WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18.
Valuable Farm and Buildings. Deep Creek, about l8 Miles from Town.
To Speculators, Trustees, Farmers, and Others. FRASER and COHEN have received Instructions from the mortgagees to SELL by AUCTION, at their rooms, 83 Collins-street, on Wednesday, 18th February, at twelve o'clock precisely,
That valuable farm known as Hill's Farm, consisting of 640 acres, situate at Deep Creek, Bulla Bulla, about IO miles from town, partly under cultivation, on which is built a substantial residence, with out-offices. etc., in good condition, and being described in the deed as being all that piece or parcel of land in the colony of Victoria, containing by admeasurement 640 acres, be the same more or less, situated in the county of Bourke, and parish of Bulla Bulla, Portion No.9 ; bounded on tho north by Section No. 10,containing 640 acres, bearing west 80 chains; on the west by Section No 8, containing 640 acres,bearing south 80 chains ; on the south by Sec-tion No 3, containing 640 acres, bearing east 80 chains ; and on the east by tho parish of Yuroke,bearing north 80 chains. (P.2, Argus,17-2-1863.)

SECTION 9, PARISH OF BULLA BULLA.
Section 9 was known for many decades as Dunalister. It is probable that Walter Clark bought the property at the above auction to make it part of the Glenara Estate along with other farms on Oaklands Rd; Walter named it after his young son Alister who later became the owner of Glenara, a famed breeder of roses and inaugural chairman of the Moonee Valley Racing Club from its formation until his death. In about 1956, while Bob Blackwell was managing Dunalister, it was sold and as the new owner wanted to call it Balbethan, Bob used the former name for a poll shorthorn stud he established near Elmore.

In 1849,Cartland Taylor was listed as being a resident of Parish Bulla Bulla
LIST OF ELECTORS FOR THE DISTRICT OF PORT PHILLIP.
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Tuesday 3 July 1849 p 4

I had a feeling that this pioneer, whom Isaac Batey described as a former soldier who was given a FREE GRANT* because of his service to the crown, was actually CORTLAND Taylor. The only vowels not used as the second letter of his given name were i and u!
(*Sailors such as Bunbury at Tullamarine and E.E.Kenny at Tullamarine were allowed a dispensation (discount) on the purchase price. The word grant meant his or her gracious majesty had allowed somebody to buy the royal land, not a gift.)

Alfred Taylor - Reocities
www.reocities.com/vic1847/t/t02.html (VICTORIA BEFORE 1848.)

Cortland Taylor, one of 469 voters who qualified by Freehold in Parish Bulla Bulla Electors List District of Bourke. Source - Melbourne Courier 8 Aug 1845
Certland Taylor Owned Property Parish of Bulla Bulla - Freehold Property
Cortland Taylor, freehold, Parish Bulla Bulla The Port Phillip Herald Fri, 26 May 1843 District of Port Phillip Electoral List of 291 names

The date of the issue of the grant of section 9,Bulla Bulla to C.Taylor has rubbed off on the original or my paper copy from the P.R.O. at Arden St. The following tells us that he had served in the army in India and that he had selected section 9 in 1842.

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Lot 27, portion 9, county of Bourke, parish of. Bulla Bella, selected Ist September. 1842; purchaser, Cortland Taylor, India; 640 acres.

The parish map can be obtained by googling BULLA,COUNTY OF BOURKE. It reveals that C.Taylor received the grant (title) on 24-3-1847. His freehold land in 1843 must have been somewhere else.

WHO GAVE THE NAME TO "HILL'S FARM?
A "Hill,Bulla" search produced many results,such as Emerald Hill (South Melbourne) but did little to establish the identity of our mysterious Mr Hill. Then I remembered "Danby Farm" between the east end of the east-west runway at Melbourne Airport, which had been occupied by a Hill family, and an insolvent in about 1900. Perhaps Taylor's grant had been occupied by Michael Hill who died at Tullamrine in 1906.

NEW INSOLVENTS.
Michael Hill of Tullamarine, farmer Cause of insolvency-losses on the purchase of land in 1887, and losses in business as a farmer. Liabilities, L 667/16/10, assets, L29; deficiency, L638/16/10 . Mr.E.H.Shackell, assignee. (P.10, Argus, 6-8-1898.)