Catalogue
Australian cheques, a selection of cheques from the National Bank, Bank of Australasia (including the Maralinga branch), Commonwealth Bank, E.S. & A., Citibank, Advance Bank, Bank of New South Wales and a Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney 189.; plus a Commonwealth of Australia one pound war savings cetificate issued in August 1944. Fine - uncirculated. (41)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
The Bank of Australasia, Adelaide, 191- unissued cheque form of the South Australian United Ancient Order of Druids Friendly Society, imprint Scrymcour & Sons. Extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Van Diemens Land, Hobart Town, No.6 Record Book from Jan to Nov 1822, a handwritten book of the Deputy Judge Advocate E.Abbott, 200 + pp, bound in full calf, quarto. Unique and important as a record under the Jurisdiction of the Governor of NSW.
Estimate $5,000
SOLD $0
Acts of the Legislative Council of South Australia, 1852, comprehensive documentation including Revenue and Expenditure during 1851 & 1852, Votes and Proceedings regarding the establishment of an Assay Office, an Overland Escort, Bullion Act Amendment Bill; Depatches on Bullion Act; Gold Escort Service. Twenty eight papers in total.
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Legislative Council of South Australia, Bullion Act, 1853, correspondence relative to the necessity for the framing and passing of the Bullion Act, No.1 of 1852.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
New South Wales, Certificate of Title, Alexander King of Kiama, at Kiama, Sydney, dated 9th Sept 1856 on vellum with state attached; also Indenture of 1744 on vellum, red wax seal, impressed blue duty stamp; together with original reports on Queensland Royal Commission into the sugar inmdustry (1889) 410 pp; Hopeful Prisoners (Papers relating to release) (1890) 60 pp; Queensland Blue Book (1877) 104 pp; 1875 Construction of Telegraphic Cable (1875) 10pp; Charters issued to Joint Stock Companies (1874) 53pp; Sericulture in Queensland (1875) 11pp; Misc papers Blue book etc. (1873) 174pp. Generally fine. (8)
Estimate $80
SOLD $120
New South Wales. Conveyances, County of Cumberland, 1879, 1882, 1886, 1896, 1906; mortgages, County of Cumberland, 1879; County of Cooper, 1894, 1903 (2). Very fine. (9)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Victoria. Conveyance of Land between the Colonial Bank of Australasia, William Atkin McIntosh of Melbourne and James Howatson of Mount Derrimut of one hundred and one acres one rood and twenty perches in the County of Bourke, Parish of Derrimut, dated 23rd December 1885 with Victoria stamp duty tied stamps of five pounds and two pounds (2), and half crown and one penny (2) stamps. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Victoria. Land Grant by Purchase, of a town lot measuring two roods in the County of Bourke, Parish of Wollert to Hugh Short, signed and sealed by Lieutenant Governor Charles Joseph La Trobe, 3rd October 1853. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Victoria. Land Grant by Purchase, of four acres and thirty eight perches in the County of Bourke, Parish of Macedon to Michel Brady, signed and sealed by Lieutenant Governor Sir Charles Hotham, 25th September 1854. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Victoria. Land Grant by Purchase, of four hundred and eighty two acres and six perches in the County of Villiers, Parish of Minijah to Robert Whitehead, signed and sealed by Governor Sir Henry Barkly, 21st january 1858. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Victoria. Land Grant by Purchase, of ninety six acres in the County of Grenville, Parish of Shelford being land sold at Geelong as country to George Rugsell, signed and sealed by Governor Sir Henry Barkly, 29th April 1859. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Victoria. Mining Lease, granted to John McGregor Munro of Walhalla, three hundred and eleven acres one rood and two perches in the County of Fanjil, Parish of Moondarrah in the Mining District of Gipps Land for the purpose of mining, signed and seal, by Governor Hopetoun, 15th December 1890 together with receipt attached; Miner's Right issued to Charles Collier of Chewton, 8th July 1896; Garden License (10) to David Johnson of Strangways, dated 19/2/1901 to 22/10/1909. Very fine. (12)
