Holt family - papers of Frederick Samuel Ellis Holt concerning Salisbury Plains near Bowen, Queensland, 1872-1898

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1872-1898

87977

Frederick Samuel Ellis Holt (1846-1902) was the eldest son of Thomas Holt. Under his father's will he acquired the property of Salisbury Plains near Bowen in Queensland and he became tenant-for-life of the Sutherland estate which was leased to the Holt-Sutherland Estate Land Company Ltd. F.S.E. Holt lived at Sutherland House at Sylvania from 1881 to 1894 when he leased the house to be run as a sanatorium.

1872-1895; Correspondence mainly with A.H. Wilmington, manager of the station, 1872-1895; correspondence concerning death of an employee, 1887 (Call No.: MLMSS 2170 ADD-ON 2030/8)
1874-1893; List of deeds, 1874-1887; lease of Tondara, 1880; financial statements, 1874-1887; valuations of property, 1885, 1893 (Call No.: MLMSS 2170 ADD-ON 2030/8)
1879-1892; Miscellaneous accounts (Call No.: MLMSS 2170 ADD-ON 2030/8)
1881-1898; Papers concerning mortgage and sale of station to Darley Brothers (2 folders) (Call No.: MLMSS 2170 ADD-ON 2030/9)
1890-1895; Accounts of wages, stock and stores (2 folders) (Call No.: MLMSS 2170 ADD-ON 2030/9)
1891-1893; Stock returns (Call No.: MLMSS 2170 ADD-ON 2030/9)
1894-1895; Papers concerning Queensland Meat Export and Agency Co. Ltd. and shipments of frozen meat (3 folders) (Call No.: MLMSS 2170 ADD-ON 2030/10)