QUEEN VICTORIA MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY
CHS 35
SALISBURY’S FOUNDRY COLLECTION
Foundries, Launceston Engineering, Launceston
INTRODUCTION
THE RECORDS
1.Legal Records 2.Letterbooks, Local 3.Letterbooks, Intercolonial 4.Letterbook, Orders 5.Correspondence 6.Correspondence (loose) re Mining, Machinery, etc 7.Invoice and Cash Books 8.Financial Records 9.Employees’ Note Books, Daily Records, etc. 10.Publications 11.Printed Notices 12.Miscellaneous Items 13.Ephemera 14.Ritchie & Parker, Alfred Green & Co. papers 15.London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Co. registers 16.Specifications 17. Foundry Stock and Maintenance Records 18. Australian Shale Oil Corporation ledgers 19.Electrolytic Zinc Company ledgers 20.Client Time Sheets and Material Sheets
OTHER SOURCES
INTRODUCTION
Ishmael Ernest Eldon Salisbury, who arrived in Launceston from Castlemaine, Victoria, in 1876, bringing with him a high reputation as a manufacturer of mining machinery, established a foundry and engineering works at the Esplanade and William Street. In 1878 Salisbury, Armstrong & Co (late of Victoria) advertised the Tasmanian Foundry, Queen’s Wharf. They were engineers, millwrights, iron and brass founders, blacksmiths, among their manufactures steam engines, mining machinery of every description, flour mill, saw mill and agricultural machinery. 1
After Mr Salisbury died in 1883, Henry McKenzie managed the works. 2 In 1886 Salisbury’s Foundry & Engineering Works, Wharf and William Street, ironfounders, millwrights, engineers, blacksmith and boiler makers, included ovens and kitchen ranges in their list of manufactures. The foundry was the sole maker of Kayser’s Patent Tin-dressing appliances, which it supplied to the Mount Bischoff and Stanhope tin mines in Tasmania and tin mining companies in Queensland. 3 By 1900 iron work turned out by the firm comprised the major part of the Mount Bischoff plant. 4
In 1888 J T McDonald, Henry McKenzie and James Scott took over the business, which absorbed Scott’s Cimitiere Street engineering business, and Archibald Campbell also joined the firm, which was called Salisbury, Scott & Co. Operations were transferred to a large block of land fronting on lower Charles Street, where the yards and workshops occupied about an acre and a half and 80 men were employed. In addition to mining equipment, by 1900 marine and engineering had become an important branch of the firm’s operations. 5
Salisbury’s Foundry Company’s substantial brick building at 31 Charles Street was built by J & T Gunn in 1896. 6
In the last three decades of the nineteenth century Tasmanian experienced a mining boom and as the records testify by 1900 most major mines and numerous smaller enterprises were using Salisbury’s manufactures. Orders for complete plants came from companies in other colonies, notably from North Queensland, the Victorian tin fields and New Zealand. 7
In 1902 William R P Salisbury, I E E Salisbury’s son, became managing director of the firm and with R V W Green and others, purchased the business from McKenzie and Campbell. The best known work undertaken by the firm was the construction of a duplicate span of Kings Bridge, Launceston, successfully floated into position in 1904. 8 By 1921 the Salisbury Foundry was the largest foundry in Tasmania.
Pre-World War 2 Salisbury’s also produced the ‘Gas King’, the Salisbury Fuel Water Heater, and the Salisbury Giant Sluicing Nozzle, etc.
1 Walch’s Tasmanian Almanac, 1878, advertising sheet, p. 57 2 Cyclopedia of Tasmania, Hobart, 1900, vol. 2, p. 119 3 Walch’s Tasmanian Almanac, 1886, advertising section, p. 83 4 Cyclopedia of Tasmania, p.119 5 Cyclopedia of Tasmania, pp. 119-120 6 M Morris-Nunn and C B Tassell, Launceston’s industrial heritage, Launceston, 1983, pp. 428-429 7 Cyclopedia of Tasmania, p. 119 8 Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 11, article on W R P Salisbury (1874-1944)
From 1932 the business operated as the Salisbury Foundry Co. (1932) Pty. Ltd., 31 Lower Charles Street, Launceston (and, by the 1940s, 74 William Street had been added to the business address).9 During the 1930s R D Hasell was managing director of a Victorian branch, Salisbury’s Engineering Company Pty. Ltd., at 177 Moore Street, South Melbourne.
