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Layout of the cottage
History of the cottage
People of the cottage
Work on the cottage
Latest pictures
Contact me about the cottage ninetyers@yahoo.com.au
The town of Portland was first settled on a
permanent
basis by the Henty family in 1834. Before then it was visited by
sealers & whalers on a seasonal basis as a temporary base to
conduct their business. It was an obvious choice for settlement
having the only protected waters from westerly winds, Portland being
on the eastern side of a large peninsula. Portland was the first
permanent settlement in what was to become the state of Victoria.
By 1839 the town had grown to a sufficient size for the Governor of NSW, the state of Victoria did not exist until 1851, to commission Captain Charles Tyers of the British navy with the task of surveying and laying out the town of Portland (named after the Earl of Portland).
Tyers laid out the town in a square grid with streets running north-south and east-west and each town block being 10 chains x 10 chains (the chain was made of iron and had 100 links, it was used by surveyors as a stable length which could be laid out on the ground and easily transported, it is 22 yards or 66 feet long, a cricket pitch). Each town block is 10 acres and subdivided into allotments. 9 Tyers Street is in town block 5 and part of allotment 9 (a coincidence of numbers) which was sold by the Crown to James Kittson in 1847 for £50. In 1849 Kittson divided the block into 3 lots plus a laneway and sold what was to become 9 Tyers Street to Henry Baugh who may have built the original 2 room timber cottage.
The cottage is at:
S38°20.68 E141°36.33
By 1839 the town had grown to a sufficient size for the Governor of NSW, the state of Victoria did not exist until 1851, to commission Captain Charles Tyers of the British navy with the task of surveying and laying out the town of Portland (named after the Earl of Portland).
Tyers laid out the town in a square grid with streets running north-south and east-west and each town block being 10 chains x 10 chains (the chain was made of iron and had 100 links, it was used by surveyors as a stable length which could be laid out on the ground and easily transported, it is 22 yards or 66 feet long, a cricket pitch). Each town block is 10 acres and subdivided into allotments. 9 Tyers Street is in town block 5 and part of allotment 9 (a coincidence of numbers) which was sold by the Crown to James Kittson in 1847 for £50. In 1849 Kittson divided the block into 3 lots plus a laneway and sold what was to become 9 Tyers Street to Henry Baugh who may have built the original 2 room timber cottage.
The cottage is at:
S38°20.68 E141°36.33
