J & A Brown, Coal and Allied archive finding aid

207 Pages·2006·0.66 MB·English

by  Di Gravio

Cultural Collections
Auchmuty Library
The University of Newcastle, Australia
Finding Aid

THE COMPLETE LISTING OF
J & A BROWN/COAL & ALLIED ARCHIVE

100
COMPANY POLICY

B14294, B14284. Two copies of the private telegraphic code for use between
James and Alexander Brown, Newcastle, New South Wales, Sydney,
Melbourne, and London. Melbourne, October, 1881.

B14304. Wages and selling prices of various associated Collieries, [c1893].

A7517 (i). Minute Book of the East Greta Coal Mining Company Limited (In
Liquidation), 1930 - 1938.

A7518 (iv). R W Miller and Company Limited - Minutes of meeting of
Directors held 4th September, 1923.

B14481. Miller Steamship Company Pty Limited - Minute Book, October,
1922 - May, 1962.

B14482. Ayrfield Collieries Limited (later Northern (Rhondda) Collieries Pty
Ltd) - Minute Book, February, 1924 - December, 1961.

B14529. (Historical). J & A Brown and Abermain Seaham Collieries Ltd -
Colliery Managers' Reports, plans and Tenders and papers, June, 1948 -
September, 1953.

B14535. R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - newspaper clippings relating to
hotel and brewery interests, October, 1955 - September, 1957.

B14536. R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - newspaper clippingsrelating to
shipping, brewery, hotel, fuel and coal mining interests, May, 1966 - June,
1968.

B14537. R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - newspaper clippings relating to
shipping, brewery, hotel, fuel and coal mining interests, October, 1963 - May,
1966.
B14538. R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - newspaper clippings,
correspondence and papers relating to oil and coal mining, May, 1962 -
March, 1969.

B14539. R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - newspaper clippings relating to
hotel and brewery interests, January, 1955 - October, 1955.

B14542. R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - Birchgrove Investment Company
Ltd Minute Book, March, 1940 - December, 1961.

B14543. R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - Maitland Extended Collieries Pty
Ltd Minute Book, October, 1925 - December, 1961.

B14544. R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - Camden Hotel Pty Ltd (later N S
W Country Hotels Pty Ltd) Minute Book, December, 1937 - December, 1961.

B14545. R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - Wintersloe Investments Pty Ltd
Minute Book, July, 1940 - December, 1960.

B14546. R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - Bulk Haulage Pty Ltd Minute
Book, October, 1946 - December, 1961.

B14547. R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - Jubilee Engineering Company
Pty Ltd Minute Book, November, 1947 - December, 1961.

B14548. R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - British Breweries Pty Ltd (later
Millers Brewery Pty Ltd) Minute Book, May, 1940 - November, 1962.

B14549. R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - Windemere Investments Pty Ltd
Minute Book, December, 1939 - May, 1962.

B14626. (Historical). R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd – newspaper clippings
relating to coal and oil industry, June, 1968 - January, 1970.

B14627. (Historical). R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd – newspaper clippings
relating to coal industry, October, 1971 - October, 1974.

B14628. (Historical). R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd – newspaper clippings
relating to shipping and shipbuilding industries, February, 1973 - March, 1975.

B14645. [R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd?] - newsclippings relating to
mining companies, government, shipping, finance and breweries, June, 1971
- April, 1975.

B14646. R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - correspondence and papers
relating to takeover of R W Miller (Holdings) Ltd and Others by Ampol
Petroleum Ltd, June, 1967 - March, 1977.
B14647. R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - newsclippings relating to
company takeovers (mainly takeover of Ansett Transport Industries Ltd by
Thomas Nationwide Transport Ltd, TNT), March, 1972 - December, 1972.

B14648. R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - newsclippings relating to
breweries and hotel interests, July, 1968 - February, 1973.

B14649. R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - newsclippings relating to oil
mining industry, May, 1967 - April, 1975.

B14657. R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - Steamship Stevedoring Pty Ltd -
Minute Book, February, 1951 - December, 1961.

B14658. R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - Interstate Coal Agencies Pty Ltd -
Minute Book, December, 1950 - December, 1961.

B14659. R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - Woodville Pty Ltd – Minute Book,
January, 1951 - December, 1961.

B14660. R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - McArthur Stevedoring Company
Pty Ltd - Minute Book, June, 1951 - December, 1961.

B14661. R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - Bulk Haulage Pty Ltd Melbourne
- Minute Book, December, 1950 - December, 1961.

