allotment 48 and a total of 5 of 12 allotments in fitz:
‘bought by the partnership of John Terry Hughes
and John Hosking of Albion Wharf, Sussex Street, Sydney, a prominent
firm of merchants who maintained an agency in Melbourne for discounting
bills. Hughes and Hosking bought in all five of the twelve lots which
now comprise South Fitzroy’.
SOURCE: p6 SOUTH FITZROY CONSERVATION STUDY Commissioned by the Fitzroy City Council and the Historic Buildings Preservation Council
prepared by Jacobs Lewis Vines Architects in conjunction with: Dr. Miles B. Lewis and the Fitzroy Urban Planning Office. March 1979
online: https://www.yarracity.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-05/www.yarracity.vic.gov.au/-/media/files/ycc/the-area/heritage/south-fitzroy-conservation-study-1979.pdf
went insolvent
there’s so much material on this guy I will need to do a systematic decade by decade search or possibly year by year.
see online:
start here
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MISCELLANEA. (1847, March 2). The Hobart Town Advertiser (Tas. : 1839 – 1861), p. 4. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article264518628
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT COURT. (1851, November 19). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), p. 3. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12932166
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. (1843, December 23). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), p. 2. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12419611
INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS. (1845, November 1). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), p. 3. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12883190
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS. (1846, February 12). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), p. 2. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12885246
Supreme Court. (1845, November 29). Morning Chronicle (Sydney, NSW : 1843 – 1846), p. 2. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31746859
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. (1843, November 10). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), p. 3. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12411506
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. (1847, May 31). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), p. 3. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12891478
DEPARTMENT OF INSOLVENT ESTATES. (1851, December 11). Freeman’s Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1850 – 1932), p. 10. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115766730
Mr. John Hosking. (1889, November 30). The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 – 1912), p. 1211. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162069466
Insolvency Proceedings. (1844, July 6). Morning Chronicle (Sydney, NSW : 1843 – 1846), p. 3. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31743115
DEATH OF HENRY J. HUGHES. (1927, April 12). Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate (NSW : 1876 – 1954), p. 7. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137650287
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS. (1846, March 19). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), p. 2. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12885987
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. (1850, December 16). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), p. 2. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12923376
SYDNEY NEWS. (1846, November 25). Port Phillip Gazette and Settler’s Journal (Vic. : 1845 – 1850), p. 2. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223152537
Crown Land Reservations. (1900, March 10). The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser (NSW : 1891 – 1937), p. 4. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article135734895
REMINISCENCES OF ILLAWARRA. (1925, March 20). Illawarra Mercury (Wollongong, NSW : 1856 – 1950), p. 1. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138373804
Original Correspondence. (1847, March 31). Sydney Chronicle (NSW : 1846 – 1848), p. 2. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31751414
EQUITY APPEAL. (1851, April 14). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), p. 2. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12926304
TRIAL OF J. T. HUGHES FOR FRAUDULENT INSOLVENCY. (1848, March 24). Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1847 – 1851), p. 4 (EVENING). Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91459434
THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE JURY ON J. TERRY HUGHES’S TRIAL. (1848, March 23). The Port Phillip Patriot and Morning Advertiser (Vic. : 1845 – 1848), p. 2. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226355482
THE Sydney Morning Herald. (1848, March 14). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), p. 2. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12890175
SITTINGS FOR THE TRIAL OF CAUSES. (1857, June 1). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), p. 4. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12996268
LAW INTELLIGENCE. (1850, November 26). Colonial Times (Hobart, Tas. : 1828 – 1857), p. 2. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8768301
LAW (1864, August 9). Illawarra Mercury (Wollongong, NSW : 1856 – 1950), p. 3. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136380236
MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. (1846, August 25). The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 – 1848), p. 3. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37156328
DECISION OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL. (1862, October 16). Empire (Sydney, NSW : 1850 – 1875), p. 2. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60517679
IN INSOLVENCY. (1849, June 12). New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 – 1900), p. 899. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230366241
MR. J. S. HUGHES. (1914, November 12). Freeman’s Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1850 – 1932), p. 20. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article111298603
PRIVY COUNCIL APPEAL. (1862, October 16). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), p. 2. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13235611
IN INSOLVENCY. (1848, October 20). New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 – 1900), p. 1499. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230150316
—this article has thomas g gore too!!!
