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Australian Mortgage Land and Finance Company Limited (1863 - 1910)

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1863
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1910

Summary

Registered in England in 1863, the first Australian Office being opened in Brisbane (as Central Northern Queensland Land Company). The Queensland operations proving unsuccessful, the business was moved to Melbourne with the purchase of Ronald Gibbs & Co in 1865. The Brisbane branch was reopened in 1903, and a Townsville Branch in 1924 (to 1934). The Company's name was changed in 1910 to Australian Mercantile Land & Finance Co Ltd.

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 1863 - 1910 Australian Mortgage Land and Finance Company Limited
       1910 - Australian Mercantile Land & Finance Company Limited

Director(s)

Archival resources

National Library of Australia, Manuscripts Collection National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

  • Australian Mortgage Land and Finance Company Limited records, 1863 - 1903, MS 8193; National Library of Australia, Manuscripts Collection National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, (formerly Archives of Business and Labour)

  • Australian Mercantile Land & Finance Company Limited records, 1856 - 1984, Various, contact Archive for details; Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, (formerly Archives of Business and Labour). Details

Published resources

Book Sections

  • Linton, J. Eddis, 'Some background to the history of a pastoral company', in Birch, Aland and Macmillan, David S. (eds), Wealth & Progress. Studies in Australian Business History, Angus & Robertson, Australia, 1967, pp. 149-159. Details

Bruce A. Smith

Created: 25 September 2001, Last modified: 6 April 2010