B14662. Copies of Special Resolutions : Maitland Extended Collieries Pty
Ltd, September, 1945 - June, 1962; Millers Brewery (Hotels) Pty Ltd, June,
1949 - October, 1967; Steamship Stevedoring Pty Ltd (Miller Services Pty
Ltd), June, 1962 - February, 1964; R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd,
September, 1945 - July, 1976; R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd (Melbourne),
September, 1945 - September, 1976.

B14663. Copies of Special Resolutions : Bulk Haulage Pty Ltd, June, 1949 -
June, 1962; Canopus General Insurance Pty Ltd, June, 1962; City Hotels
Pty Ltd, June, 1949 - June, 1962; Clanville Pty Ltd, June, 1962.

B14664. Copies of Special Resolutions: S S Canopus Pty Ltd, June, 1949 -
December, 1963 [in folder labelled "Cooper Nathan and Company Pty Ltd];
Cumberland County Freeholds Pty Ltd, June, 1949 - June, 1962; Hopetoun
Pty Ltd, June, 1962; Hotel Accessories Pty Ltd, February, 1957 - June, 1962;
Jubilee Engineering Company Pty Ltd, June, 1949 - June, 1962.

B14674. R W Miller (Holdings) Ltd. Newsclippings, press releases,
correspondence and photographs relating to shipping, blackmail threats,
business dealing and other general matters, February, 1965 - November,
1974.

B14675. R W Miller (Holdings) Ltd. Newsclippings relating to mineral
exports, February, 1973 - March, 1975.
B14676. R W Miller (Holdings) Ltd. Newsclippings relating to sale of
Romanda shares (i.e. Lady Miller's shareholdings) and subsequent takeover
bids by AMPOL and Howard Smith Ltd, December, 1971 - September, 1972.

B14677. R W Miller (Holdings) Ltd. Newspaper clippings relating to oil and
coal mining interests, January, 1970 - June, 1972.

B14678. R W Miller (Holdings) Ltd. City Hotels Pty Ltd Minute Book, April,
1949 - December, 1961.

B14679. R W Miller (Holdings) Ltd. Cumberland County Freehold Pty Ltd
Minute Book, February, 1949 - December, 1961.

B14680. R W Miller (Holdings) Ltd. S S Canopus Pty Ltd Minute Book, June,
1949 - December, 1961.

B14681. R W Miller (Holdings) Ltd. Phillip Freeholds Pty Ltd Minute Book,
June, 1949 - December, 1961.

B14682. R W Miller (Holdings) Ltd. R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd and
Associates Staff Provident Fund. Trustees Minute Book with related
correspondence, March, 1949 - June, 1956.

B14683. R W Miller (Holdings) Ltd. Shipwrights Arms Hotel Pty Ltd Minute
Book, September, 1949 - December, 1961.

B14684. R W Miller (Holdings) Ltd. Shipwrights Arms Hotel Pty Ltd Minute
Book, June, 1948 - May, 1949.

B14687. Copy of Balls Head Coal Handling Facility - 1976 Outloading
System, 1993 Record Document [c1993] prepared by Peter Fenwick for Coal
and Allied Operations Pty Ltd with Deeds, Agreement and correspondence
relating to share transactions between Coal and Allied Industries Ltd, Howard
Smith Ltd and Caledonian Collieries Ltd, August, 1960 - May, 1961.

B14688. Coal and Allied Industries Ltd. Correspondence, agenda and
papers relating to Clerks' meetings, December, 1956 - June, 1973.

B14689. Coal and Allied Industries Ltd. Correspondence and papers relating
to Colliery Clerical Procedures, June, 1961 - August, 1963.

A7568 (i). [R W Miller Ltd]. Copies of Special Resolutions for Northern
(Rhondda) Colliers Pty Ltd, Phillip Freeholds Pty Ltd, Wayville Pty Ltd,
Windemere Investments Pty Ltd, Wintersloe Investments Pty Ltd, Woodville
Pty Ltd, March, 1949 - June, 1962.

A7570 (ii). R W Miller (Holdings) Ltd. Preston Coal Company Pty Ltd
(previously The Preston Iron, Coal and Coke Mining Company (Ltd)) - balance
sheets and Directors' and Auditors' Reports, December, 1919 - June, 1956.
A7570 (v). Coal and Allied Industries Ltd. Portfolio containing Annual
Reports, Company Outline and information on Collieries and Hexham Coal
Preparation Plant, 1975 - 1976.

A7570 (vi). R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd. Copy of Government Gazette
No 99 containing Mount Thorley lease (p.3846), July, 1980.

A7570 (vii). R W Miller (Holdings) Ltd. Schedules showing companies in the
Miller Group with related certificates and papers, May, 1962 - February, 1982.