Estimate $150
SOLD $220
Victorian Constabulary, July 1862, three pages of original handwritten copies of instructions and a Gold Escort Return. Two pages of blue, ruled foolscap from a book believed to have been maintained at the Kilmore Police Station during a period which included 1862, and numbered 209 to 212. The book believed to have been maintained as a 'Correspondence & Instructions Book'. It contains handwritten instructions at page 209 which are dated 26th July, 1862, titled 'Circular No.44'. The handwritten instructions relate to Forms and Regulations 'respecting the introduction of the Immigration Act' and are from the Chief Commissioner of Police, Captain Frederick Charles Standish. This entry is followed by a Memo to the Officer in Charge, Kilmore Police from Inspector David D.Chambers instructing that police will use every exertion in carrying out the provisions of the Immigration Act. Pages 210 and 211 consist of a handwritten copy of a 'Return' to the Officer in Charge, Richmond Depot, Inspector Purcell Dillon, for the 'Gold Escort from Beechworth to Melbourne', apparently completed for a period ceasing on 26th July, 1862. Very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
Victoria Police Force, an exercise book being a 'Diary of Arrests' from 1st September, 1885 to 26th July, 1897 by Sergeant Henry Cawsey of the Victoria Police Force, Criminal Investigation Branch, also a letter dated 29th December, 1897, congratulating him on his promotopn to the rank and pay of Sub-Inspector of Police, signed by the Chief Commissioner of Police, H.M.Chomley; a handwritten copy of a report relating to a recommendation that Cawsey be given an increased allowance; a newspaper cutting relating to the criminal offender Frederick Bailey Deeming, arrested and prosecuted by Cawsey, convicted for murder, he was hung 10am May 23, 1892. Very good. (4)
Estimate $350
SOLD $360
Agriculture, farming. Australian Farms, 1915; Victorian Producers' Co-operative, 1918; Gippsland and Northern Co-operative, 1923; Ararat and District Co-operative Butter Factory, 1951; Victorian Oatgrowers Pool & Marketing, 1963; Vicriv Graziers Co=operative, 1964; Phosphate Co-operative Company of Australia, 1965; Victorian Artificial Breeders Co-operative, 1965; North Eastern Dairy, 1969; Co-operative Farmers and Graziers Direct Meat Supply, 1970; Murray Goulburn Co-operative, 1971. Very fine. (11)
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
Agriculture, farming. Yea Dairy, 1898; Jerilderie Race Course and Show Grounds, 1923; Burrumbeet and Windermere Farmers' Co-operative, 1926; Grazcos Co-operative, 1947; Camperdown-Glenormiston Dairying, 1960; Conargo District Rural Co-operative, 1961; Victorian Oatgrowers Pool & Marketing, 1964; Ararat Butter & Freezing Company, 1967; Casterton Co-operative, 1968; Murray Goulburn Co-operative, 1971. Very fine. (10)
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
Breweries. Victoria Brewing, Malting & Distilling, 1891; Clayton's Brewery, 1913; Carlton Brewery, 1947; Melbourne Co-operative Brewery, 1950; Castlemaine Brewery, 1958; Shamrock Brewing ompany, 1959; Foster Brewing Company, 1966. Very fine. (7)
Estimate $80
SOLD $200
Mining. Alpine Extended Gold, Reedy Creek, 1909; Complex Ores, 1911; Berry Leads, 1933; Asia-Wyalong Gold, 1934; South Corbett, 1934; Benara Gold, 1935; Ballarat East, 1935; Bolwarrah and Gordon's, 1936; Bendigo Mines, 1937; Chrome Alluvials, 1937; Blue Moon Gold, 1949. Very fine. (11)
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
