Land Grant GW Barnard (0-1-5)
Land Grant 21-115-4484 dated the 11th of January 1847 to George William Barnard . The total land area was one rood and five perches. This covered the land between what is now 54, 56, 58 and 60-62 High Street and included the land on which the old Post Office was built.
![1886 town map showing grant to GW Barnard](https://www.newnorfolk.org//images/0/02/AF721-1-431_%281886%29-cropped.jpg)
George Barnard had many land grants in Launceston, but this was the only one in southern Tasmania.
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