W.R. Carpenter & Co. Ltd. Tulagi Branch - Branch Manager's correspondence and related papers, 1925-1932

PMB 1112

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441462

Microfilm : PMB 1112

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W.R. Carpenter & Co. Ltd. was registered in Sydney in 1914. It was involved in buying and selling island produce including copra, cocoa, trochus, beche-de-mer, green snail shell and Fijian bananas. The company later developed shipping and later pioneered an airline. Having built its trading strength in New Guinea and Fiji, the company extended its operations to the Solomon Islands in 1922 where it established a branch at Tulagi. The Branch was abandoned in 1942, but after the War some of the Tulagi Branch papers fell into the hands of Tom Elkington whose widow passed them on to Dr Judy Bennett

Correspondence relating to the Tulagi Branch of W.R. Carpenter & Co. Ltd., Solomon Islands: Inward correspondence, Sept 23 1925-Jan 5 1931; outward correspondence, Oct 19 1925-Jul 3 1929, Dec 14-15 1930; inspection reports and related papers, 1930-1931; undated and fragmentary papers, (n.d.)

PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 1112
Available for reference
Microfilm. Balgowlah : W.& F. Pascoe Pty Ltd for Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, Australian National University : 1998. 1 microform reel : positive, 35 mm
Microfilm copy of originals held in private ownership