Jean Baptiste Octave Mouton - Personal and business papers, 1911-1948

PMB 603

fonds

Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [19--]

440405

Microfilm : PMB 603

microfilm reels 35 mm

Jean Baptiste Octave Mouton (1866-1946), a Belgian, was a member of the Marquis de Rays' expedition which established a colony at Port Breton in New Ireland in 1881. When the colony collapsed in 1882, Mouton remained in New Guinea and ultimately developed the Kinigunan Plantation near Kokopo. He settled the Australia in 1929 but retained interests in the Territory, particularly as owner of the Rabaul Printing Works which published the Rabaul Times

The papers comprise:- 1. "Memories of J. B. O. Mouton", typescript, c. 1931. 2. Ms. of part of "Memories of J. B. O. Mouton" (in French). 3. Passport, December 1915-1924. 4. Certificate of naturalization, 13 August 1921. 5. Share certificate of Sarang Plantation Ltd, 1911. 6. Notice of meeting and balance sheet of Rabaul Recreations Limited, 4 April 1935. 7. Appointment of Attorney, 1914. 8. Correspondence with the firm of J. Martens, Hamburg, 1919-1926. 9. Ledger, 1926-1929. 10. Papers re lease of Rabaul Times by T. V. Wallace, 1930-1933. 11. Balance sheets, Rabaul Printing Works, 1929-1938. 12. Audit reports, Rabaul Printing Works, 1931-1933. 13. Papers re war damage compensation claims, 1942-1948. 14. Correspondence with manager of Rabaul Times, J. Hoogerwerff, 1936-1942. 15. Copies of letters from Gordon T homas (editor of Rabaul Times) to J. Hoogerwerff, 1933

PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 603
Papua New Guinea Records Project
Available for reference
Microfilm copy of original in private ownership