James Lyle Young - Journal, 1 Jan. 1880 - 9 July 1881

PMB 22

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Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau [19--]

440433

Microfilm : PMB 22 (MLMSS 1796/3)

ne microfilm reel 35 mm

James Lyle Young (1849-1929) was born in Londonderry, Ireland, and went to Australia with his parents in the mid-1850's. After working in Australia as a station-hand, Young, in 1870, went to Fiji where he was associated for five years with a cotton-planting venture at Taveuni. In April, 1875, he left Fiji on a trading voyage to Samoa. After playing a prominent part in the downfall of the head of the Samoan government, Colonel A. B. Steinberger, Young sailed for the Marshall Islands to open a trading station for Thomas Farrell at Ebon Atoll. About the end of 1879, Young became business manager for a German firm, A. Capelle & Co., of Jaluit

The journal describes Young's life as a trader for Capelle. His headquarters were at Guam, then the capital of Spain's settlements in the Mariana Islands. Young made frequent visits to other islands in the Marianas and also to islands in the Carolines and Marshalls

PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 22
Available for reference
Guide to collections of manuscripts relating to Australia ; C1061
Microfilm copy of original held by Mitchell Library, Sydney