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From: "Charmaine Maher" <>
Subject: Re: [AUS-IRISH] De Burgh Persse Sundries
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 22:32:44 +1100
References: <002e01c28231$0e01c2c0$1c5e54d2@CPQ15041146219>


Hi Bev

Thanks for sending those, have not had a chance to look at it closely so
have printed it for later bed time reading!

Charmaine
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bev Kerlin" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 4:24 PM
Subject: [AUS-IRISH] De Burgh Persse Sundries


> To Charmaine and Gina
>
> These are excerpts from the two booklets I was mentioning. To me, they
are
> relatively meaningless but I hope one of you will find them of interest.
If
> I come across any more, I will type them up and forward to you.
>
> Cheers - Bev
>
> In 1912 the town became a Local Authority as the Beaudesert Town Council
the
> first meeting was 1913, with Monty S Smith as Mayor and although four
other
> Gentlemen: Charles Alfred Beetham, De Burgh Persse, S. Mylett and H.L.
> MacDonald became mayor during the next few years Monty regained the office
> in 1921 until 1929 when it was included again in Beaudesert Shire Council
> and the Town Council ceased to exist. (sic)
>
> Tabragalba Divisional Board met originally in Townsvale on W.T. Walker's
> property, in March 1880, the members of the Board were Ernest White
> (Chairman); John Collins; J Crump; De Burg Persse; J H Delpratt; S
> Mylett; L O'Neill; J E Payne and W T Walker.
>
> ...returning to the owners of "Tambourine"; Charles S Graham died in
1864;
> the Bank of Australia (should be Australasia) put De Burgh Persse their
> Pastorial Inspector in to look after it on the 17th March of that year.
In
> 1865 William Tooth of Tooth's Brewery fame purchased "Tambourine" from the
> bank selling it to Capt. Charles Williams.
>
> In 1912 Cecil (Delpratt) married Jessie Madeline Persse (from
"Tabragalba")
> rearing five children.........Harry the eldest took over the running on
his
> father's death in 1943 (Harry died from polio in 1951) ......two youngest
> siblings, Paul Stewart Persse Delpratt and Madeline 'Clare' Delpratt took
> over the management.
>
> **Below are the properties on Map 53A of 1886. These are in the north
east
> corner and I have no doubt there will be more, but I didn't buy the
> neighbouring three sheets. The Parish of Nindoimba is due south, with
Kerry
> south of that and the Parish of Beaudesert is to the west of Nindoimba.
You
> can order the maps from the Qld State Archives and I understand they will
> mail them either folded or in a tube. They cost $14.80 each, p&p extra.
A
> gentleman in South Australia mailed some maps to me this week and the tube
> (a little shorter than these require) was $1.70 and postage was $4.00 -
just
> to give you a rough idea of cost. Maybe property holdings are not on your
> agenda?
> Landholder/Acres.Roods.Perches/Portion No where available/Location
> De Burge Persse 1080.0.0 North of Nindoimba/East of Albert River
> De Burge Persse 220.2.0 North of Nindoimba/East of Albert
River
> De Burge Persse 225.0.0 North of Nindoimba/East of Albert
River
> De Burge Persse 248.0.0 North of Nindoimba/East of Albert
River
> De Burge Persse 245.0.0 55 North of Nindoimba/East of Albert River
> De Burge Persse 243.0.0 57 North of Nindoimba/East of Albert River
> De Burge Persse 224.0.0 58 North of Nindoimba/East of Albert River
>
>
>
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