Ledger book of M. McLeod Pty. Ltd, Wellington Flour Mill

MLMSS 12107/Box 1X

fonds

1932-1942

9677613

0.47 metres of textual material (1 volume) - leatherbound volume, manuscript

Murdoch McLeod (1856-1946) was born in Scotland and ran away from home as a teenager. After an eventful career at sea and managing a flour mill in Queensland, McLeod purchased a partnership in the Thomas Quirk and Co. flour mill in Wellington in 1898. Upon the sale of Thomas Quirk's interest in 1902 to Gillespie Brothers, Murdoch embarked upon the construction of a new mill in Warne Street, Wellington near the railway line, with a siding, sheds and his residence, ‘Logiealmond’. The M. McLeod and Co. Great Western Flour Mill was opened on 8 February 1905. It was the most modern flour mill in New South Wales at that time, with the capacity to mill 400,000 bushels of wheat a year. As Managing Director of the Gillespie Company, Murdoch McLeod managed their four Western Mills in New South Wales, which included the M. McLeod Limited, Wellington Flour Mill. He continued to personally manage the flour mill in Wellington until his retirement in 1934, the business M. McLeod Limited passing to his son, Don. The M. McLeod Pty. Ltd, Wellington Flour Mill closed in 1968.

References:

1. Mudford, Cheryl. “Clocking on” with Murdoch McLeod and the Castlereagh Flour Mill, Warren Road, Gilgandra, N.S.W. (Gilgandra, N. S. W.: Cheryl and John Mudford, 1989)

2. “Opening of M’Leod’s New Flour Mills at Wellington, New South Wales.” The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser, Wednesday 15 February, 1905, 419. Accessed 19 February 2024.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/164037823

3. "The History of Wheat Growing and Flour Milling in The Wellington District." The Wellington Times, Monday 11 June 1951, 7. Accessed 19 February 2024.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/137761675

The donor, Cherie Benn, purchased the ledger at an auction.

Leather bound financial ledger book from the M. McLeod Limited, Wellington Flour Mill that operated in Wellington, New South Wales. The ledger records the income and expenditure of the business, with suppliers and customers arranged alphabetically, A-K only. A separate attachment is taped inside the front of the ledger, titled 'Sundry Debtors, Control Account' (4 pages).

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'Ledger No. 6, A-K' on spine of ledger in gold leaf.

Label attached to front inside cover, 'John Sands, Limited, Account Book Manufacturers, Printers & Stationers, 374 George Street & Druitt Street, Sydney.'
'M. McLeod Pty. Ltd' is stamped in blue ink on the John Sands label and on the attachment 'Sundry Debtors Control Account'.