 The results of the public auction on 28 November 1885 were reported in the Telegraph newspaper with "forty-two lots were disposed of, comprising an area of 144 acres..."  The Grassdale Land Company Limited later produced a plan of divisions of unsold land into 45 lots, listing the size and value of the lots at the time.It remained sparsely populated for decades, retaining much of its natural bushland.This lack of population motivated the construction of multiple buildings of the Sleeman Centre for the 1982 Commonwealth Games.