Corporate entry: Gibbs, Bright and Company
Summary
Business records from 1860s. A subsidiary of Anthony Gibbs and Sons, Liverpool and London, Gibbs, Bright and Co. had offices in Adelaide, Brisbane, Newcastle and Sydney, and its head office in Melbourne. The principal operation was as a general agent, with widespread Australian interests in mining, pastoralism (The Australian Pastoral Company Pty. Ltd. was a subsidiary), meat processing, shipping and insurance. Some of their north Queensland interests included Fort Constantine Station via Cloncurry, the Merinda meatworks at Bowen, and mining in Charters Towers and Einasleigh. The holding is extensive; it is described broadly as comprehensive business records of the firm's head office, Melbourne, dating from the 1860s. U.M.A.