The History & Archaeology of Cadia Valley

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Cadia Village & Hinterland

A cross-section of the farming community, 1884

In 1884, the Stock and Brands Branch of the Department of Mines listed the landholders of the state. The following table lists those landholders, which recorded “Cadia” as their post town. Even at this date the process of amalgamation of holdings was clearly evident.

Name of Holding Post Town of Holding Name of Occupier Acreage No of Horses No of Cattle No of Sheep No of Pigs
Ashleigh Cadia James A Wallace 1100 5 15 400 3
Booland [Boxland?] Park Cadia James Holman 4999 3 4 3750 -
Carilton Park Cadia Jane Maybury 19 5 - - -
Cadia Cadia M. Hunt 100 3 - - 3
Charleville Cadia John Wallace 600 6 40 750 4
Cadia Cadia W. S. Blood 200 12 - - 27
Clifton Downs Cadia Thomas Pearce 500 6 - 400 -
Cadia Cadia Adolphus Judd - 4 5 - 1
Denmark Cadia James Brennan 480 4 20 260 1
Edgecombe Cadia Benjamin Trathen 1500 5 9 690 -
Ferndale Cadia Henry Wallace 406 2 - 480 -
Glencow Cadia Barrington Rothery 601.5 1 4 - -
Laureldale Cadia Richard Cain 640 20 12 460 15
Pullstrong Cadia T. H. Stephens 430 11 10 3 -
Reedy Flat Cadia William Colman 200 3 10 - 8
Reedy Flat Cadia Thomas Osborne 200 6 - - 2
Swallow Creek Cadia Caleb Cundy 40 10 4 - -
Swallow Creek Cadia James Byrnes 445.5 12 6 - 1
Swallow Creek Cadia Robert Michell 490 4 3 - -
Waldegrave Cadia Richard T Wallace 640 6 25 - 6
Wattle Grove Cadia David Graves 153 7 13 - -