A. B. Wilbraham papers, 1873-1904, chiefly regarding land and mining investments in Queensland

A 3948

fonds

1873-1904

930819

1 box of textual material

A. B. Wilbraham owned Zilzie Station and the correspondence contains numerous references to its management. Although the exact location of this property is given in a letter to the Qld National Bank, 21 March 1887, the property is not listed in directories or maps of the Rockhampton district filed in the Mitchell Library February 1956

1. Letter book, 1873-1878, dealing with interests in land near Rockhampton and investments in such companies as the Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company Ltd

2. Correspondence with the Queensland Investment and Land Mortgage Company Ltd, 1878-1889, with Reports of Directors, 1878-1883, 1885-1888 and other papers

3. Correspondence regarding estate of Edward Bootle Wilbraham, father of A. B. Wilbraham 1882-1884

4. Correspondence chiefly with the Queensland National Bank at Rockhampton regarding land at Rockhampton and investments in Mount Morgan and Raub Australian Syndicate, 1887-1892

5. Raub Australian Syndicate. Memorandum and articles of association 1889 with manuscript opinion on certain legal aspects of its operations and manuscript lists of the shareholders on its operations and manuscript lists of the shareholders on its Brisbane Register 1892 and Singapore Register 1892

6. Letters to Mrs Wilbraham, widow of A. B. Wilbraham regarding his estate and personal matters, 1898-1904

7. Rockhampton Land, Water and Irrigation Co. Prospectus n.d.

8. Rockhampton Gas and Coke Co. Ltd. Report and other papers, 1903

Notes by Dr T. G. Barker of the London School of Economics on the Wilbraham Papers are filed with the papers

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (7-143A) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011