |
John |
Bunyan |
farmer |
1903 |
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Woodcroft |
Thomas |
Bunyan |
farmer |
1903 |
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1909 rolls |
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Birch |
James Richard |
Bunyan |
fettler |
1909 |
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Birch |
Sarah |
Bunyan |
home duties |
1909 |
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Brogan |
Charlotte Frances |
Bunyan |
home duties |
1909 |
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Huggett |
John George |
Bunyan |
farmer |
1909 |
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Huggett |
Mary Jane |
Bunyan |
home duties |
1909 |
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Huggett |
Sarah Ann |
Bunyan |
home duties |
1909 |
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Huggett |
Thomas Alfred |
Bunyan |
farmer |
1909 |
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Murphy |
Bridget |
Bunyan |
home duties |
1909 |
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Murphy |
James Richard |
Bunyan |
labourer |
1909 |
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Murphy |
Mary catherine |
Bunyan |
home duties |
1909 |
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Murray |
Annie Elizabeth |
Bunyan |
home duties |
1909 |
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Murray |
Daniel |
Bunyan |
labourer |
1909 |
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Murray |
John william |
Bunyan |
labourer |
1909 |
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Power |
Mary Ethel |
Bunyan |
home duties |
1909 |
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Power |
Matthew |
Bunyan |
labourer |
1909 |
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Power |
Thomas |
Bunyan |
farmer |
1909 |
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Robinson |
Frederick John jnr |
Bunyan |
labourer |
1909 |
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Robinson |
Frederick John snr |
Ti-Tree cooma |
farmer |
1909 |
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Robinson |
Mary Jane |
Bunyan |
home duties |
1909 |
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Rollason |
Jacob |
Bunyan Rise |
farmer |
1909 |
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Stopp |
Mark |
Bunyan |
labourer |
1909 |
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Storman |
Honora Mary |
Bunyan |
dressmaker |
1909 |
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Summers |
Robert |
Bunyn |
labourer |
1909 |
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Wilford |
Thomas |
Bunyan |
farmer |
1909 |
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Woodcroft |
Ada |
Bunyan |
home duties |
1909 |
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Woodcroft |
Agnes |
Bunyan |
home duties |
1909 |
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Woodcroft |
Agnes Faith |
Bunyan |
home duties |
1909 |
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Woodcroft |
Edward john |
Bunyan |
labourer |
1909 |
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Woodcroft |
Eliza Jane |
Bunyan |
home duties |
1909 |
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Woodcroft |
John |
Bunyan |
farmer |
1909 |
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Woodcroft |
Thomas |
Bunyan |
farmer |
1909 |
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1922 rolls |
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Brogan |
Bernard Ambrose |
Bunyan |
labourer |
1922 |
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Brogan |
Charlotte Frances |
Bunyan |
home duties |
1922 |
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Brogan |
Edmund |
Bunyan |
labourer |
1922 |
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Brogan |
Ellen |
Bunyan |
home duties |
1922 |
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Collins |
Margaret mary |
Rosebrook Bunyan siding |
home duties |
1922 |
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Huggett |
Mary Jane |
Bunyan |
home duties |
1922 |
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Huggett |
Thomas Alfred |
Bunyan |
farmer |
1922 |
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Kerruish |
Susan |
Umeralla Station,Bunyan |
home duties |
1922 |
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McDonald |
Alexander Ducan |
Rosebrook,Bunyan |
labourer |
1922 |
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McKeachie |
Eliza Annie |
Bunyan |
home duties |
1922 |
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McKeachie |
William |
Bunyan |
teacher |
1922 |
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Martin |
Gertrude may |
Umeralla Station,Bunyan |
home duties |
1922 |
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Martin |
Reginald Smith |
Umeralla Station,Bunyan |
grazier |
1922 |
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Murphy |
Esther Alice mary |
Umeralla Station,Bunyan |
home duties |
1922 |
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Murphy |
John thomas |
Bunyan |
labourer |
1922 |
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Murray |
Annie Elizabeth |
Bunyan |
home duties |
1922 |
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Murray |
Johm william |
Bunyan |
labourer |
1922 |
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Neuss |
William |
Rosebrook,Bunyan |
labourer |
1922 |
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Neuss |
Elizabeth |
Rosebrook,Bunyan |
home duties |
1922 |
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Power |
Catherine |
Bunyan |
home duties |
1922 |
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Power |
David |
Bunyan |
labourer |
1922 |
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Power |