During the Second World War the firm carried out a considerable amount of defence work, manufacturing munitions and marine engineering work for shipyards in Launceston, Hobart and South Australia. Other work included products used in the construction of bridge equipment and pontoons employed by the forces in Pacific war assaults. 10
For a period including the 1970s Salisbury’s also operated a garage for truck and car repairs accessed via the William Street gate.
Apart from mining companies, the Foundry’s clients have included the Launceston Municipal Council, the Maritime Board of Launceston (PLA), the former Hydro- Electric Department, the Electrolytic Zinc Company, as well as coachbuilders, farmers, saw millers and flour millers, and other manufactories.
In 1996 Jackson Motor Company bought Salisbury Engineering’s premises for $700,000 and the firm moved to Rocherlea. 11
Production focussed on general engineering work, including making guards for logging machinery, excavators and skidders and the manufacture of log grabs which were sold interstate. The Salisbury Engineering Company closed in 2000, due to a downturn in business and rising overhead costs. 12
The collection was donated to the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery in late 1993. It covers the period 1880-1982, and especially the years 1886-1934. The collection is in three parts: CHS 35; engineering drawings held by the QVMAG Library (2011.ED.0001, etc.)13; and a collection of wooden patterns held by the History department (to be catalogued).
This collection is of statewide significance, and for its industrial content is second only to the material available on the Tasmanian Railways. The Salisbury Collection is a key source of information on manufacturing in Tasmania over a period of 120 years. The collection is also significant for the breadth of industries it covers, and especially for its potential contribution to Tasmanian mining history research. The collection survived storage on a foundry site and, more poignantly, also survived, and exhibits evidence of, inundation during the 1929 flood, still recognised by the Northern Tasmanian community as a most significant event in its history.
9 Tasmania Post Office Directory 1932-1933, H Wise & Co Ltd, p. 328. Also, Wise’s Tasmania Post Office Directory 1940-1941, p. 306. 10 Matt O’Brien, Tasmanian’s war effort, Hobart, facsimile ed., 1995. 11 Examiner, 6 December 1996, p. 1. 12 Examiner, 26 October 2000, p. 10. 13 It is especially worth checking the engineering drawings database when looking at the mining correspondence in CHS 35, 6/1, and Specifications in CHS 35, 16/1:3.
The Salisbury Collection was catalogued in two stages.
Condition note: Please note that this collection has been exposed to foundry grime, flooding (including river mud) and, to a lesser degree, to fire. The collection has been brushed only. Care is required in handling.
