Whitney Pastoral Company further records and King family papers, ca. 1835-ca. 1994

MLMSS 9588

fonds

ca. 1835-ca. 1994

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Ephemera, Clippings

107070

12.2 metres of textual material (58 boxes)

In July 1825, Thomas Icely was given a free grant of 560 acres in Carcoar, N.S.W., by Lord Bathurst and named the land Cooming Park. By 1838, Icely had acquired almost 60,000 acres of land, and using 62 convicts, brought 240 acres under cultivation, established a horse stud, and completed the major farm buildings. In June 1863, members of Ben Hall’s gang robbed the station and shot a stable hand. Fearing for his safety, Icely left Cooming Park in 1862 and his son Thomas R. Icely took over the business. Cobb & Co, the stage coach company, purchased Cooming Park in 1881 and the management was entrusted to William Franklyn Whitney, one of the original partners in Cobb and Co. When he died in 1895, his widow, Mrs. Isobel Whitney, carried on the property and the stock with the aid of her son, Mr. A. W. Whitney, as manager, and her brother, Arthur Leeds, as general adviser. When Waugoola was formed in 1907, Coombing Park and some other properties were transferred to the family ownership of The Whitney Pastoral Co. Ltd. (later Pty. Ltd.) and Claverton was included. In 1927 Arthur Leeds retired as manager and Mr Arthur Leeds (Jnr.) succeeded his father as supervisor of the Whitney Pastoral Co. Pty. Ltd.'s holdings. His aunt, Mrs. I. (W. F.) Whitney, who died in 1942, had been responsible for the establishment, in 1910, of a stud of Shorthorn cattle that became renowned.
In 1944, Ewart King, a descendant of William Franklyn Whitney, took over the management of Cooming Park. About half the acreage was lost to soldier settlement blocks following the Second World War, and the King family used the proceeds to improve the remaining pastures and re-establish a renown Shorthorn cattle stud.

Reference: Compiled from the collection

Whitney Pastoral Co. (WPC) records and King family papers, ca. 1835-ca. 1994.

BOX 1
Folder 1: 1976-1993; Completed Agricultural Census forms, ABS
Folder 2: 1945-1953; Completed Returns of Land and Stock forms, ABS
Folder 3: 1951-1984; Rural Worker’s Accommodation, Shearer’s accommodation
Folder 4: 1958-1975; Payroll tax
Folder 5: 1976-1979; Payroll tax
Folder 6: 1982-1986; Payroll tax
Folder 7: 1959-1989; Cessna 172A and correspondence regarding flying licences

BOX 2
Folder 1: 1960-1970; Cameras and photography
Folder 2: 1973-1974; Veteran Motorists of Australia
Folder 3: 1955-1989; Somers Investments Pty. Ltd.
Folder 4: 1967; 36th I.W.T.O. conference report
Folder 5: 1948-1961; Sydney Stock Exchange
Folder 7: 1961-1963; Serrated Tussock Committee
Folder 8: 1942-1992; Beef Shorthorn Society of Australia

BOX 3
Folders 1-6: 1948-1987; Claverton

BOX 4
Folders 1-4: 1957-1971; Carcoar District Hospital, Board of Directors – correspondence, minutes, and reports
Folder 5: 1956-1993; Mercantile Mutual Insurance Co. Ltd.

BOX 5
Folders 1-5; 1947-1974; Grazier’s Association of New South Wales files and papers

BOX 6
Folder 1: 1956-1973; Mulabinda Pty. Ltd.
Folder 2: 1946-1956; Patricia King papers
Folder 3: 1962-1993; Australia Club, Sydney, papers
Folder 4: 1946-1980; Compensation for revocation of land used for Mitchell Highway

