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William Sloane and Co.

In 1847 documents and letters relating to sugar plantation and Kanaka shipments dating back to the 1860s were found in the roof of the old ANZ Bank, Mackay, during its demolition. They were the records of William Sloane and Co. who errected the first sugar mills on the Burdekin and laid the foundations of the thriving district of Ayr.

This collection consists of xerox copies of the originals and subsequent historical work on the documents undertaken by Dr. C.R. Moore when a postgraduate student of James Cook University.

Archive Location: 67L

Detailed Listing

WS/1 Te Kowai account with Lorne Estate 12/1875 - 11/1877. Mss. 4p.

WS/2 Memo 9/1877-31/12/1877 Estate journal sugar account. Mss. 4p.

WS/3 Letter re variation of cost of stores 16/10/1877. Mss. 3p.

WS/4/1 - WS/4/13 Monthly pay sheets Nebia Estate 30/4/1877 - 30/3/1878. Mss. 13p.

WS/5/1 - WS/5/14 Monthly pay sheets Cedars Estate 30/4/1877; 31/5/1877; 31/7/1877 - 30/3/1878. Included is a receipt for one pound, being payment to John Dows, superintending Engineer for one month, 6/1877. Mss. 14p.

WS/6/1 - WS/6/11 Monthly pay sheets. Barrie estate 30/4/1877 - 30/6/1877; 31/10/1877 - 30/3/1878. Mss. 11p.

WS/7/1 - WS/7/13 Monthly pay sheets. Dumbleton estate 30/4/1877 - 30/3/1878, 30/9/1878. Mss. 13p.

WS/8 Comparative abstract of plantation production season 1877-78. Mss. 2p.

WS/9 Polynesian labourers. Te kowai 30/11/1877. Mss. 5p.

WS/10 Polynesian labourers: Barrie estate 30/11/1877. Mss. 2p.

WS/11 Polynesian labourers: Lorne estate 30/11/1877. Mss. 1p.

WS/12 Polynesian labourers: Cedars estate 30/11/1877. Mss. 2p.

WS/13 Polynesian labourers: Nebia estate 30/11/1877. Mss. 2p.

WS/14 Polynesian labourers: Dumbleton estate 30/11/1877. Mss. 3p.

WS/15 Kanaka a/c (wages, groceries, etc) 1877. Mss. 3p.

WS/16 Kanaka numbers and dates of agreement 1/1/1878. Listing includes all five estates. Mss. 2p.

WS/17 Kanaka numbers and dates of agreement 31/8/1878. Listing includes all five estates. Mss. 2p.

WS/18 Polynesians for monthly report 1877-1880. Mss. 1p.

WS/19 Polynesians report for monthly abstract 1880-1881. Mss. 1p.

WS/20 Credits account, cash and produce, for all five estates. sd. Mss. 3p.

WS/21 Memo of sugars received and delivered a/c Messrs. W. Sloane & Co. to 31/8/1878. Mss. 3p.

WS/22 Extract from letter no. 104 from W. Sloane & Co. re dispcrepancies in returns 12/10/1878. Mss. 2p.

WS/23 Letter to W.H. Paxton from M. McBryde re WS/3, 18/11/1878. Mss. 4p.

WS/24 Duplicate of WS/23

WS/25 Unidentified list of labourers with date of death. Mss. 1p.

WS/26 Statistical analysis of W. Sloane & Co's records by Dr. C.R. Moore. Mss. 14p.

WS/27 Newspaper reports of the findings of the above documents (a) The Daily Mercury 21/3/1974 (b) Sunday Mail 24/3/1974. Printed. 1p.

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