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Reports to the London Board of Directors about visit of EM Young, General Manager, to the Colonies in 1889, implications of his report and retirement of William McComas

The reports relate to the following stations: Lake Victoria, the Wonnaminta Group (Langawirra, Cuthawarra, Sturt's Meadows, Nundora and Mt Arrowsmith), Wonnaminta, Paddington, Benerembah (including map), Mossgiel, Kajuligah and Willandra.

Notes by James Kidd, Sydney Manager, on trips to various stations

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

The notes relate to the following stations: Dunumbral, Angledool, Mercadool, Gingie, Mungie Bundie, Myall Creek, Haddon Rig, Nebea and Wingadee.

Report by JW Bossley, Pastoral Inspector, to Melbourne Manager about the McFarland Pastoral Holdings (Thelangerin group)

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Report by James Kidd explaining the refusal to advance a loan on Callandoon Station, Queensland

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Tables giving names of Managers and Overseers of Company stations and particulars of their service

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Table of rainfall figures for the Retro station

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Reports on open accounts and return on securities held by the Geelong Office

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Financial records of Company stations including valuations, profit and loss accounts, purchase and sale prices and operating expenses

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Includes financial records of stations: Angledool, Arumpo, Barratta, Bogamildi, Boolcarrol, Charlton, Langawirra, Llanillo, Maneroo, Milroy, Mossgiel, Pan Ban, Retro, Terala and Tinenburra.

Financial records of Company stations including profit and loss accounts, purchase and sale prices and particulars of sheep

AU NBAC 97-10
Item
1896 - 1929

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Includes financial records of stations: Angledool, Aratula, Arumpo, Barratta, Bogamildi, Burrabogie South, Calga, Canally, Charlton, Compton Downs, Cuthowarra, Dunumbral, Eunonyhareenyha, Florida, Kulkyne, Langawirra, Lila Springs, Maneroo, Milroy, Mokager, Mossgiel, Mt Arrowsmith, Nelyambo, Nundora, Oxley, Paddington, Pan Ban, Poon Boon, Retro, Sturt's Meadows, Tarcoola, Terala, Tinenburra, Turlee, Wingadee, Wonnaminta, Yanda, Yantara and Yerinan. Particulars of sheep on: Angledool, Billinbah, Boombah, Burrabogie South, Bynya, Coomburrah, Coomrith, Dunumbral, Erin Vales, Euglo, Florida, Fullerton, Glenroy, Goree, Kilgowlah, Lila Springs, Mercadool, Mimosa, Mungie Bundie, Myall Creek, Nebea, Newstead, Oreel, Pallal, Terala, Welltown, Windella, Wingadee, Yabtree, Yanda and Yarrawin.

Tables of Company stations with details of working expenses, earnings, area freehold and leasehold and stock numbers

AU NBAC 97-11
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1911 - 1948

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Notices of meetings, minutes and special resolutions varying Articles of Association and relating to issue of capital

AU NBAC 97-12
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1875 - 1878

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Documents, minutes and correspondence relating to acquisition of Gibbs, Ronald and Company

AU NBAC 97-13
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1863 - 1865

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Notices advising clients of acquisition of the Australasian Mortgage and Agency Company Limited

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Notices advising clients of acquisition of Hill, Clark and Company

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Reports and other material relating to Company's activity in Argentina

AU NBAC 97-16
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1912 - 1926

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Book of newspaper cuttings of 'Times' articles about Australian economy

AU NBAC 97-17
Item
1892 - 1893

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Newspaper cuttings from Australian papers

AU NBAC 97-18
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1891 - 1934

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Notes of discussions between RH Caird, Managing Director and James Kidd, Australian Manager including report of Branch Managers conference

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

'Review of Market Fluctuations, London Wool Market 1886 - 1899' and 'Notes on Colonial Wool Trade', Sanderson Murray & Co Ltd

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Reports on the colonial wool trade

AU NBAC 97-21
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1925 - 1937

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Includes addresses by Sir John Higgins to Woolgrowers Conference and by James Kidd and report by JB Were.

British Australian Wool Realisation Association correspondence and other papers

AU NBAC 97-22
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1920 - 1926

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Statistical tables on wool industry including Japanese wool purchases

AU NBAC 97-23
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1906 - 1934

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Fat Stock Market memorandum

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Australian Joint Stock Bank report on proposed amendments to scheme of arrangement

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Instructions for investment from nine individual investors

AU NBAC 97-26
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1864 - 1865

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Company Annual Review 1908 and printed matter published by the Victorian Railways, the Pastoralists' Union, the Australian Sheep Breeders' Association, and the Pastoralists' Association of Victoria and Southern Riverina

AU NBAC 97-27
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1890 - 1908

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Company's application for loan form

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Addresses by James Kidd, President, to annual meeting of Sheep Breeders' Association of New South Wales

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Summary of a conference of the Producers' Advisory Council and of committees established in country areas

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Bank of New South Wales circulars about the financial and economic situation

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Particulars of loan by Freehold Trust Company to RN & PR Bell of Willandra station

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Includes map of Willandra station.