1.Legal Records 1/1 Memorandum of agreement between Salisbury Scott 1890, 1909 & Co. and Ruston, Proctor & Co., Lincoln, England, engineers and boiler makers, re appointment of Salisbury Scott and Co. as Ruston, Proctor & Co’s agents in Launceston and north of 42 parallel in Tasmania (includes related correspondence); also memorandum of agreement 1909
1/2 Agreements between Salisbury’s Foundry Company 1895-1917 and California Gold Mining Co., 1895; New Hit or Miss Gold Mining Co., 1895; G A Lawson/Mount Gell Junction, 1896; J J O’Brien, 1897; Tasmanian Consols (Windred/Macartney), 1897, with Transfer of Shares documents, 1899; F H Barrett, 1897; W M Campbell, 1898; Tasmania United Gold Mining Co., 1899; Salmon Gold Syndicate, 1899; W M Campbell, 1900; Hickson’s Mine, 1900; Louis Henn, 1901; New Star Block No.2, 1902; George Peddle, 1903; J C Macmichael, 1917
1/3 Indenture agreements between Salisbury’s Foundry 1904-1917 Company and O’Shea, Burr and Sharp, 1904; Tasmanian Exploration Co. Ltd., 1904; Tasmanian Consols Ltd., 1905; North Tasmanian Mining Co., 1905; Scott and Pickett Gold Mining Company, 1906; John Besant Co., 1906; Abbotsford Tin Mining Company, 1907; Thomas Ernest Stonehouse, Beaconsfield, 1907; Lyndhurst Gold Mining Company, 1907; Henry Boxhall, 1907; Walker Brothers, Deloraine, 1911; Mackay, 1911; John Dunham, Preston, 1911; New Alliance Gold Mining Company, 1911; James F Hibbs, 1915; Higgs and Kerrison, 1916; Kendalia Lime and Manure Co., 1917
1/4 Indenture agreement re apprenticeship for I J Addison, 1910-1923 T T Bain, A K Beck, H G Cox, J B Dargan, F M Eastman, James Evans, A E Green, Joseph Green, James Harthen, Henry Jackson, Clifford Jackson, G F McKenzie, R T N McKenzie, A J McCormack, J L K Madden, D G Orpwood, C C Peter, A E Pinel, Ernest Quon, A T Robson, G A Smedley, J J Summers, C J Wilks
1/5 Mining Lease/Transfer of Lease documents for J T McDonald 1893-1895
1/6 Meeting minutes, correspondence and briefings re. Mechanical 1915-1924 Engineers & Founders Wages Board, including Tasmanian Chamber of Manufactures and High Court case, 1921
2.Letterbooks, Local 2/1 Salisbury Foundry letterbook, local, with index, 1888-1890 29 February 1888-6 March 1890 (removed for conservation report, 8 11/1996)
2/2 Letterbook, local, with index, 7 March 1890- 1890-1891 20 February 1891
2/3 Letterbook, local, with index, 19 February 1891- 1891-1892 30 March 1892
2/4 Letterbook, local, with index, 14 March 1893- 1893-1894 14 February 1894
2/5 Letterbook, local, with index, 20 February 1894- 1894-1895 6 February 1895
2/6 Letterbook, local, with index, 6 February 1895- 1895-1896 29 January 1896
2/7 Letterbook, local, with index, 29 January 1896- 1896 6 November 1896
2/8 Letterbook, local, with index, 6 November 1896- 1896-1897 15 October 1897
2/9 Letterbook, local, with index, 15 October 1897- 1897-1898 30 July 1898
2/10 Letterbook, local, with index, 12 April 1899- 1899 27 October 1899
2/11 Letterbook, local, with index, 1 March 1901- 1901 16 November 1901
2/12 Letterbook, local, with index, 30 May 1905- 1905 6 December 1905
2/13 Letterbook, local, with index, 8 December 1905- 1905-1906 8 June 1906
2/14 Letterbook, local, with index, 4 November 1906- 1906-1907 3 May 1907
2/15 Letterbook, local, with index, 3 May 1907- 1907 7 November 1907
2/16 Letterbook, local, with index, 8 November 1907- 1907-1908 30 June 1908
2/17 Letterbook, local, with index, 30 June 1908- 1908-1909 24 February 1909
2/18 Letterbook, local, with index, 24 February 1909- 1909 21 September 1909
2/19 Letterbook, local, with index, 23 September 1909- 1909-1910 16 June 1910
2/20 Letterbook, local, with index, 16 June 1910- 1910-1911 7 March 1911
