 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.The local government area Belmont Division was split from the Bulimba Division in 1894 and by 1901 this became the Belmont Shire.Belmont Shire was a larger area than Belmont today with parts now included in the suburb of Carindale and other suburbs.