A7570 (viii). Papers and newsclippings relating to early history of coal mining
in Hunter Region; J & A Brown, Minmi; Mr Harold Greenway; Brambles; Mr
A E Shaw; Coal and Allied; Mr E F Hewett and a xerox copy of The Coal
Mines of Newcastle, NSW - Their Rise and Progress by G H Kingswell, 1890,
1890 - 1973.

A7570 (ix). Coal and Allied Industries Ltd. Correspondence and papers
relating to Sydney Stock Exchange Ltd. File No. 19 0005 03/01, 1960 - 1983.
A7570 (x). Coal and Allied Industries Ltd. Correspondence and papers
relating to appointment of alternate Directors. File No. 19 0007 02,
November, 1960 - November, 1978.

A7571 (i). Coal and Allied Industries Ltd. Correspondence, memoranda,
resolutions and papers relating to Directors' qualifications. File No. 19 0007
03, June, 1960 - January, 1985.

A7571 (ii). Coal and Allied Industries Ltd. Correspondence and papers
relating to appointments to the Board of Directors. File No. 19 0007 01,
November, 1960 - October, 1985.

A7571 (iii). Coal and Allied Industries Ltd. Correspondence and papers
relating to Directors' Declaration of Interests in other companies. File No. 19
0007 04, September, 1960 - December, 1983.

A7571 (vi). Coal and Allied Industries Ltd. Correspondence, proof sheets,
newsclippings and papers relating to Mineworkers' Memorial Music Shell at
Freemans Waterholes and disposal of steam locomotives and equipment from
South Maitland Railways, Pelaw Main and Richmond Main Collieries. File No.
21 0003, February, 1970 - November, 1985.

A7571 (vii). Copy of Port Botany : its history, development and future, April,
1976.

A7595 (vii). J & A Brown and Abermain Seaham Collieries Ltd - stenciled
copies of general correspondence and papers relating to Agenda for
Shareholders and Board Meetings, expenditure, accounts, industrial disputes,
coal sales, accidents and reports, December, 1957 - January, 1959.

A7596 (i). J & A Brown and Abermain Seaham Collieries Ltd - stenciled
copies of general correspondence and papers relating to Agenda for Chief
Clerks, Directors and Board Meetings, colliery costs, coal prices, tenders,
expenditure, accounts, insurance, superannuation, incentive schemes,
pensions, shipping and company
fraud, January, 1959 - December, 1959. (Restricted).

A7597 (i). J & A Brown and Abermain Seaham Collieries Ltd - stenciled
copies of general correspondence and papers relating to authorized
expenditure, accounts, costs, stamp duty, Board Meeting memoranda,
Agenda for Shareholders Meeting, Directors' Meetings, accidents, mining
leases and legal papers, March, 1959 - June, 1962.

A7610 (x). Minutes of meetings of Share Transfer Committee of Directors of
R W Miller (Holdings) Ltd. (Folio 870-1082), January, 1969 - December,
1970.

A7612 (iv). [R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd]. Correspondence, report,
photographs and papers relating to NSW 18 Footers Sailing League Club,
Double Bay and other clubs, September, 1959 - November, 1963.

A7612 (v). Roderick W Miller - personal correspondence file, November,
1959 - November, 1962.

A7612 (vi). Newsclippings relating to Knighthood of Sir Roderick William
Miller, January, 1970.

A7612 (vii). The Sydney Stock Exchange Company. Review of R W Miller
(Holdings) Ltd with historical papers, prospectus, profit and loss statement
and brief history of the R W Miller Group of Companies, June, 1962 -
October, 1972.

A7612 (viii). R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd. Invitation lists for the laying of
the Keel of "Amanda Miller", newsclippings and papers relating to shipping,
spectrum of coals in Australia and company employees, November, 1963 -
October, 1974.

A7614 (ix). [Coal and Allied Operations Pty Ltd], [R W Miller and Company
Pty Ltd] - correspondence, reports, newsclippings and papers relating to the
Port of Newcastle Harbour Deepening, June, 1976 - November, 1977 [+ May,
1982].

A7614 (x). R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - correspondence and papers
relating to Coal Research, November, 1977 - October, 1981.

A7615 (i). R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - correspondence, newsclippings
and papers relating to Deepening of Newcastle Harbour, January, 1975 -
February, 1982.

A7615 (ii). R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - correspondence and papers
relating to Muswellbrook No. 1 Colliery, December, 1979 - June, 1980.
A7615 (iii). R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - correspondence,
newsclippings and papers relating to Mount Arthur Coal project and Preston
Extended in Mount Martha Area, March, 1979 - May, 1984.