Mary Ethel |
Bunyan |
home duties |
1922 |
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Power |
Thomas Alfred |
Bunyan |
farmer |
1922 |
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Robinson |
Frederick John jnr |
Pineleigh,Bunyan |
farmer |
1922 |
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Robinson |
Mary Jane |
Bunyan |
home duties |
1922 |
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Woodcroft |
Agnes |
Bunyan |
home duties |
1922 |
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Woodcroft |
Dorothy Alice |
Bunyan |
home duties |
1922 |
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Woodcroft |
Eliza Jane |
Bunyan |
home duties |
1922 |
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Woodcroft |
John |
Bunyan |
farmer |
1922 |
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Wroe |
Willaim Austin Clyde |
Bunyan |
labourer |
1922 |
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1928 rolls |
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Brogan |
Bernard Ambrose |
Bunyan |
labourer |
1928 |
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Brogan |
Ellen |
Bunyan |
home duties |
1928 |
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Burke |
Elizabeth Sara |
Bunyan |
home duties |
1928 |
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Burke |
William Henry |
Bunyan |
labourer |
1928 |
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Crimmins |
Clara Eileen |
Rose valley,Bunyan |
home duties |
1928 |
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Harcourt |
Winifred catherine |
Bunyan |
home duties |
1928 |
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Huggett |
Alfred george |
Bunyan |
labourer |
1928 |
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Huggett |
Mary Jane |
Bunyan |
home duties |
1928 |
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Huggett |
Thomas Alfred |
Bunyan |
farmer |
1928 |
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Hurley |
Eugene Hilton |
Rose Valley,Bunyan |
labourer |
1928 |
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McGregor |
Donald leslie |
Rosebrook,Bunyan |
labourer |
1928 |
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Murphy |
John Thomas |
Bunyan |
labourer |
1928 |
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Murray |
Annie Elizabeth |
Bunyan |
home duties |
1928 |
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Murray |
Elvira Irene |
Bunyan |
home duties |
1928 |
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Murray |
John William |
Bunyan |
labourer |
1928 |
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Murrell |
George Boniface |
Rose Point,Bunyan |
farmer |
1928 |
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Murrell |
Helen Maude |
Rose Point,Bunyan |
home duties |
1928 |
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Phillips |
Arthur |
c.o.R S Martin,Bunyan |
labourer |
1928 |
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Phillips |
George |
Rose valley,Bunyan |
station hand |
1928 |
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Power |
David |
Bunyan |
labourer |
1928 |
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Power |
David William |
Bunyan |
labourer |
1928 |
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Power |
Mary Ethel |
Bunyan |
home duties |
1928 |
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Reed |
Elizabeth |
Rose valley,Bunyan |
home duties |
1928 |
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Reed |
George William |
Rose valley,Bunyan |
labourer |
1928 |
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Reed |
Francis Victor |
Rose valley,Bunyan |
labourer |
1928 |
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Robinson |
Frederick John jnr |
Pineleigh,Bunyan |
farmer |
1928 |
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Robinson |
Ivan henry |
Bunyan |
labourer |
1928 |
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Robinson |
Lionel |
Bunyan Siding |
labourer |
1928 |
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Robinson |
Mary Jane |
Bunyan |
home duties |
1928 |
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Rowson |
Frank Edward |
Bunyan |
fettler |
1928 |
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Rowson |
Olive may |
Bunyan |
home duties |
1928 |
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Smith |
Herbert George |
Bunyan |
labourer |
1928 |
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Tall |
Harry |
Rose valley,Bunyan |
manager |
1928 |
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Tall |
Mary |
Rose valley,Bunyan |
home duties |
1928 |
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Warwick |
Frederick John |
Springbank,Bunyan |
labourer |
1928 |
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Warwick |
Matilda Ann |
Springbank,Bunyan |
home duties |
1928 |
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Whiley |
Elizabeth Jane |
Bunyan |
home duties |
1928 |
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Whiley |
Isaac |
Bunyan |
grazier |
1928 |
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Woodcroft |
Edmund Charles |
Bunyan |
labourer |
1928 |
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Woodcroft |
Eliza Jane |
Bunyan |
home duties |
1928 |
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Woodcroft |
Reginald Joseph Martin jnr |
Bunyan |
grocer |
1928 |
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1885 |
Landholders return |
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Holding |
Town of Holding |
Name of Occupier |
Acreage |
Horses |
Cattle |
Sheep |
Pigs |
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Bunyan |
Bunyan |
John Cullen |
226 |
10 |
12 |
900 |
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