Based in Newcastle upon Tyne, fl 1855-1861
North British Australasian Company
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Tyne and Wear Archives Department : Miscellaneous collections
Date: 1852-1929
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1831-1833
Description: Selected records relating to Australia and New Zealand. Includes papers of Stuart Rendel of the armaments firm Sir W G Armstrong & Co, re purchase of arms and gunboats for the Australian colonies 1878-1881; letters of Elizabeth Spence Watson re emigration of industrial girls to Queensland 1881-1884; records of the Newcastle Guardians of the Poor re emigration of paupers 1923-1929; papers of Charles H Merz and William McLellan re electrification of railways in Australia and New Zealand (including photograph albums) 1908-1926; correspondence between William L Harle and Sir William Hutt 1835-1849; records relating to the North British Australasian Company 1855-1860; papers of the Swan family re Edison and Swan United Electric Light Company 1882-1885; letters of John Miller, an emigant to Victoria, 1852-1853. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 3 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, AJCP, 1983 Photograph albums, mainly relating to Australian railways.