A7615 (iv). R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - correspondence and papers
relating to Coal Mining Acts, November, 1980 - June, 1984.

A7615 (v). R W Miller (Holdings) Ltd - Industrial Miners Federation Board
papers, February, 1979 - December, 1979.

A7615 (vi). R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - correspondence, pamphlets,
newsclippings and papers relating to transportation via slurry pipeline,
January, 1977 - September, 1981.

A7615 (vii). R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - correspondence,
newsclippings and papers relating to Parrot Creek and German Creek, Bowen
Basin, Queensland, September, 1974 - June, 1980.

A7616 (i). R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - correspondence and papers
relating to Northern Rhondda Colliery, June, 1975 - June, 1982.

A7616 (ii). R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - correspondence and papers
relating to Newcastle Port Task Force, April, 1982 - June, 1982.

A7616 (iii). R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - correspondence and papers
relating to Coal Reserves, March, 1978 - July, 1980.

A7616 (iv). R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - correspondence and papers
relating to Australian Coal and Shale Employees Federation (ACSEF - Miners
Federation), December, 1978 - October, 1979.

A7616 (v). Copy of R W Miller Coal Division L P Model Description (Linear
Programme Model) by Energy Management Australia, [c1970s].
A7616 (vi). R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - Financial Linear Programme
Analysis, 1977 - 1978.

A7617 (i). R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - Monthly Colliery Reports,
November, 1976 - September, 1978.

A7617 (ii). R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - correspondence and reports
relating to Japanese Steel Mills Technical Mission to Australia, May, 1979 -
September, 1979.

A7617 (iii). R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - newsclippings relating to
Western Australia Coal Industry, November, 1977 - July, 1980.

A7617 (iv). [R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd]. Copy of Report for Amax
Warkworth Coal Project Preliminary and Estimated by Bernard Youngs and
Associates, January, 1976.
A7631 (i). Copy of A History of Warkworth (Hunter Valley) Exploration by B W
Vitnell, January, 1984.

A7631 (ii). R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - copies of Letters Sent Book,
December, 1958 - June, 1959.

A7631 (iii). Coal and Allied Operations Pty Ltd - Liddell Colliery Longwall
Project Booklet, [1985].

A7631 (iv). Xerox copies of newsclippings relating to early history of coal
mining in Hunter Region. (Envelope marked "Mr J B Thomson, Further - c/o
from B Lovett"), September, 1864 - February, 1984.

A7631 (v). Xerox copies of articles from Newcastle and Hunter District
Historical Society relating to coal mining and shipping history. (Envelope
marked "Mr J B Thomson from B Lovett") with xerox copy of Australian
Agricultural Company's Railways map, October, 1946 - March, 1968.

B14698. Newsclippings, correspondence and papers relating to Thomas
Nationwide Transport Ltd (TNT) purchase of shares in R W Miller (Holdings)
Ltd, August, 1968 - March, 1973.

B14699. R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd (Melbourne) - Minutes Book, May,
1929 - December, 1961.

B14700. R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd (Sydney) - Minutes Book,
September, 1923 - May, 1962.

B14701. [R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd] - Millfield Coal Mining Company
Pty Ltd - Minutes Book, January, 1925 - December, 1961.

B14702. [R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd] - S S "William McArthur" Pty Ltd -
Minutes Book, August, 1925 - December, 1961.

B14703. [R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd] - The Miller Wagon Company Pty
Ltd - Minutes Book, December, 1924 - May, 1962.

B14704. Copy of A Mining and Marketing Program for Coal and Allied
Industries Limited, Sydney, Australia by John T Boyd and Associates, Mining
Engineers, Pittsburgh, March, 1964.

B14705. R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - correspondence, minutes,
papers, plans and photographs relating to Preston Coal Company Pty Ltd,
March, 1969 - December, 1973.

B14706. [R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd] - Clanville Pty Ltd -Company
Register, November, 1950 - December, 1956.

B14707. Copy of Mount Thorley Colliery Development for R W Miller and
Company Pty Ltd, August, 1980.
B14708. R W Miller and Company Pty Ltd - minutes, newsclipping,
correspondence, reports, papers and plans relating to Mount Thorley Project,
January, 1981 - August, 1981.

A7643 (vii). Minutes and Company Register of Members and Directors of The
Miller Wagon Company Pty Ltd, December, 1962 - September, 1976.

A7654 (ii). Jones Bros Coal Limited - correspondence and minutes of Board
Meetings, February, 1924 - December, 1941.

