LAND FOR BRIDES.
A GOOD PRIZE. Iu New South Wales in 1828 a girl was liable to receive from the Government a piece of land as a marriage portion land being then plentiful and girls scarce. The custom, says Mr Frank Walker, Fellow of thei Royal Australian Historical Society, was to grant reserves as marriage portions to the daughters of well-known settlers. “This marriage portion—2o square miles in area—was to be reserved,” said Mr Walker, “fo'r the fortunate young ladies until young bachelors, lured by this added attraction, ‘popped the question.’ ” The Rev. W. Oowper’s daughter was the first receive this marriage portion. Mr Walker mentions that the x )resen t site of the Sydney G.P.0., where stood a building used as a police station, was bought by Governor Macquarie for £3O and a hogshead of rum.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12537, 2 January 1934, Page 3
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