21 Souvenir edition of the Sydney Morning Herald Private Deposit Collection : University of Tasmania Library Special and Rare Collections
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2018-08-09 Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.6.1 2026-04-10 12:46 UTC English Souvenir edition of the Sydney Morning Herald R2-21 1910 1 miniture edition Private Deposit Collection : University of Tasmania Library Special and Rare Collections
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Risby Brothers

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 when his three sons took control in 1885, trading as Risby Brothers. By 1900 Risbys had ten vessels and their enterprises extended from the south-east to the west, with a depot and mill at Strahan (1897), followed by numerous bush mills in the Derwent Valley. They sold timber and timber-related products, and moved to different sites in Hobart as business expanded, particularly during the do-it-yourself boom of the 1970s. After the main Westerway mill burnt down in 1957, Risbys developed a state-of-the-art sawmill at Austins Ferry. Among numerous timber-based ventures, the company became embroiled in the conservation-forestry confrontation at Farmhouse Creek in 1986. The company closed in 1994. From: http://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/R/Risby%27s.htm

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Miniature souvenir edition of the Sydney Morning Herald, dated Saturday 21st May 1910, featuring the funeral of King Edward VII.

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

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