This deposit consists of records from the London Office; the Department of the General Manager for Australia; the Sydney Office; Bligh Development (Sydney) Ltd; Bligh Management (Sydney) Ltd and J Manning Pty Ltd. Records of the Department of the General Manager for Australia comprise of minutes; annual reports; reports from branches; general ledgers; records re Pension Fund for London staff 1934-1971; correpondence; office files; financial records; station records re wool clip returns and stock returns; registers re employee superannuation plan; and trust deeds for pension and provident fund. AML&F Sydney office records comprise of Local Board meeting minutes; correspondence; financial records; records relating to staff pension and provident funds 1901-1956; security registers and documents; photographs c. 1921-1971; maps 1891-1969; miscellaneous records re Bligh Street buildings; working file of Sydney Office Manager, James Kidd 1918; staff training notes 1965-1971 and printed material. Records of Bligh Development (Sydney) Ltd include office files 1962-1972, specifications and architect plans, photographs and newspaper clippings. Bligh Management (Sydney) Ltd records comprise of office files 1963-1971. Records of J Manning Pty Ltd comprise of minutes 1949-1962, share register and financial records. Also includes records of Gyra River Pastoral Company Pty Ltd.

London to 1970. Sydney from 1971. Issued by the Directors of AML & F Co. Ltd.

Correspondence, legal and financial records, statistics relating to company properties in Australia, station reports, Melbourne and Geelong ledgers, maps and plans. Also includes records relating to Freehold Trust Company of Australia Limited consisting of minutes (1888-1899), agreements, list of shareholders (188-1898), details of debenture repayments and attendance books; records of Australian Sheep Farms Limited consisting of minutes (1925-1939), register of members, register of directors, share transfer journal (1936-1938), register of mortgages and bonds (1930-1937).

AML&F Co Ltd Sydney Office individual ledgers consisting of station accounts and special clients accounts, with index. Ledgers 18-1 (A-D 1916 - 1917) and 19-1 (A-D, 1917 - 1918) were not received from the company.

This collection was put together for the purposes of Dr John Bailey in writing his history of the company 'A Hundred Years of Pastoral Banking'. The records are composed chiefly of records dealing with the operations of the company as carried out in the Melbourne and Sydney Offices. The deposit includes correspondence, reports, financial records, station reports, printed material, newspaper cuttings and some records relating to subsidiary company Australian Sheep Farms Limited.

Sample forms, newspaper cuttings, and printed material.

Memoranda and articles of association, with alterations (1863 - 1963), reports of the company's annual general meetings, with balance sheets and profit and loss accounts (1863-1969); financial papers (1946-1962); station records (1893-1969), registers, correspondence, maps, newspaper cuttings, deeds and papers relating to early history of the company (1863 onwards).

This deposit consists of records from the Brisbane and Townsville Offices of the Australian Mercantile Land and Finance (AML&F) Company Limited and records from The Australian Estates Co Ltd Brisbane Office relating to Warrong Station. The AML&F Brisbane Office records include general office ledgers 1908-1940, a cheque register 1952-1955, and from the Wool and Produce Department, general ledgers 1925-1940, Individual Ledgers 1920-1940 and cash books 1931-1941. The Townsville Office collection comprises general ledgers 1924-1938 and a securities register 1920-1941. Records relating to Warrong Station consist of Journals 1917-1929, ledgers 1917-1929 and statements of cheques drawn, correspondence and invoices 1925-1929.

Microfilm copy of shearing and wool figures, stock sales, carrying capacity, mortality rates, running costs, and figures for taxes, rates, wages and improvements for the period 1910 - 1957 for the following stations: Summer Vale, Qld; Rippling Water, NSW; Milroy, Qld; Maneroo, Qld; Irish Lords & Mossgiel, NSW; Collymongle; Charlton; Cowga, Qld; Boolcarrol, NSW; Barrata, NSW; Angledool & Llanillo, NSW.

All kinds of company records including correspondence of the General Manager of Australia 1904-1983; office files 1963-1984; minutes 1969-1978; reports 1965-1978; records relating to pension and officers' provident and superannuation funds 1899-1984; company standing instructions 1938-1980; financial records 1945-1983; staff records and staff cards c. 1911-1980; photograph c. 1960s; plan 1891; sealing registers 1919-1970; and printed material.