Corporate entry: The Scottish Australian Investment Company
Summary
Papers, ca.1841-1940s. Correspondence and letterbooks, including London office letters 1850-1898, Bowen Downs operation book 1882-1912, correspondence with D.B. Morehead and Co., on agency in Queensland, 1897-1899, correspondence on Queensland Companies' Act, also director's reports 1912-1941, balance books, ledgers, journals, accounts, valuation of properties 1901-1910, 1912-1916, 1927-1929. The collection contains material relating to the company's Australian interests in both mining and pastoral activities. Total holding comprises several hundred volumes, ca.100 boxes of papers, and several metal trunks. FISHER: Archives 2.A-D/2.