[Clark Irving’s Casino / Ashby Runs]

Rare c.19th map of Clark Irving’s rural land holdings in the Clarence and Richmond Rivers, New South Wales.

Clark Irving (1808-1865) was an Australian merchant pastoralist and politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1856 until 1864. He had emigrated to Sydney in 1836 and began his business selling watches, jewellery and wool. He then expanded into mixed mercantile trading. In 1843, he bought Casino station on the Richmond River and established a herd of short-horn cattle. He was highly successful in this venture and by 1856 he had expanded his runs to include 279,040 acres in the Richmond River and Darling Downs districts.