William Richard Blackman [23493]

   FamilySearch ID: LH78-CVF.

  Christening Notes:

Windsor, St Matthew's Church of England.

  Death Notes:

Mudgee, Lawson Street.

  Burial Notes:

Mudgee Cemetery, Curch of England Section.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Horse Breeder & Grazier: New South Wales. ¹

• Newspaper: The Sydney Morning Herald (, 1858 Apr 17, Sydney, Cumberland County, New South Wales. No title. (1858, April 17). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), p. 4. Retrieved November 5, 2010, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13008881>

COURT OF REQUESTS.-£10 Jurisdiction.-The Court will hear those cases in which attorneys appear, at ten o'clock this morning.
MAGISTRATES. -The Governor-General, with the advice of the Executive Council, has appointed the following gentlemen to be magistrates of the territory and its dependencies, vis. :-… William Richard Blackman, Mudgee ; …

• Newspaper: The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser, 1859 Feb 15, New South Wales. GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. (1859, February 15). The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893), p. 3. Retrieved November 5, 2010, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18638184>
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1859.
SAVINGS' BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES.
Districts of Mudgee and East Maitland.
The Treasury, New South Wales, 9th February, 1859.
His Excellency the Governor General has been pleased to direct the publication, as required by the 36th clause of the Act of Council,17 Victoria, No. 24, of the following orders, appoint- ing Thomas Digby Miller, Esquire, P.M. ; Robert Lowe, Esquire, J.P. ; James Thomas Bell, Esquire, J.P., Archibald Bell Cox, Esquire. J.P. ; William Richard Blackman, Esquire, J.P. ; and John Dickson, Esq., J.P. ; to be Trustees of the Savlngs' Bank of New South Wales, for the District of Mudgee; and Osborn Ottley, Esquire, to be a Trustee of the said Bank, for the District of East Maitland

• Newspaper: The Sydney Morning Herald, 1859 Jun 21, Sydney, Cumberland County, New South Wales. Advertising. (1859, June 21). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), p. 2. Retrieved November 3, 2010, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13026583>
In the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction.
In the will of MICHAEL LAHY, of Numby, in the colony of New South Wales, grazier, deceased.
NOTICE is hereby given, that after fourteen days from the publication hereof, application will be made to the Supreme Court of New South Wales In Its ecclesiastical jurisdiction, that probate of the will and codicil of the said MICHAEL LAHY be granted to MICHAEL LAHY, WILLIAM RICHARD BLACKMAN, SAMUEL ALFRED BLACKMAN, and CALLAGHAN M'CAR- THY, the Executors therein named.
Dated this 14th day of June, 1859.
TEMPLETON and JONES, 123, King-street, Sydney, Proctors for the said Executors

• Summoned: W R BLACKMAN summoned for suffering two horses to stray in the public streets. Fined 5s. and costs, 1861 Apr 24, New South Wales. ³

• Donation: Donated £1 for Mudgee Hosptial, 1861, Mudgee, Wellington County, New South Wales. ³

• Subscription: Mudgee Agricultural Association, 1863 Jul 22, Mudgee District, New South Wales. ⁴ Western Post and Mudgee Guardian

G H COX; J A H PRICE; W WILKINS; T MARSH; H HALL; A WILLMOTT; T GUDGEON; J HARPUR; J BRUCE; J DOREY; T WILSON; P M'PHEE; STODART; PAINE; MOGGS; SMITH; BURWOOD; HONEYSETT; J WARD; FORD; G KEACH; H DOUGHERTY; Frank COX; H DEAN; C B LOWE; W SAUNDERS;W MURRAY; G SHARP; T CHAPPELL; Jas. GLAZIER; J BAX; J COTTY; W F BUCHANAN; T MORGAN; PILE; J JUPP; W GREEN; R LOWE; R LOWE junr; A H LOWE; W C LOWE; Dr KING; E DALY; J HEALY; W READFORD; D EARLES; WEBSTER and KERR; J JONES; W BRANSCOMB; W J MILLS; W GILLESPIE; W BISHOP; HAZELTINE; S H BARNES; Dr. CUTTING; J SWORDS; E CHARLTON; LADD; WYE; ALDWELL; J W FOREMAN; G WARBURTON; J J MILLS; W S ROBISON; G M'QUIGGAN; H SMITH; PAYNE; E G SHETTLE; W SIMPSON; J COX; J M'DONALD; J KNOX; T TARRANT; E K COX; N P BAYLY; H W BLOOMFIELD; J W HARDWICK; J WALTON; J TAYLOR; James TAYLOR; E BLACK; E S COX; J M'LEAN; J CAITHNESS; A HARRIS; T KEOGH; B BULLOCK; M MOLONEY; T KNOWLES; H W VILE; E J GREENWOOD; J DENISON; F O'BRIEN; H BENNETT; KEITCH; T MILLS; J WILLIAMS; W HOWARTH; W RANWELL; F LAWRENCE; J LEE (Bathurst); J DICKSON; T CADELL; C LEWIS; TINDALE; E HASSALL; G H COX; A M'CAULEY; Jas. ATKINSON; R W HEARD; R R HUGHSON; Rev. J. GUNTHER; Fredk. COX; Alex. COX; G WALKER; H DARE; W R BLACKMAN; T H SINDEN