A7657 (ix). J & A Brown and Abermain Seaham Collieries Ltd -
correspondence, legal opinion, reports and papers relating to foreign trade
and overseas markets. File title: Sir Edward [Warren] Overseas Reports,
October, 1900 - April, 1945.

A7657 (x). J & A Brown and Abermain Seaham Collieries Ltd – reports
relating to Hexham Engineering Pty Ltd, July, 1951.

A7657 (xi). J & A Brown and Abermain Seaham Collieries Ltd – Board of
Directors Record Book containing correspondence, reports, plans, policy
papers and memoranda of meetings, September, 1935 - September, 1939.

A7659 (ix). Preston Coal Company Pty Limited - Register for use of Common
Seal, August, 1957 - June, 1980.

A7659 (x). Preston Coal Company Pty Limited - Croxley Register of Shares,
Members, Directors and Charges, 1917 - 1979.

A7662 (viii). The Wallarah Coal Company Limited - correspondence, papers,
agreements, newsclippings relating to National Minerals Limited proposal to
mine at Catherine Hill Bay beach for Zircon, Rutile, Ilmenite, Monazite etc,
March, 1927 - September, 1953.

A7664 (ii). Copy of The Tuggerah Coal Field - A Comprehensive Report
Thereon by W Campbell Mackenzie, [1939?].
A7669 (iii). Copy of Open Cut Coal Mining in New South Wales – a Report
prepared for the Joint Coal Board by E Otis Bledsoe, September, 1952.

A7669 (iv). Various pamphlets and newsclippings relating to Coal-cutting
Machines, Coal Dust Abatement technology and general coal mining in
Australia, 1936 - 1946.

A7669 (v). Correspondence, memoranda and papers relating to NSW
Combined Colliery Proprietors' Association with Memorandum of Association
and Memorandum of Agreement of Newcastle Collieries Organisation Limited,
January, 1954 - March, 1954.
A7670 (i). Caledonian Collieries Limite - correspondence, papers and reports
including Superintendent Engineer's Report on Collieries, April, 1916 -
August, 1916.

A7670 (iii). Caledonian Collieries Limited and JABAS – Share Transfers to
Coal and Allied Industries Limited, April, 1913 - June, 1961.

A7670 (iv). Caledonian Collieries Limited - Ordinary Share Transfers to Coal
and Allied Industries Limited, Nos 552 - 862, September, 1960.

A7671 (i). Caledonian Collieries Limited - Share Transfers to Coal and Allied
Industries Limited Nos 1 - 423, September, 1960.

A7673 (i). Caledonian Collieries Limited - cancelled Share Certificates with
related correspondence and papers, May, 1915 - August, 1964.

A7673 (ii). J & A Brown and Abermain Seaham Collieries Ltd - ordinary
Share Transfers to Coal and Allied Industries Ltd, Nos 1313 - 1451,
September, 1960.

A7673 (iii). Caledonian Collieries Limited - cancelled Share Certificate No. M
2813 of the Estate of the late Gordon Stewart McArthur transferred to Coal
and Allied Industries Ltd, October, 1942 - December, 1965.

A7674 (i). J & A Brown and Abermain Seaham Collieries Ltd - ordinary Share
Transfer to Coal and Allied Limited, Nos 1 - 98, August, 1960.

A7674 (ii). J & A Brown and Abermain Seaham Collieries Ltd - ordinary
Share Transfers to Coal and Allied Limited, Nos 117 - 249, August, 1960.

A7675 (i). J & A Brown and Abermain Seaham Collieries Ltd -ordinary Share
Transfers to Coal and Allied Limited Nos 250 - 450, August, 1960.

A7675 (ii). File title: Mining Operations - Joint Coal Board - Order No. 27 -
Statutory Powers. File No. 12/0188, September, 1947 - September, 1982.

A7675 (iii). File title: Mining Operations - Joint Coal Board - Order No. 29.
File No. 12/0189, December, 1973 - September, 1982.

A7675 (iv). File title: Mining Operations - Hunter Valley - Marketing of Open
Cut Coal - Order No. 28. File No. 12/0190, July, 1973.

A7675 (v). File title: Mining Operations - Parish of Liddell - Opening and
Closing of Mines - Order No. 27 - Liddell Colliery. File No. 12/0191, August,
1972 - October, 1976.

A7675 (vi). File title: Mining Operations - Hunter Valley No. 1 Mine - Opening
and Closing of Mines - Order No. 27 - Hunter Valley No. 1 Mine. File No.
12/0192, February, 1971 - November, 1983.