Item 22 - Timber account ledger

Identity area

Reference code

AU TAS UTAS SPARC R2-22

Title

Timber account ledger

Date(s)

  • 1880-1894 (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

1 account ledger

Context area

Name of creator

(c1845-c1900)

Administrative history

The Risby Timber Company until its demise in the mid-1990s was one of Australia's oldest family-run firms. Boat builders Thomas and Joseph Risby established a sawmill in Hobart in the mid-1840s. Thomas left, but Joseph had the business on a sound footing ... »

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

The provenance of this volume is not known. It was not received with the Risby archives listed above, but may, in fact, relate to the Risby business.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

An account ledger of timber merchant (unknown but could be Risby). Ledger accounts headed by name of client. Entries, dated, record: number, description, sum (with debit and credit in columns on the same page). Items mentioned are mainly timber but also ... »

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

May be consulted. Permission from owners necessary for copying or publication.

Conditions governing reproduction

This material is made available for personal research and study purposes under the University of Tasmania Standard Copyright Licence. For any further use permission should be obtained from the copyright owners. For assistance please contact Special.... »

Publication note

Risby Bros. Pty. Limited : the rise to prominence in the Tasmanian timber industry / by David Brownlow. Thesis (B.A.(Hons.)--University of Tasmania, 1969.

Publication note

Against the odds : Risbys - Tasmanian timber pioneers 1826-1995 / Alex Graeme-Evans. - Morris Miller-Book CS 2009 .R57 1995

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Dates of creation revision deletion

CE August 2018

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