• Newspaper: The Sydney Morning Herald, 1864 Jul 19, Sydney, Cumberland County, New South Wales. Advertising. (1864, July 19). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), p. 2. Retrieved November 5, 2010, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13098007>

SUBSCRIPTIONS TOWARDS THE FLOOD
RELIEF FUND.
MAITLAND,
William Richard Blackman 1 0 0 (£1/0/0)

• Newspaper: The Sydney Morning Herald, 1864 Aug 26, Sydney, Cumberland County, New South Wales. BANCO COURT. (1864, August 26). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), p. 5. Retrieved November 5, 2010, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13101427>

Banco Court
Before Mr. Justice Wise and a jury of four.
BLACKMAN AND ANOTHER V MYLBCHARANE,
The trial of this case, which had already lasted two days, was resumed and concluded.
It was an action for trespass upon a run in the district of Bligh, called Gungalma, alleged to be in the the lawful oc- cupation of the plaintiffs-Messrs. William Richard Black- man and Samuel Alfred Blackman. There were various pleas, but the substantial defence was that the lands claimed by the plaintiffs as part of their run were held as separate runs, under license from the Government, by the defendant and a Mr. John Ford. Damages were laid at £1000. Sub- stantial damages, however, were not claimed, the sole object of the suit, it was asserted, being to try the question of
right.
Sir William Manning, Q C, and Mr. Salomons appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Darvall, Q. C, and Mr. Butler
for the defendant.
The action differed from ordinary squatting suits in that the question at issue was not one of disputed boundary, but involved the right of the defendant and of his partner (who was not made a party to this suit) to the whole of the two runs in question. As they held these runs under the ordi- nary tenure of squattage from the Crown-amounting to a promise of a lease-points were also raised as to the power of the Crown to make such a promise. There was no ques- tion as to priority of occupation. The plaintiffs' father had been in occupation as far back as twenty-five years of all the country now claimed on both sides. Morris, the person through whom the defendant claimed, did not come into possession until many years afterwards. But the facts were peculiar. Blackman called his run Gungalma. He claimed to include all the country in question under that title, and paid licence fees, &c. But the descriptions then given were very vague. There was abundant evidence that Blackman's cattle ran all over the country thereabouts, including net only the station to which plaintiffs' right was admitted, and those now held by the defendant and his partner, but another station held by one Aarons. As to this last-named station an action had also been brought, which has yet to be tried. But though at the time Black- man's cattle roamed all over this country, there were no competitors, and it was contended that the whole of the land now claimed was not taken up in the legal sense, but only a part of it ; or that, if it had been so taken up, there had afterwards been an abandonment of it. Evidence was gone into to sustain the latter assumption, but the acts relied upon were those of a servant, and the plaintiffs' ratification was not shown. It was proved how- ever, that in a statement made by the elder Blackman, in 1848, when describing this run to the Government, it was said to include but 16,000 acres, whereas the land now claimed had an area of 60,000 acres. There were other discrepancies between that description and the present claim. The payments to the Government had been in accordance with the smaller estimate of area, not that now claimed, and it was contended that the plaintiffs were bound by the description in question. On the other hand it was contended that this was a more error-that as Blackman occupied the whole of the country by the name of Gungalma, the fact of his misdescribing its area would not destroy his title, and that plaintiffs had been always ready to pay up such arrears as the Government might fairly claim. The Crown lands' officers regarded the plain- tiffs' station, as claimed by them, as more extensive than necessary, and cut out of three stations now under litigation. Those for which the defendant and his partner held licenses, and which were the subject matter of the present action, were called West Gangalma and East Gangalma. The estimated area of the former was 16,000 acres, and that of the latter 14,000 acres. Both had a frontage to Nedgara Creek, a branch of the Castlereagh River, and described as a fine sheet of water. The plaintiffs' run was admitted to go from the opposite side of this creek to the Moulma Creek, another branch of the Castlereagh. This run, it was averred, would contain more than the 16,000 acres claimed in 1848. But the plaintiffs claimed to cross the Nedgara Creek and to take In the 30,000 acres of East and West Gungalma. It had already been held by the Supreme Court that the promise of a lease by the Government was, under the Crown Lands Act, equivalent for the purpose of such actions as the present to a lease. In this case, how- ever, there were conflicting promises, The defendant put in a mass of documentary evidence to show that he and his partner and their predecessors held these stations under the Crown In the ordinary way, and had paid all necessary fees. On the other band, the plaintiffs relied apon their previous holding of the whole, with a license as for Gun gslma, as creating a pre-existing promise from the Crown which applied to the whole. On the part of the plaintiffs it was contended, first, that certain proceedings of the Go- vernment in connection with the promise to the defendants bad been contrary to the Constitution Act ; secondly, that under the regulations themselves the defendant's tender for the lands was not legally receivable, inasmuch as there had been no forfeiture or abandonment of the lands tendered for. It was understood that these points were to be argued before the full Court.
The jury having been ably addressed by Mr. Butler for the defendant, and Sir William Manning having replied,
His Honor gave an elaborate exposition of the legal prin- ciples by which questions of possessory right were deter- minable, and, for the purpose of affording a basis for the argument of the other questions of law involved in this case, be asked the jury to find specially upon the facts.
The jury found, first, that there had been no abandon- ment by the plaintiffs. Secondly, that there had been a contract with the Crown by defendant and his prede- cessors for the occupation of this land ; and, that there had been a prior promise to the plaintiffs. Thirdly, that the plaintiffs were in licensed occupation of the land in question when the promise was made to defendant. Fourthly, that there had been renewal of this contract.
Damages were assessed at forty shillings.
A verdict for that amount was thereupon entered for plaintiffs for the above amount, with leave for defendants to move the full Court to set aside, or otherwise, as he might be advised.

