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Date(s)
- 1880-1894 (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
1 account ledger
Context area
Name of creator
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 ... »
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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