Mining. Alpine Extended Gold, Reedy Creek, 1909; Malmsbury Alluvial Gold, 1912; Long Tunnel Gold, 1913; Cock's Pioneer Gold and Tin, 1917; Ajax Central, Daylesford, 1920; Langi Logan United, Ararat, 1925; Golden Fleece Gold, Diamond Hill, 1933; Melbourne Bitter Gold, 1935; Illabarook Alluvial, 1937; Hill 50 Extended, 1954; A1 Consolidated Gold, 1973; BHP, 1992. Very fine. (12)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Mining. Arthur's Creek Gold, Diamond Creek, 1904; Central Cookman's, Maldon, 1904; Alpine Extended Gold, Reedy Creek, 1909; Complex Ores, 1911; Creswick Alluvial Gold, 1921; Cornish Gold, 1923; Bolwarrah and Gordon's Amalgamated, 1936; Chrome Alluvials, 1937; Charlton South 1940; Broken Hill Proprietary, 1959; Rescue Exploration, 1970; Coopers Creek Mining, 1970; Planet Resources, 1972; Conzinc Riotinto, 1972. Very fine. (14)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Mining. Berry Leads, 1933; Asia-Wyalong Gold, 1935; Benara Gold, 1935; Bendigo Mines, 1937; Ballarat East Development, 1935; Big Hill Gold, Kangaroo Flat, 1936; Blue Moon Gold, 1949; Ajax Consolidated, Daylesford, 1951; Broken Hill South, 1968; Capital Mining, 1970; Associated Freney Oil, 1970; Barrier Exploration, 1970; Bintang Limited, 1987; Australian Gold Development, 1994. Very fine. (14)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Mining. Carlyle & Whittaker Gold, Maldon, 1899; Mount Garnet and Chillagoe, 1899; New Warden Gold, Cassilis, 1906; New Pioneer Quartz, Diamond Creek, 1906; Briseis Tin, 1908; Growlers Creek Gold, Wandiligong, 1925; Homebush Gold, 1935; Glen Patrick Alluvials, 1935; Ballarat East, 1935; Benara Gold, 1935; Bendigo Mines, 1937; Broken Hill Proprietary, 1961. Very fine. (12)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Mining. Federal Convention Gold, Stirling, 1902; Cock's Pioneer Gold and Tin, 1917; Creswick Alluvial Gold, Creswick, 1921; Gold Mines Development, 1932; Edna May (W.A.) Amalgamated Gold, 1934; Glen Patrick Alluvials, Elmhurst, 1935; Daisy Hill Alluvials, 1935; East Gippsland Gold, Bruthen, 1936; Sesame Gold, 1940; Evanston Gold, 1947; Gold Prospectin & Development, 1949. Very fine. (11)
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Mining. Federal Convention Gold, Stirling, 1902; Galloway Mines, Inglewood, 1911; Growlers' Creek Gold, Wandiligong, 1925; Gold Mines Development, 1932; Edna May (W.A.) Amalgamated Gold, 1934; East Reefs Consolidated, 1935; Daisy Hill Alluvials, 1935; Glen Patrick Alluvials, 1935; East Gippsland Gold, Bruthen, 1936; Sesame Gold, 1939; Evanston Gold, 1947; Gold Prospecting & Development 1949; Planet Resources Group, 1972; BHP, 1992. Very fine. (14)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Mining. Great Gippsland Railway Coal, 1890; Outtrim, Howitt & British Consolidated, Jumbunna, 1894; South West Curtin-Davis Victory Gold, Warrandyte, Dundas, Tasmania, 1896; North Lyell Pioneers, Mount Lyell, Tasmania, 1896; South Star, Sebastopol, 1896; North King Lyell, Mount Lyell, 1897; Long Tunnel Extended, 1900; Victory Gold, Warrandyte, 1901. Very fine. (8)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Mining. Mount Drysdale Gold, Cobar, 1895; Morning Star Quartz, Mount Magnet, W.A., 1897; Maldon Goldfields, 1899; Horn Island Gold, 1900; Duke of Wellington Gold, Bamganie, 1901; Blue Bell Gold, Palmerston, 1901; Long Tunnel Extended Gold, 1901; Cassilis Gold, Gippsland, 1905. Very fine. (8)
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
Mining. Towango Gold, via Bright, 1916; Wymah Wolfram Mining, 1917; Tower Hill Consolidated, 1923; South Victoria Prospecting, 1925; Westralian Gold, 1933; South Red White and Blue Gold, Bendigo, 1935; Wolber Valley Extraction, 1940; Wiluna Ajax Gold, 1941; Whippet Consolidated, 1953; Wellington Alluvials, 1954; United Uranium, 1957. Very fine. (11)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Mining. Union and Dorritt Gold, Grant, 1911; Towango Gold, via Bright, 1916; Cock's Pioneer Gold and Tin, 1917; Southern Cross, 1922; Standard Molybdenite Mining, Everton, 1922; Tower Hill Consolidated, 1923; South Victoria Prospecting, 1926; Westralian Gold,1933; South Corbett, 1934; South Red White and Blue Gold, Bendigo, 1936; Wellington Alluvials, 1946; Whippet Consolidated, 1957; United Uranium, 1957; 1970. Very fine. (14)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Share certificates, various mining etc 1907-17, all to Michael F. McNamara of Lismore (1907) and Sydney (later 1912-17). Very fine. (5)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50