• Newspaper: The Sydney Morning Herald, 1868 May 2, Sydney, Cumberland County, New South Wales. THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. (1868, May 2). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), p. 5. Retrieved November 5, 2010, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13165502>
SPECIAL CONSTABLES. -- REGISTRATION OF BRANDS ACT. -- The deputy registrars of brands have been sworn in as special constables, to enable them better to carry out the provisions of the Registration of Brands Act of 1866, viz.: …William Richard Blackman, Mudgee ;…

• Newspaper: The Sydney Morning Herald, 1869 Oct 30, Sydney, Cumberland County, New South Wales. Advertising. (1869, October 30). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), p. 9. Retrieved November 5, 2010, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28418933>

Advertising. (1869, November 6). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), p. 9. Retrieved November 5, 2010, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13194738>

Advertising. (1869, November 13). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), p. 4. Retrieved November 5, 2010, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13195085>

Advertising. (1869, November 20). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), p. 5. Retrieved November 5, 2010, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13195485>

Advertising. (1869, November 27). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), p. 8. Retrieved November 5, 2010, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13195941>

Advertising. (1869, December 4). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), p. 9. Retrieved November 5, 2010, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13196471>

Advertising. (1869, December 11). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), p. 2. Retrieved November 5, 2010, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13196828>

Advertising. (1869, December 25). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), p. 6. Retrieved November 5, 2010, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13197704>

Advertising. (1869, December 18). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), p. 5. Retrieved November 5, 2010, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13197268>
RICHARD BLACKMAN and ROBERT WILLIAM CONWAY, have, THIS DAY, entend into partnership as Stock and Station Agents, Cattle Salesmen, Wool and Colonial Produce Brokers, Auctioneers General Commission Agents, under the style of "BLACKMAN and CONWAY."
WILLIAM R. BLACKMAN, ROBERT W. CONWAY, Mudgee, 1st October, 1869.
In reference to the above advertisement we beg to an- nounce that, in connection with our business of Stock and Station Agents, Cattle Salesmen, &c., we have made arrangements with Messrs, SULLIVAN nnd TINDALE, of Sydney, whereby all Stock, Stations, &e., placed in our hands for sale will have the advantage of being offered (if neceesary ) in both the local and Sydney markets. One commission only, and that the usual one, will be charged, even if put up for sale both here and in Sydney. All our other arragnements connected with the sale of cattle, sta- tions, &c., will be found complete and economic.
We beg also to offer our services for the pur- chase and selection of all kinds of Stock, espe- cially for said purpoaos, Mr. Blackman's long ex- perience and well - known judgment, combined with the proximity of the celebrated flocks belonging to Messrs. N. P. Bayly, E. K. Cox, G. H. Cox, C. C. Cox, J. J, Riley, S. A. Blackman, &c., and the herds of Messrs. Robert Lowe. Leo Brothers, &c., will, we are sanguine, make this union of our business an important one, and prove a great convenience to parties at a distance requiring first-class sheep, cattle, &c.
Our large and convenient Stores offer every facility for the storage of wool and all kinds of merchandise, and our friends may be assured that consignments will be dealt with according to instiutions, at the most moderate rates and charges.
Every attention will be paid to the transmission of Stock. Good paddocks and careful drivora engaged, it necessary.
BLACKMAN and CONWAY

