Manly Beach, Brisbane, 1887 (Map of the Week) | John Oxley Library £1 deposit and £1 per month payments Saw this and thought I would share. Any locals care to post some current values for lots from this map ?
state library has a few real estate maps. Real estate | Search Results | John Oxley Library Off to waste some time
Back when an unskilled labourer on 6 shillings a day would work for 20 days in a Tin mine for his deposit and land was sold on the premise that people would actually build forever homes for themselves on it.
I have posted a link to old Sydney maps from 1800's over in the resources tab). Try getting an REA out of bed on new years day nowadays.
Our friends have bought recently just a little way past the Manly Yacht Squadron and paid about $850k. They have uninterrupted views over the bay and found an old map showing their house as one of only a couple dotted around. It is a small house and not the "big" house that would have been the first and is now a nursing home higher up the hill. They have a local book showing their house in an old photo. They have renovated it and turned a sow's ear into a silk purse. I'm on iPhone so cannot see their house until I get into my bigger screen. They will love to see the photos you've posted. Thank you.
Late 1880's seems to have been a busy time.... my local area was also up for sale. From book Carlingford Epping Partners in history by Alex McAndrew p.85 published 1999
