County of Raleigh
Parish of Buckra Bendinni

       Following the passage of the Crown Lands Alienation Act of 1861 (aka Robertson Lands Act) the first selection on the Nambucca River was in Bowra parish in September 1864. The first in Buckra Bendinni parish was not until 1867. The initial rate of conditional purchase selection on the river was slow with only 111 selections during the first five years to 1869. In 1869 the rate of free selection picked up with the 64 for that year almost doubling the number of the previous year.
       On 6 May 1869 Augustus Raymond selected portion 5 (outlined in blue) of 100 acres (CP 69/1570, Catalogue No. 146) on Capeharrow Hill with a ¾ mile frontage to North Creek he named either Hampton Court or Hampden Court.
       On 22 July the same year stepson Angus Chambers selected portion 6 of 40 acres (CP 69/2770, Cat. No. 147). When he died later that year his selection was allowed to stand in the name of his brother James. In 1869 James selected portion 21 of 51 acres (Cat. No. 136) adjoining the western boundary of Augustus's portion 5 and eastern boundary of his brother's portion 6. By 1871 James had also selected portion 22 of 41 acres (Cat. No. 136) adjoining portion 6 thus creating a block of three adjoining portions totaling 132 acres (outlined in yellow). Portions 4 and 46 further east on North Creek outlined in red were originally selected in 1869 by J. Blayney.
        Above selection details are as given in - Norma Townsend, Valley of the Crooked River, Kensington, 1993 - Notes: pp. 226, 237, Appendix 2, p. 201 & pp. 58, 60. citing as source the Conditional Purchase Registers, AONSW 7/2706-71.