Collection 1: Gilchrist, Watt & Co. papers

MLMSS 10426
Maps and plans

sub-fonds

ca. 1838-ca. 1921

Textual Records, Clippings, Manuscript Cartographic Materials, Graphic Materials, Photographs

9627469

0.48 metres of textual material (3 boxes) - manuscript, typescript, printed

John Gilchrist formed the company Gilchrist & Alexander with John Alexander in 1838. Gilchrist’s nephew John Brown Watt became a partner in 1852 and on the death of his uncle in 1866 Watt became the senior partner. Gilchrist, Watt & Co. later became Gilchrist, Watt & Sanderson Pty. Ltd. of O'Connell Street, Sydney.
Gilchrist, Watt and Co. owned the Llanillo station in Walgett among other pastoral investments. The station was managed by Richard William Chase, and after 1910, by his son Lyle Chase. Lyle Chase died in Palestine during World War I

BOX 1
1. Mrs. C. A. Fraser trust account, 1870-1908
2. Mrs J. B. Watt trust account, 1862-1899
3. Mrs Caldwell trust account, & marriage settlement, 1887-1906
4. Letterbook of Gilchrist & Watt letters regarding Mrs H. C. Phillip’s trust account, & marriage settlement, ca. 1904-ca. 1913

BOX 2
1. Gilchrist, Alexander, Watt & Co. co-partnership agreements and memorandums, 1838-1876
2. Correspondence and papers relating to Mrs Gilchrist Caldwell nee Watt, ca. 1863-ca. 1907, including property and rental valuations in Paddington and Woollahra and a letter from John Gilchrist to his nephew, John Watt describing the furniture and chattels sent from London, 20 Jan. 1863
3. John Brown Watt deeds of co-partnership, 1873, 1876
4. Miss Margaret Gilchrist Watt trust account, 1884-1887
5. Gilchrist & Watt papers, including letters, memorandums, financial papers, ca. 1890-1907

BOX 3
1. Papers regarding the Llanillo sheep and cattle station, Walgett, 1915, including correspondence with Lyle Chase, telegrams regarding amount of rainfall received, cattle and wool sales, list of Half-Yearly Requirements for Llanillo, letters regarding tenant rights in ring-barking 4,000 acres with tracing map of the area, sketch map of rabbit pits on the boundary of Llanillo, 1905 and sketch map of bore site and dams on Llanillo, 1906
2. Gilchrist & Watt papers mainly relating to the Watt family, including letters, memorandums, a funeral booklet in memory of Walter Oswald Watt, Lieut.-Col. A.F.C., 1878-1921, letter and ticket from Gladstone Eyre for the 1885 Art Union, 1879-1921
3. Gilchrist & Watt Union Bank of Australia passbooks, chequebooks and stubs, ca. 1850-1908
4. Photograph of Walter Oswald Watt, 2 clippings of unidentified man, rural scene, possibly Llanillo and photograph of unidentified scene by Milton Kent

Folio 4X
Maps and plans of Llanillo Station and district, County of Finch; parish maps, large cloth-backed map of Llanillo district

Copyright restrictions may apply:
Research & study copies allowed:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and courtesy copyright holder

Papers were originally housed in a large metal box labelled "Mrs C. A. Fraser’s Marriage Settlement, Gilchrist, Watt & Sanderson Pty Ltd Box no. 1"

Business Archives Council of Australia NSW Branch, survey of records, May 1961