V1 Van Diemen's Land Company : annual reports 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
2019-06-18 Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.6.1 2026-10-16 18:16 UTC English Van Diemen's Land Company : annual reports V1 1827-1964 1 type one box 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
Van Diemen's Land Company

Nineteenth-century British businessmen were interested in developing colonial resources, and the Van Diemen's Land Company was formed in May 1824 to ensure a cheap supply of wool for British factories. The colonial experience of William Sorell and Edward Curr was enlisted. Directors sought a 500,000 acre land grant and Sorell suggested land between Port Sorell and Cape Grim. An 1825 Bill granted only half this area, 'remote from settlers'. No thought was given to the dispossession of Aborigines. A vanguard of officials left England in October assured of a company Charter, which was issued in November 1825. The chief agent (Curr), with Stephen Adey (superintendent), Alexander Goldie (agriculturalist) and Henry Hellyer (surveyor and architect), accompanied by surveyors Joseph Fossey and Clement Lorymer, arrived in Hobart in March 1826. Lt-Governor Arthur's reception was encouraging; however Arthur and Curr soon squabbled over the remote location of the grant.The imminent arrival of the Tranmere carrying indentured servants, livestock and supplies pushed Curr into settling at Circular Head. For more information see: http://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/V/VDL%20Co.htm

Published

Collection consists of copies of the Van Diemen's Land Company annual report 1827-1964 made to the yearly meeting held at the Company's offices, London.Held from second report 1827, printed.Some reports include maps:• 1833 Map of north West quarter, with proposals for tenants.• 1844 Plan of Circular Head by John Cannon Stanley, Circular Head by John Lee Archer• Forest Farms at Circular Head, showing tenants names, by John Lee Archer & N Kentish, 1842.• Also 105 printed pamphlets. - 1827, 1831-1850, 1852,1854-1855,1857-1861,1863, 1866, 1868-1892, 1894-1898, 1900-1909, 1911-1920, 1923,-1964

Transfred from Library

HE June 2019

Other records are available from Tasmanian Archives and Heritage Office ref. NG13For description see article by Ian Pearce, 'The Record of the Van Diemen's Land Company', Archives and Manuscripts, v.3, May 1966.

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