H4 Alfred Harrap & Son Collection Private Deposit Collection : University of Tasmania Library Special and Rare Collections
Level 5, Morris Miller Library, Sandy Bay Campus, University of Tasmania Sandy Bay Tasmania Australia 7005 Telephone: +613 6226 2243 Email: Special.Collections@utas.edu.au http://www.utas.edu.au/library/research/special-and-rare-collections
2018-02-19 Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.6.1 2026-03-07 03:28 UTC English Alfred Harrap & Son Collection H4 1857-1957 1 file and 1 sixteen page booklet Private Deposit Collection : University of Tasmania Library Special and Rare Collections
Level 5, Morris Miller Library, Sandy Bay Campus, University of Tasmania Sandy Bay Tasmania Australia 7005 Telephone: +613 6226 2243 Email: Special.Collections@utas.edu.au http://www.utas.edu.au/library/research/special-and-rare-collections
Alfred Harrap & Son

Alfred Harrap & Son of Cameron Street, Launceston, began as grain merchants but diversified into woolbroking and shipping . Tamar River Boats was founded by Alfred Harrap (1820-1893) in 1857 transporting mining equipment and agricultural produce. In 1887 Harrap purchased the wool firm of W.T. Bell Ltd. In 1896 G.W. Valentine joined the firm under Alfred's son George Edward Harrap (1856-1937). Alfred Harrap & Son was bought by Roberts, Stewart & Co Ltd (later Roberts & Co Ltd) in 1967 For more information see: http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/harrap-alfred-3722

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Collection consists of correspondence concerning wool shipment and an illustrated booklet compiled by C.B. Thomson and issued to celebrate the firms centenary entitled Alfred Harrap & Son Pty Ltd 1857 - 1957

 Business enterprises -- Tasmania -- Launceston -- History

Deposited by Arthur Harrap, May 1959

HE Feb 2018

Tasmanian Archives and Heritage Office http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/default.aspx?detail=1&type=A&id=NG02579ALFRED HARRAP & SON - NG2579

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.Collections@utas.edu.auWhen reusing this material, please cite the reference number and provide the following acknowledgement:“Courtesy of the UTAS Library Special & Rare Collections”

Original inventory and descriptive notes can be found at : https://eprints.utas.edu.au/10938/2/Harrap.pdf

 Index to H4

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Index to H4 - Alfred Harrap & Son Collection

 Wool shipment H4-1 to 4 1868-1869 7 papers Alfred Harrap & Son

Alfred Harrap & Son of Cameron Street, Launceston, began as grain merchants but diversified into woolbroking and shipping . Tamar River Boats was founded by Alfred Harrap (1820-1893) in 1857 transporting mining equipment and agricultural produce. In 1887 Harrap purchased the wool firm of W.T. Bell Ltd. In 1896 G.W. Valentine joined the firm under Alfred's son George Edward Harrap (1856-1937). Alfred Harrap & Son was bought by Roberts, Stewart & Co Ltd (later Roberts & Co Ltd) in 1967 For more information see: http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/harrap-alfred-3722

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Two letters to Alfred Harrap from Robert Brooks & Co., London, about wool consigned to them by Harrap for the executors of the late A. I. Horne - no improvement in prices owing to the large quantity of wool on the market, with bill of lading (in duplicate) and insurance policy (in duplicate).

Deposited by Arthur Harrap, May 1959

HE Feb 2018

Tasmanian Archives and Heritage Office http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/default.aspx?detail=1&type=A&id=NG02579ALFRED HARRAP & SON - NG2579

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.Collections@utas.edu.auWhen reusing this material, please cite the reference number and provide the following acknowledgement:“Courtesy of the UTAS Library Special & Rare Collections”

 Centenary Booklet H4-5 1957 1 illustrated sixteen page booklet Alfred Harrap & Son

Alfred Harrap & Son of Cameron Street, Launceston, began as grain merchants but diversified into woolbroking and shipping . Tamar River Boats was founded by Alfred Harrap (1820-1893) in 1857 transporting mining equipment and agricultural produce. In 1887 Harrap purchased the wool firm of W.T. Bell Ltd. In 1896 G.W. Valentine joined the firm under Alfred's son George Edward Harrap (1856-1937). Alfred Harrap & Son was bought by Roberts, Stewart & Co Ltd (later Roberts & Co Ltd) in 1967 For more information see: http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/harrap-alfred-3722

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Booklet issued to celebrate Alfred Harrap & Son's centenary entitled Alfred Harrap & Son Pty Ltd 1857 - 1957, A century of service". Documents the history of the company and includes photographs of founders and staff.

 Business enterprises -- Tasmania -- Launceston -- History

Deposited by Arthur Harrap, May 1959

HE Feb 2018

ALFRED HARRAP & SON - NG2579Tasmanian Archives and Heritage Office http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/default.aspx?detail=1&type=A&id=NG02579

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.Collections@utas.edu.auWhen reusing this material, please cite the reference number and provide the following acknowledgement:“Courtesy of the UTAS Library Special & Rare Collections”

A century of service, 1857-1957./ Alfred Harrap & Son, Launceston : [s.n.], 1957. https://stors.tas.gov.au/ILS/SD_ILS-574758