Rockhampton Downs Pastoral Company Proprietary Limited

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Rockhampton Downs Pastoral Company Proprietary Limited

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        Dates of existence

        1923 - 1945

        History

        The company was registered in Brisbane on 13 May 1923. Its original shareholders included William Henry Young, Horace Walter Herbert, Gilbert Schmidt, Henry William Byram, John Ambrose Walsh, James Francis Fitzgerald and Daniel James Kiley. The company was the proprietor of Rockhampton Downs Station located in the Barkly Tableland District, Northern Territory, from around 1931 to 1941. The station was purchased in August 1941 by the Northern Territory Pastoral Company Pty Ltd, of which William Henry Young, Gilbert Schmidt and Horace Walter Herbert were original shareholders. By November 1945 Rockhampton Downs Pastoral Company Pty Ltd was in voluntary liquidation.

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        Registered Office in Queensland; pastoral station in Northern Territory

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        sheep and cattle farming

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        Entered from deposit description on 6 Jul 2011

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            Sources

            The Australian Pastoral Directory
            In Good Company: 175 years of Australian Agricultural Company 1824 - 1999

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