• Newspaper: The Sydney Morning Herald, 1870 Feb 10, Sydney, Cumberland County, New South Wales. Advertising. (1870, February 10). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), p. 1. Retrieved November 3, 2010, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13200297>

Advertising. (1870, March 4). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), p. 1. Retrieved November 3, 2010, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13201485>
IN THE ESTATE OF JAMES HALL, Deceased.
Pursuant to the Trust Property Act of 1862, all creditors and others having claims against the estate of James Hall, late of Urawilkie, in the district of Bligh and colony of New South Wales, grazier, who died on or about the 27th day of November, 1869, and probate of whose will was, on the 21st day of January last, granted by the Supreme Court of New South Wales, in its Eccle- siastical Jurisdiction, to WILLIAM RICHARD BLACK- MAN, of Mudgee, in the said colony, Esquire, and SAMUEL ALFRED BLACKMAN, of Cooyal, near Mudgee aforesaid, Esquire, the Executors therein named, are hereby required to send in particulars of such claims to the said Executors, or to the undersigned, on or before the 9th day of March next, after which date the said William Richard Blackman and Samuel Alfred Blackman will proceed to distribute the assets of the said James Hall, deceased, having regard only to the claims of which they shall then have notice.
Dated the ninth day of February, A.D. 1870.
WILLIAM TEALE, 137, King-street, Sydney, Agent for J. D. BRODRIBB, Mudgee, Proctor for the said Executors.

• Newspaper: The Sydney Morning Herald, 1871 Nov 8, Sydney, Cumberland County, New South Wales. THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. (1871, November 8). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), p. 5. Retrieved November 5, 2010, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13247685>

TRUSTEES.-His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has approved of the fol- lowing persons, or bodies, as Trustees (for the objects specified :
… as Trustees of the land at Mudgee, containing 1 rood, which has been dedicated as the site for a Tem- perance Hall-Rev. Thomas B. Trees, Mr. William Richard Blackman, and Mr. Joseph Gordon Gellatly;…

• Newspaper: The Sydney Morning Herald, 1874 Dec 5, Sydney, Cumberland County, New South Wales. Advertising. (1874, December 5). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), p. 2. Retrieved November 5, 2010, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13337108>
IN THE MATTER OF DISCHARGE OF MORT-GAGE.- MICHAEL HEALY to WILLIAM RICHARD BLACKMAN and ROBERT WILLIAM CONWAY, of 401 acres 2 roods, county of Gowen, and parish of Breelong -N OTICE is herby given, of the in- tention of the Registrar-General to register the above deal- ing, after the expiration of twenty-one days from the date hereof, without production of the original mortgage, reasonable cause having been shown, and consent of the Commissioners obtained, pursuant to section 91 of the Real Property Act.
E. G. WARD, Registrar-General.

• Newspaper: The Sydney Morning Herald, 1877 Mar 3, Sydney, Cumberland County, New South Wales. GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. (1877, March 3). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), p. 7. Retrieved November 5, 2010, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13389793>
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
THE following notifications appear in the Government Gazette published yesterday morning :-
APPOINTMENTS.-As Returning-officers of the electoral districts specified in connection with their names respec- tively:-Mudgee: Mr. William Richard Blackman;

• Newspaper: The Sydney Morning Herald, 1880 Nov 10, Sydney, Cumberland County, New South Wales. RETURNING OFFICERS. (1880, November 10). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), p. 6. Retrieved November 5, 2010, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13471836>
The returning-offlcers for the respective electorates are as follows :-…Mudgee, Mr. William Richard Blackman, J. P. ; …

• Newspaper: The Sydney Morning Herald, 1883 Aug 1, Sydney, Cumberland County, New South Wales. GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. (1883, August 1). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), p. 3. Retrieved November 5, 2010, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13540557>
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
The following notifications appear in yesterday's Gazette :
APPOINTMENTS.-… Mr. Wil-liam Richard Blackman and Mr. Charles B. Dwyer, to be Inspectors under the Rabbit Nuisance Act of 1883.

William married Mary Single [23775] [LH78-DF2] [MRIN: 17125], daughter of John Single [1608] and Sarah Baker [1609], on 1855 Jul 25 in Castlereagh, Cumberland County, New South Wales.¹ (Mary Single [23775] [LH78-DF2] was born on 1832 Apr 15 in Castlereagh, Cumberland County, New South Wales ⁵, christened on 1832 Jun 10 in Castlereagh, Cumberland County, New South Wales,¹ died on 1909 Dec 31 in Mudgee, Wellington County, New South Wales, Australia ⁶ and was buried in Mudgee Cemetery, Wellington County, New South Wales, Australia ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

Castlereaigh, Crist Church Church of England.