BOX 7
Folder 1: 1908-1978; Mandurama allotments
Folder 2: 1926-1968; Whitney Pastoral Company and Cooming Park shareholder minutes and reports
Folder 3: 1925-1992; Cooming Park, valuations
Folder 4: 1946-1974; Rates, property, receipts
Folder 5: 1908-1991; Mines and mining, Cooming Park
Folder 6: 1891-1931; Land and Cattle sales

BOX 8
Correspondence and miscellaneous material, ca. 1916-ca. 1945

BOX 9
Correspondence and miscellaneous material, ca. 1941-ca. 1947

BOX 10
Correspondence and miscellaneous material, ca. 1948-ca. 1953

BOX 11
Correspondence and miscellaneous material, ca. 1954-ca. 1960

BOX 12
Correspondence and miscellaneous material, ca. 1961-ca. 1967

BOX 13
Correspondence and miscellaneous material, ca. 1968-ca. 1975

BOX 14
Correspondence and miscellaneous material, ca. 1976-ca. 1988

BOX 15
Letters in expander file, 1940-1941

BOXES 16-17
WPC balance sheets and financial statements, ca. 1910-ca. 1975

BOX 18
WPC financial records, 1979-1983

BOXES 19-20
WPC employee enquiries and other employee related correspondence in alphabetical sequence, 1945-1993, and WPC cattle photographs

BOX 21
Mrs I Whitney, Cooming Park, report on accounts 1931-1933, with financial papers, ca. 1880-ca. 1926

BOXES 22-23
WPC miscellaneous finance and administration documents, ca. 1906-ca 1989, including receipts, employee correspondence, cash books

BOXES 24-25
WPC work diaries, 1982-1992

BOX 26
WPC legal documents, John Cargill, 1945-1974. Orange properties records, 1935-1938. Cattle pedigree records, 1917-1984. Cooming Park Shorthorn Stud records, 1955-1963. King estates papers, 1965-1973. WPC employment papers

BOX 27
WPC Day Books, ca. 1913-ca. 1938

BOX 28
WPC Letter Books, ca. 1906-ca. 1908

BOXES 29-30
Cooming Park Herd Books, ca. 1935-ca. 1968

BOX 31
Cooming Park Sheep Book, ca 1921. Cooming Park Horse Book, ca. 1902. Stock Book, ca. 1930, Miscellaneous Paddock Books, Seed Books

BOX 32
Cash Books , ca. 1932-ca. 1962. Business Diaries, ca. 1941-ca. 1945

BOX 33
Business Diaries, Employee registers etc. ca. 1940’s

BOX 34
Cooming Park Sheep, Horse, Calf and Paddock Books, ca. 1940’s

BOX 35
Cooming Park Wages Time Book, Stud Book, Calf Book, Wool Book ca. 1908-ca. 1940. Mrs. Whitney, Cooming Park, Carcoar letters in envelopes, ca. 1930’s

BOX 36
Cooming Park Ledger Books, ca. 1920s-ca. 1940’s

BOX 37
Bank Cheque Butt Books, ca. 1940’s-ca. 1990’s

BOXES 38-39
WPC bound Journal Ledger Books, 1937-1947

BOXES 40-41
WPC Mandurama Cash Books, 1934-1942

BOXES 42-44
WPC oversize Ledgers, Pay Books and Cheque Books, ca. 1940s

BOX 45
WPC Leger Books, 1907-1908, 1925-1963

BOX 46
WPC Leger Books, 1929-1936

BOX 47
WPC Leger Books, 1931-1944

BOX 48
WPC Leger Books, 1944-1960

BOXES 49-51
Whitney and King Family legal documents, ca. 1835-ca. 1908

BOXES 52-58
William Selwyn King and William Ewart Selwyn King papers ca. 1880-ca. 1972, including passports, photographs, , correspondence, legal documents, newspaper clippings and ephemera, financial and insurance papers. Material relates to Reverend George King, AIF service, Masonic Lodge, Sir Kelso King estate, and the Whitney Pastoral Company.

Copyright status:: In copyright. This collection has multiple copyright holders
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales