Bank of Australia records, 1826-1894

MLMSS 1591
MLMSS 1591/vol. 2X
MLMSS 1591/vol. 3X
MLMSS 1591/vols. 5X-6X
MLMSS 1591/vol. 11X, 12X

fonds

422655

v., 5 boxes, 2(2") boxes

7 volumes and 7 boxes of textual material: manuscript, printed

The Bank of Australia, a joint stock company, was established in Sydney in 1826 and reconstructed in 1833. In 1843 the Bank was in difficulties, a large portion of its liabilities having arisen from transactions with the firm of Hughes and Hosking. In 1845 a Bill was passed to enable the Bank of Australia to dispose of certain real and personal property by lottery, and lotteries were held in 1848 and 1849. John Cuthbert, 1815-1874, was a shipbuilder at Millers Point and Darling Harbour in Sydney, N.S.W.

I. Shares (14), 1826. II. Minute books, 1845-1848, 1853-1856. III. Correspondence, 1829-1883; mainly with William Neill, secretary of the Bank. (Box ML MSS. 1591/1). IV. Financial records, 1843-1855 (Vol. ML MSS. 1591/2X; 3X; 4). V. Records mainly re property, 1812-1873, including legal documents, 1812-1877 re property transactions mainly re John Terry Hughes and John Hosking and including i.a. land grants, conveyances, mortgages and releases, with 3 re W. C. Wentworth, 1830-1850. (Vols ML MSS. 1591/5X-6X). VI. Records re lottery, 1849-1855. (Boxes ML MSS. 1591/9-13). VII. Miscellaneous records, 1833-1848. Printed. (Box ML MSS. 1591/13). VIII. Records of John Cuthbert, 1868-1873; being an invoice book re shipbuilding business. (Vol. ML MSS. 1591/14)

This collection includes maps at M Ser 4 000/1 MLMSS 1591/Maps 1-5

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (1-241C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011

Available for reference
Maps at M Ser. 4 000/1 MSS. 1591 maps 1-5

Keyword subject:
Shipbuilding
Legal documents