Watch List notes:

Van Diemen's Land Acreage Grant, a vellum document by His Excellency Sir Thomas Brisbane, Knight Commander of the Most Honorable Military Order of the Bath, Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over His Majesty's Territory of New South Wales and its Dependencies giving and granting to John Faber and His Heirs three hundred acres of land in Van Diemen's Land, on certain conditions including the employment to work on that land of three transported convicts until the expiration or remission of their Terms of Transportation otherwise the grant is null and void, signed and sealed on 30 June 1823 by T.Brisbane. Age toned and faded writing but still legible, very good.

Sir Thomas Brisbane GCB, GCH, FRS, FRSE, was a British Army officer, administrator and astronomer. He was appointed governor of New South Wales from 1821 to 1825 based upon the recommendation of the Duke of Wellington.