Prospectus of the Eastern Australian Company, 1 December 1832, by Major Benjamin Sullivan

DLMSQ 611

fonds

1 December 1832

946396

1 volume of textual material (96 p.) - 32 cm.

Benjamin Sullivan, police magistrate, was appointed J.P. in 1830. He was appointed Police Magistrate at Port Macquarie in 1832, Raymond Terrace in 1837 and Cassilis in 1840. He was interested in colonizing Australia and promoting emigration and proposed land colonization companies in Queensland, Victoria and New Caledonia

Introductory letter addressed 'To the Nobility and Gentry of the British Empire and its Colonies', with the prospectus of the Eastern Australian Company, a land company to encourage colonization to the Brisbane and Moreton Bay area. Includes clauses giving the aims, proposed structure, management and regulations for running the company; also includes supporting documents of statistics, estimates of expenditure and copies of statements regarding Moreton Bay made before Sullivan by escaped convicts

Introductory letter and prospectus published in the Sydney Gazette, 24, 26 December 1834, and also in 'Major Sullivan's proposal to establish a new colony, 1834', Sydney, Howe, 183-

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