J. T. Arundel & Company - Correspondence files of J. T. Arundel & Co. and Pacific Islands Co. Ltd, A...
J. T. Arundel & Company - Correspondence files of J. T. Arundel & Co. and Pacific Islands Co. Ltd, Australian Office, 1892-1904
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PMB 1174
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microfilm reels 35 mm
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Correspondence documents the early corporate history that eventually led to the environmental devastation of both islands, the diaspora of Banabans to Rabi in Fiji and elsewhere, and the near-bankruptcy of Nauru. Presscopy letter-books of outward letters from George C Ellis, A F Ellis, H E Denson and J T Arundel of the Australian Office of J T Arun...
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J. T. Arundel & Company - Correspondence files of J. T. Arundel & Co. and Pacific Islands Co. Ltd, Australian Office, 1892-1904
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PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 1174
See also Mfm PMB 1175, Mfm PMB 1176
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Microfilm. Canberra, A.C.T. : Produced for the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, Australian National University. 8 microfilm reels
MP1174/1, Melbourne Office, National Archives of Australia, PO Box 8005, Burwood...
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John T Arundel, son of a LMS official, was born in England in 1841. His early work for a London firm with interests in guano, or phosphate, took him into the Pacific. By 1892 Arundel had formed his own company, J T Arundel & Co, which had acquired concessions over a number of islands in what is now Kiribati - Kanton, Enderbury, Gardner, Hull, Flint...
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PMB 1174
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nQR2OjQ1
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441518
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