LAND BOARD HEARINGS OF 1909

The Commemorative Certificate were issued to acknowledge the Land Board Allocations, of August and November 1909, (as reported in the Mildura Cultivator newspaper of the day).  Whilst many inquiries have been received from people whose forebears settled in the Merbein area, the dates are later than the period referred to above.

FIRST  LAND  BOARD HEARING - August 1909:  There were 21 successful allocations announced at the First Land Board hearing held in Mildura for land at White Cliffs (Merbein) – 18/8/1909. 

Appleby, P. V.  Block 39
Bennett, W. J.  Block 23   
Bennett, W.  Block 16 
Bruce, A.  Block 25          
Cannan, H. C.  Block 38  
Dean, J. F.  Block 8  
Hamilton, J. A.  Block 24    
Henderson, F.  Block 41  
Heywood, Emily  Block 31
Hillier, W.  Block 4              
Jamieson, J. W.  Block 48 
Kane, F. C.  Block 21 
Lee, P. A.  Block 27         
Manns, O.  Block  65           
Martin, C. H.  Block 102
Maynard, A. B.  Block 30   
McCarthy, T.  Block 95     
McCarthy, J. F.  Block 15   
Mitting, C. C .E.  Block 22 
Tyson, E. R.  Block 96  
Williams, R.W. O.  Block 79      (Mildura Cultivator August 21st 1909)

SECOND LAND BOARD HEARING - November 1909, sittings held at Mildura, St. Arnaud and Melbourne, and allocated 52 homestead allotments and 13 farm allotments in Wargan.  Homestead Allotments: Parish of Merbein:
Allison, J. T. Block 121    
Appleby, F. M. Block 46 
Bennett, W. H. Block 13 
Bennett, W. G. Block 11.       
Berwick, F. Block 12           
Berwick, J. Block 14    
Bruce, F. E. Block 26
Campbell, W. L. Block 89       
Comb, A. Block 64
Danaher, A. J. F. Block 10   
Dowsley, A. Block 90      
Dunn, Jno. Block 101
Dunstan, T. T. Block 81  
Foster, A. H. Block 56       
Gaggin, T. W. Block 85 
Harrop, C. Block 32          
Henderson, F.C. Block 41      
Hollis, H. W.  Block 91  
Humphries, A. R. Block 9     
James, C. C. Block 61   
Jenner, E. N. Block 36 
Keens, F. L. Block 94A         
Keil, R. H. Block 59 
Lawson, G. C. Block 103     
Lever, G. H. Block 72             
Lindsay, T. E. Block 60
Lloyd, H. G.  Block 98B      
Low, S.H. Block 58               
McClusky, P. F. Block 29
McMillan, T.  Block 128  
McMonnies, R.R.Block3           
McMonnies, W.S. Block 5
McNeilly, D. Block 94B          
McSwain, F. Block 82          
Mitchell, A. G. Block 114
Mitchell, D. M. Block 115     
Nichols, R. E. Block 83            
Nicholson, J. Block 47
Oxley, J. E. Block 112    
Pollock, R. Block 44       
Quinsey, A. S. Block 131 
Randall, B. Block 106  
Rogers, J. J. Block 113      
Rose, Florence Block 28 
Stewart, G.W.F. Block 2
Thompson, J. C. Block 52   
Thompson,  S.  Block 51
Tyers, F. J. Block 63       
Voullaire, R. M. Block 75 
Waddington, W.P.Block 37
Wall, James Block 69                      ( Mildura Cultivator  Nov. 24th 1909)