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- 1885 - 1957 (Creation)
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14.4 m
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The company formed in 1885 to deal in real estate and to operate as banker and financial agents in the Australian colonies. In 1887, it absorbed the Joint Stock Building, Land and Investment Company Limited. The company became a subsidiary of the Mercantile Mutual Insurance Company Ltd in January 1960.
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Annual reports, financial records, correspondence, ledgers, journals, wages journals, building accounts, register of properties offered for sale, agreements for sale of land, loans applications book, paid out securities, real estate maps (Sydney and Perth), photographs, posters, illustrations and press cuttings from newspapers, pamphlets and printed materials.
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Entered from deposit description on 4 August 2011