LAW INTELLIGENCE. (1842, March 9). The Sydney Herald (NSW : 1831 – 1842), p. 2. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12874095
THE IMPRISONMENT OF MR. J. TERRY HUGHES. (1847, March 31). The Port Phillip Patriot and Morning Advertiser (Vic. : 1845 – 1848), p. 2. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226516642
Between Andrew Lang—Plaintiff, and John Terry Hughes, John Hosking, George William Evans, George John M’Donald, Peter M’Intyre, William Kerr, Aylmer Edwin Campbell, John Eales, Sydney Stephen,William Thurlow, John Sparke, William Pitt Burne, Edwin Hickey, Thomas Porter Baxter, Nathaniel Lipscombe Kentish, Alexander George Dumas, and John Lazar—Defendants. (1839, June 5). New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 – 1900), p. 660. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230383866
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MR. J. S. HUGHES. (1914, November 12). Camden News (NSW : 1895 – 1954), p. 6. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133120891
ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. (1847, March 26). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), p. 2. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12901536
IN INSOLVENCY. (1851, June 6). New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 – 1900), p. 890. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230693341
ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. (1847, December 2). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), p. 3. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12898773
CERTIFICATE GRANTED. (1851, April 19). The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List (NSW : 1844 – 1860), p. 120. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article161034207
Mr. Samuel Terry’s Will. (1838, February 27). The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 – 1842), p. 2. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2549908
IN RE JOHN TERRY HUGHES. AN INSOLVENT. (1846, July 6). The Port Phillip Patriot and Morning Advertiser (Vic. : 1845 – 1848), p. 4. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226352790
THE CELEBRATED JOHN TERRY HUGHES. (1847, February 24). The Cornwall Chronicle (Launceston, Tas. : 1835 – 1880), p. 154. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65944032
JOHN TERRY HUGHES, and JOHN HOSKING, Plaintiffs; and GEORGE COOPER, Defendant. (1841, May 28). New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 – 1900), p. 746. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230107450
IN CHANCERY. (1842, November 4). New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 – 1900), p. 1651. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230359654
IN EQUITY. (1839, May 22). New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 – 1900), p. 615. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230383722
BUSINESS FOR TO-DAY. (1848, April 11). Sydney Chronicle (NSW : 1846 – 1848), p. 2. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31756230
WHEREAS the Estate of John Terry Hughes & John Hosking, trading as aforesaid was, (1843, September 29). New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 – 1900), p. 1251. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230127181
BELL’S LIFE IN SYDNEY. (1848, March 11). Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer (NSW : 1845 – 1860), p. 2. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59767785
INSOLVENCY JURISDICTION. (1846, July 31). New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 – 1900), p. 935. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230143177
INSOLVENCY JURISDICTION. (1846, July 28). New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 – 1900), p. 928. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230143137
WOOL. (1844, January 23). New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 – 1900), p. 176. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230145918
WHEREAS the Estate of John Terry Hughes was, on the eighteenth day of July, 1849. (1849, July 24). New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 – 1900), p. 1097. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230391566
WHEREAS the Estate of John Terry Hughes, was, on the eleveuth day of June, 1851, (1851, November 11). New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 – 1900), p. 1861. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230772229
WHEREAS the Estate of John Terry Hughes was, on the 7th day of September, 1843, (1843, September 15). New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 – 1900), p. 1196. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230126919
WEDNESDAY. (1850, October 17). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), p. 2. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12921809
NOTICE is hereby given, that I, John Terry Hughes, do intend to apply to the Chief (1844, April 19). New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 – 1900), p. 586. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230147577
IN INSOLVENCY. (1847, May 4). New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 – 1900), p. 498. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230675665
IN CHANCERY. (1840, October 21). New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 – 1900), p. 1068. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230138929
Supreme Court. (1840, March 2). The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser (NSW : 1838 – 1841), p. 2 (MORNING). Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32167391
LAW INTELLIGENCE. (1850, December 16). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), p. 2. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12923383
THE Sydney morning Herald. (1846, July 1). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), p. 2. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28649813
To John Terry Hughes, described in the indenture hereinafter mentioned as of Sydney, in the Colony of New South Wales, merchant, and to Thomas Ware Smart, William Dawes, and John Walker, trustees of the Insolvent Estate of the said John Terry Hughes, and to all other persons whom it may concern. (1844, June 25). New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 – 1900), p. 845. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230148630
To John Terry Hughes, described in the indenture hereinafter mentioned as of Sydney, in the Colony of New South Wales, merchant, and to Thomas Ware Smart, William Dawes, and John Walker, trustees of the Insolvent Estate of the said John Terry Hughes, and to all other persons whom it may concern. (1844, June 21). New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 – 1900), p. 830. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230148602
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