The Union Mortgage and Agency Company of Australia Limited

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The Union Mortgage and Agency Company of Australia Limited

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        Dates of existence

        1884 - 1902

        History

        In 1884 the business of William Sloane & Co, stock and station agents established in Melbourne around 1861 by William Sloane and R J Jeffray, became The Union Mortgage & Agency Company of Australia Ltd. R J Jeffray became its Chairman and General Manager. During 1885 the company acquired the pastoral business of James Turner & Son and later that year the wool-selling business of M D Synott. The company extended its scope to sugar, and had representatives in Sydney, Brisbane and Rockhampton. The Company's agents for the disposal of wool in the United Kingdom were Young Ehlers & Co. In 1886 the company went into liquidation and a new company of the same name was formed in London, with an Australian Head Office in Melbourne and branches in Sydney, Brisbane, Rockhampton and later Townsville. In 1899 the new company went into liquidation and almagamated with its subsidiary company The Australian Estates & Mortgage Company Limited, which later became The Australian Estates Company Limited. The amalgamation took until 1902 for The Union Mortgage & Agency Company of Australia Ltd to finally wound up.

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        Head Offices: Melbourne and London; branches in Sydney, Brisbane, Rockhampton, Townsville

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        sheep and cattle farming; stock and station agents; sugar and confectionery manufacturing; wool broking

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        Entered from deposit description on 11 Aug 2011

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