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SUGAR AND COFFEE REGULATIONS.

4 October 1864, The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), page 3

…I cannot say for sure, but I think it’s unlikely. Land selection under the  Sugar and Coffee Regulations 1864  is recorded in the Queensland State Archives , and the name Lassig doesn’t show up there. Nor does it show up in other lists of land selectors I’ve seen, such as in the Gooburrum book.…

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NORTH COAST DISTRICT. (From Our Travelling Correspondent.)

23 August 1905, The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), page 6

…He’s still listed at Gavan Street in the 1905 Electoral Roll, but that same year he also bought the 210 acre (85 ha) sugar plantation Seaview, in Woongarra near Bargara ( The Brisbane Courier, 23 August 1905, p. 6 ).…

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BELOW THE RANGE. LAIDLEY, April 17.

18 April 1907, The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), page 2

…Although he sold Seaview two years later for between £4000 and £5000 ( The Brisbane Courier, 18 April 1907, p. 2 ), this does overlap with the end of the Pacific labour trade . So this is quite possibly one of the clues we’re looking for.…

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YARROL STATION SOLD. BUNDABERG, October 16.

17 October 1908, The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), page 5

…After that, he moved to a different kind of farming, purchasing the much larger Yarrol Station on the Upper Burnett, northwest of Mount Perry ( The Brisbane Courier, 17 October 1908, p. 5) .…

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STATION PROPERTIES SOLD, Two Queensland Estates,

8 February 1918, The Farmer and Settler (Sydney, NSW : 1906 - 1957), page 3

…Hermann owned Yarrol until 1917-18 ( The Farmer and Settler, 8 February 1918, p. 3 ). But being such a long way from anywhere, including his butcher shops, it’s unlikely he and his family actually lived there.…

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BUNDABERG.

9 May 1927, The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), page 23

…Either way, he appears to have remained at Carlton until “leaving to reside in another part of the district” in 1927 ( The Brisbane Courier, 9 May 1927, p. 23 ). That would seem to be the beachside settlement of Moore Park , 15 km north of Bundaberg.…