Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1929-1934 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
1 box, 1 parcel, 1 album.
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Murray Island Fisheries Ltd. was formed in 1931 to develop an export business in sun-dried and salted fish in response to a crown grant for a 20-year lease being granted over the whole of the Torres Strait Islands of Devar and Waier Islands for the purpose of establishing a sardine factory. Fishing operations commenced in 1934 but the company failed in the same year after unsuccessful attempts to obtain a government subsidy. Newman Neville Lyons was Manager and Secretary of the company.
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Records, 1932-1934
Collection alternatively titled as: Murray Island Fisheries Limited Collection.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Correspondence; financial records; articles of Association and Prospectus of Company; newspaper cuttings; photograph album; and photographs.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Box 1, Parcel 1, Album 1.
Note
This collection may contain culturally sensitive words or descriptions, some of which might not normally be used in certain public or community contexts. This may contain terms or images which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people may find distressing or offensive.
Alternative identifier(s)
Alma MMS ID
Millennium Local System Number
OCLC Number
Libraries Australia ID
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Lyons, Newman Neville (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Revised
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised, SJB, 23-Jul-2022.
Revised, Linda Justo, 19-Apr-2021. Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.