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Lieutenant-Governor George Arthur named his extensive properties at Jerusalem and Lower Jerusalem Jerusalem Estate. The property was acquired and consolidated by Arthur after 1829. The property was broken up into five sections and sold in 1837.`
Arthur had asked Surveyor-General Frankland about all unallocated land in the area, and it appears that Robert Pitcairn (the lawyer) acted as his agent, buying all the Crown land remaining in close proximity to Jerusalem Estate. On the 10th November 1831, Robert Pitcairn submitted an application to purchase "all the unappropriated land in the parishes of Ulva, Ormaig and Yarlington." On the application a note was penned in the office of the Surveyor-General: "Before I start this… [is] the Surveyor General or Mr. Pitcairn… really aware of the last portion of land included in the description… which does not appear to me to be less than Twelve to Fourteen Thousand Acres." The land in the Parish of Yarlington was not purchased, but the land in the parishes of Ormaig and Ulva does appear to have been bought by Arthur.
At the time of sale in 1836 to Simeon Lord, Jerusalem Estate comprised some 7,482 acres (8,436 acres according to Melville). The land was acquired by Arthur as follows; 1,600 acres (in two grants) from Underwood, 350 acres from Clitheroe, 220 acres from Blinkworth, 100 acres from Phillips, 500 acres from Maddox, 100 acres from McDonald, 1,200 acres from Maddox, 100 acres from Eves (a veteran's grant), 1,000 acres from Hunt, 640 acres purchased by Tolmey from the Crown, and Lots 82, 87, 88, 89 and 90 purchased from the Crown by Pitcairn comprising a total of some 3,494 acres. In 1836, Arthur conveyed the property to Simeon Lord, but retained mortgages on the titles. The property was placed with Stracey and Burn for sale by public auction on 5th July 1837.
Jerusalem Estate was to be offered in five lots. Lot One comprised one original grant to Underwood (some 1,385 acres) and was purchased by William Kearney, who at that time also owned the neighbouring Nairn's grant. Lot Two comprised the grants to Blinkworth, Long and Underwood's smaller grant (totalling 1,152 acres), and was sold to George Stokell. Lot Three had the lands originally located to McDonald, Clitheroe, Phillips and an extra purchased allotment all totalling 2,210 acres. Eaton purchased McDonald's grant (approximately 100 acres) and Bryant the remainder. Lot Four of 866 acres (including 100 acres of Morgan's grant) was bought by Stokell. Lot Five, the most northerly part of Jerusalem Estate was 1,869 acres in size, and had Hunt, Maddox and Lots 86 and 90 as constituent grants. This was possibly purchased by Tolmey.
Arthur retained an interest in some of the Jerusalem properties he held. In 1844 or 1845 he had to resume some of the former Jerusalem Estate, as the mortgagees had defaulted on payments. In 1854, when Arthur died, he still held mortgages over several of the properties formerly part of his Jerusalem Estate.
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