Land grant to Thomas Hardy

Grant of land, town acre 414 in Angas Street to Thomas Hardy of Walworth in the county of Surrey, issued under preliminary land sales in England, signed by James Hurtle Fisher and dated 23 December 1837. Later notation on the folded section refers to its receipt into the Registry Office, Adelaide on 4 November 1853.

Thomas Hardy was a surgeon of Walworth, Surrey, and his wife was Harriet, nee Hurst. In 1836 Hardy inherited the Yorkshire manors of Birksgate and Shepley; he and his wife did not come out to South Australia. Their sons Alfred (1813-1870) and Arthur (1817-1909) both came to SA, the first in 1836 on the Cygnet as a member of Light's survey party, and Arthur on the Platina in 1838. The land grant document was donated to the Library in 1952 by a descendant of Alfred Hardy.

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