Holt family - papers of Frederick Samuel Ellis Holt concerning various interests in Queensland, 1874-1895

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1874-1895

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Frederick Samuel Ellis Holt (1846-1902) was the eldest son of Thomas Holt. Under his father's will he acquired the property of Salisbury Plains near Bowen in Queensland and he became tenant-for-life of the Sutherland estate which was leased to the Holt-Sutherland Estate Land Company Ltd. F.S.E. Holt lived at Sutherland House at Sylvania from 1881 to 1894 when he leased the house to be run as a sanatorium.

1874-1882; Accounts and stock returns for Queensland properties - Banchory, 1874; Wealwandangie, 1874; Chatsworth, 1881-1882
1883-1884; Correspondence with E. Holt and Co. in England concerning shipments of hides and tallow
1890-1893; Papers and map concerning proposed refrigerated meat plant on Poole Island near Bowen, Queensland
1894-1895; Correspondence concerning shares in Bowen Meat Export and Agency Company Ltd