Update of Ocean Grove land titles

A lot of titles have been added to the Ocean Grove land titles database so it’s worth checking again.  A lot of new photos have also been added – links to these can be found in the PDF Section Plans.

In the meantime, it might help people understand the Sections that make up “Old Ocean Grove” as these can be confusing – especially as every section starts with Allotment number 1 ! 🙂

WARNING – hyperlinks to photos in PDF Section files may not work in some browsers – it is best to save the PDF file then open in Acrobat Reader – the links will then work fine.

IMPORTANT DETAILS re owners:

• Owner does NOT mean occupier
• There are usually more changes of ownership in recent years which are NOT shown in this database
• Transactions in the last TEN years are NOT shown in this database
• Although details for these more recent transactions are available they are suppressed in the online version.

Plans, Allotments, Address, Transactions, Photo links

• Section A plans
  The boundaries of this Section are:
  • Tuckfield Street in the east
  • The Esplanade in the south
  • Eggleston Street in the west
  • Madeley Street in the north
  • SECTION A file with address, transactions and photo links
  • LP1854 [lodged plan number]
• Section B [bottom] plans
  The boundaries of this Section are:
  • Eggleston Street in the east
  • The Esplanade in the south
  • Presidents Avenue in the west
  • The Avenue in the north
  • SECTION B file with address, transactions and photo links
  • LP1855 [lodged plan number]
• Section B [top] plans
  The boundaries of this Section are:
  • Eggleston Street in the east
  • The Avenue in the south
  • Presidents Avenue in the west
  • Madeley Street in the north
  • SECTION B file with address, transactions and photo links
  • LP1855 [lodged plan number]
• Section C [bottom] plans
  The boundaries of this Section are:
  • Presidents Avenue in the east
  • The Esplanade in the south
  • Field Street in the west
  • The Avenue in the north
  • SECTION C file with address, transactions and photo links
  • LP1856 [lodged plan number]
• Section C [top] plans
  The boundaries of this Section are:
  • Presidents Avenue in the east
  • The Avenue in the south
  • Field Street in the west
  • Madeley Street in the north
  • SECTION C file with address, transactions and photo links
  • LP1856 [lodged plan number]
• Section D [bottom] plans
  The boundaries of this Section are:
  • Field Street in the east
  • The Esplanade in the south
  • Sweetman Parade [now Wallington Road] in the west
  • The Terrace in the north
  • SECTION D file with address, transactions and photo links
  • LP1857 [lodged plan number]
• Section D [top] plans
  The boundaries of this Section are:
  • Field Street in the east
  • The Terrace in the south
  • Newcomb Street in the west
  • Asbury Street in the north
  • SECTION D file with address, transactions and photo links
  • LP1857 [lodged plan number]
• Section E plans
  The boundaries of this Section are:
  • McCutcheon Street and Sweetman Parade [now Wallington Road] in the north east and east
  • Orton Street in the south
  • The Barwon River in the west
  • Guthridge Street in the north
  • SECTION E file with address, transactions and photo links
  • LP1828 [lodged plan number]
• Section F [left – west] plans
  The boundaries of this Section are:
  • Eggleston Street in the east
  • Madeley Street in the south
  • Field Street in the west
  • Thacker Street in the north
  • SECTION F file with address, transactions and photo links
  • LP1858 [lodged plan number]
• Section F [right – east] plans
  The boundaries of this Section are:
  • Tuckfield Street in the east
  • Madeley Street in the south
  • Eggleston Street in the west
  • Thacker Street in the north
  • SECTION F file with address, transactions and photo links
  • LP1858 [lodged plan number]

Background information and original announcement …

Some things are worth waiting for!  Just over 10 years ago – 10 May 2004 – I purchased and downloaded a digital copy of a Certificate of Title Vol 1946 Fol 389059.  This was the largest of several early Titles for Ocean Grove and contained 82 pages.  It, together with the other titles, was an absolute gold-mine for anyone researching early land owners in Ocean Grove.

Ocean Grove began as a private subdivision containing more than 2,263 allotments – by the time land-owner details were given to the local council for rates & valuations, unravelling the puzzle of who owned which allotment was just too hard to contemplate.

Way back in 2004 I knew these Titles were the answer to this puzzle but it just seemed too daunting.  A recent week’s holiday when it was cold and wet was the perfect environment – turning those ideas into a workable database.  And it worked!  10 years might seem a long time but when you see the end result, the wait was definitely worth it!

The names of the Sellers and Purchasers have all been added to the Geelong & District database but the detail is what will help people with their research.   These links will take you to the Plans showing allotments from the original subdivision for Sections A, B, C, D, E & F.  Reports from the Ocean Grove land database are also available in text searchable PDF format for these six sections.  These reports will be updated periodically when more Certificates of Title have been added to the database.