Minutes of meetings of Australian Sheep Farms Ltd held in London

AU NBAC 97-33
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1936 - 1937

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Prospectus, reports and other papers relating to the liquidation of Australian Sheep Farms Ltd

AU NBAC 97-34
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1925 - 1940

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Notes and copies of extracts from letters and reports used by Dr John Bailey in preparation of 'A Hundred Years of Pastoral Banking'

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Applications for company positions in Australia and New Zealand

AU NBAC 97-36-3
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1863 - 1864

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence from EM Young, Melbourne Manager to Sydney Manager about Sydney accounts

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence to EM Young, Melbourne Manager from Melbourne and Sydney offices particularly from William Drysdale, Inspector

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence to EM Young, Melbourne Manager from RH Caird, London Secretary

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence to EM Young, Melbourne Manager from E Mitchell, Secretary of Pastoralists' Union

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence from EM Young, General Manager, to Melbourne Manager

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence from EM Young, General Manager, to Melbourne Manager

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence to EM Young, General Manager, from E Mitchell of Goldsbrough Mort

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence to General Manager, from R McComas, Australian Manager about his management and retirement

AU NBAC 97-36-12
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1888 - 1893

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence to Sir James MacBain, Chairman of Local Board of Directors, from JR Ross tendering his resignation

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence to London Office from JJ Cooke, Australian Manager

AU NBAC 97-36-14
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1891 - 1895

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence from EM Young, Melbourne Manager to London Office

AU NBAC 97-36-4
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1869 - 1879

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence from Melbourne Managers, RB Ronald and James MacBain, to London Office

AU NBAC 97-36-2
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1866 - 1868

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence between Sir HEF Young, Director, and HN Long, Secretary

AU NBAC 97-36-1
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1865 - 1866

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Subjects include proposed resignation of Sir HEF Young, investment prospects in Queensland and dispute with Black Ball Shipping Line.

Correspondence to London Office from WA Cottee, Sydney Manager

AU NBAC 97-36-15
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1896 - 1897

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence to London Secretary from James Kidd, Sydney Manager

AU NBAC 97-36-16
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1899 - 1905

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence to London Office from James Kidd, Sydney Manager regarding the Local Board of Advice

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence to London Manager from James Kidd, Sydney Manager

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence to RH Caird, Managing Director, from James Kidd, Sydney Manager

AU NBAC 97-36-19
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1920 - 1921

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence to RH Caird, Managing Director, from James Kidd, Sydney Manager

AU NBAC 97-36-20
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1925 - 1926

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Private correspondence to and from James Kidd, Sydney Manager

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence to James Kidd, Sydney Manager, from RH Caird, Managing Director, about Gilchrist, Watt and Company

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence to JJ Falconer from James Kidd, Sydney Manager, about Gilchrist, Watt and Company

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence to JJ Falconer, Australian Manager, from James Kidd, Sydney Manager, about Freehold Trust Company

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence from JJ Falconer, Australian Manager, to the London Office including annual, half-yearly and interim reports

AU NBAC 97-36-26
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1897 - 1913

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence from JJ Falconer, Australian Manager, to the London Secretary about the feasibility of establishing a Queensland Branch

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence between JJ Falconer, Australian Manager, and James Kidd, Sydney Manager, about the establishment of a Queensland Branch

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence from JJ Falconer, Australian Manager, to James Kidd, Sydney Manager, about the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Bill

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence from JJ Falconer, Australian Manager, to RH Caird, Managing Director, including newspaper cuttings

AU NBAC 97-36-30
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1916 - 1923

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence from JJ Falconer, Australian Manager, to RH Caird, Managing Director, including newspaper cuttings

AU NBAC 97-36-31
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1923 - 1924

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence between JJ Falconer, Australian Manager, and RH Caird, Managing Director

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence from CU Kingston, London Secretary, to Board of Directors about his visit to the Colonies

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence from A Cameron, Latimer, Coleraine to London Office of Gibbs and Company

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence about the Company's account with the Melbourne Branch of the London Chartered Bank

AU NBAC 97-36-35
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1883 - 1884

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence about the engagement and dismissal of W Drysdale, Company Inspector

AU NBAC 97-36-36
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1884 - 1890

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence from GR Drysdale, Company Inspector, to Sydney Manager about the Crown Lands Act

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence from F Skipper, Company Inspector, to Australian Manager about the 1902 annual balance

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence from WP Devereaux, Wool and Produce Manager, to Australian Manager about wool-selling and 1911-12 annual balance

AU NBAC 97-36-39
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1909 - 1912

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence from WP Devereaux, Brisbane Manager, to Australian Manager

AU NBAC 97-36-40
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1912 - 1924

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence from PC Allan, Manager of Retro station, to Australian Manager reporting on his visit to the Hughenden, Winton and McKinlay area

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence from AE Bond, Australian Manager, to RH Caird, Managing Director, about Company business and Australian politics

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Extracts from correspondence about the Manager's Trust Account and Geelong and Albury Freezing Works shares

AU NBAC 97-36-43
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1894 - 1895

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence from Minter, Simpson and Company to Sydney Manager, about wool liens

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence and related material about the tenure of New South Wales Western Division Runs

AU NBAC 97-36-45
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1899 - 1903

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Correspondence between J J Falconer, Australian Manager, and James Kidd, Sydney Manager, about Mossgiel and Kajuligah (or Kujuligah) stations

Part of Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

Australian Mercantile Land and Finance London Office deposit 2

AU NBAC 97
Deposit
1863 - 1942

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.

Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Company Limited

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