3.Letterbooks, Intercolonial 3/1 Letterbook, intercolonial, with index, 27 June 1887- 1887-1893 25 July 1893
3/2 Letterbook, intercolonial, with index, 3 August 1893- 1893-1897 28 June 1897
3/3 Letterbook, intercolonial, with index, 28 June 1897- 1897-1900 15 January 1900
3/4 Letterbook, intercolonial, with index, 16 January 1900- 1900-1902 25 July 1902
3/5 Letterbook, intercolonial, with index, 31 July 1902- 1902-1904 13 December 1904
3/6 Letterbook, intercolonial, lacks index, 6 October 1905- 1905-1907 9 August 1907
3/7 Letterbook, intercolonial, with index, June 1906- 1906-1907 26 July 1907 (fragile)
3/8 Letterbook, intercolonial, lacks index A-L, 12 August 1907- 1907-1909 7 September 1909
4.Letterbook, Orders 4/1 Letterbook re items ordered [from firms outside Tasmania] 1899-1911
5.Correspondence 5/1 Letters from Douglas & Collins, solicitors, Launceston, 1892-1895
5/2 Letters etc from Easton, Anderson & Goolden, engineers, 1895-1898, London and Erith/Easton and Company (Salisbury’s c1901, nd Foundry was their agent)
5/3 Correspondence re “Gas King” water heater (manufactured 1928-1934 by Salisbury’s Foundry)
5/4 Letters from various businesses re machinery 1932-1939
5/5 Letters to and from R D Hasell of Salisbury’s Melbourne works, 1932-1935 1932-1935; reports to Hasell from A Harris re work performed in Victoria, 1933
5/6 Letters from Salisbury’s Foundry 1933-1939
5/7 Letters re Employees’ Provident Fund Association 1934-1937
5/8 Correspondence re. quotes 1935-1936
5/9 Correspondence re. work undertaken during Second World 1942-1944 War (includes correspondence with Johnson & Wells, engineers, Hobart, 1942-1943; A McFarlane, shipwrights, Adelaide, 1943-1944; Purdon & Featherstone, shipbuilders, Hobart, 1942-1944; Naval Department, Hobart, 1942-1943; typed copy of Salisbury information sheet re. Defence Work undertaken, 1943; Ministry of Munitions, notes on cast iron, etc., 1944)
5/10 Letters of appreciation re. service etc. sent to some 1947-1955 employees
5/11 Correspondence, 1947-1949, 1951-1952, 1968, 1989 1947-1989
6. Correspondence (loose) re. Mining, Machinery, Shipping, Farming, Milling, etc. Note: not all items are formal letters, some are notes and work specifications. Note also: ‘(1)’ indicates one item only under that name; ‘drawing’ indicates some form of drawing included (especially where already clipped together with correspondence); names in brackets indicate manager/signee.
6/1 Adams & Sons, Charles (1) 1897 Allan, Melbourne, re. shares (1) 1896 Allison, E, c/o CW Foster, Rex’s Hill, Avoca 1893 Alluvial Mining Equipment Ltd., Sydney, re. Dorset Flats Dredge 1944 Aluminium Production Corporation Ltd. 1962 Amalgamated Golden Era Gold Mining Co., Lefroy (1 report) 1898 Arba Tin Mining Co., Branxholm (Hawkes) 1888-1891 Argent Silver Mining Co. (drawing) 1889-1890 Argus Tin Mine, Bradshaws Creek (Smith/Whitmore Thurdoch) 1910-1911 Aulich, W A, St Marys (1) 1935 Australian Glass Manufacturing Co., Melbourne (Cunningham) n.d. Back Creek Deep Leads Mining Co., Lefroy (Allan) 1914-1917 Baker, Edward, Kelso (1) 1897 Ballantyne, A, Sulphur Creek 1889, 1900 Barclay, James, ironmonger, Launceston 1891, 1897 Bardenhagen & Lowe, Lebrina (1) 1891 Beaconsfield Tramway (Wyett) 1900 Beauty Point Jetty 1887-1888 Benevolent Asylum, Launceston (Clements) 1897 Best, John, Westbury 1891 Blake, William, Cressy/Longford 1896-1897 Blenkhorn, S G, Railton 1890-1891 Bloch, Henry, Deloraine (1) 1891 Bott, W H (1) 1893 Bowman, T, Cheshunt Park, Deloraine 1897 Braham, C Beeton, Storekeeper, Wynyard (Alderson) 1897 Bright Star Mine, Mt Victoria, Alberton (Everett) 1896 Briseis Tim Mine Ltd., Derby (Hawley) (1) 1902 Brookstead Syndicate, Avoca (Hancock/Stanton) 1907 Brown, Nicholas J (agent for Mount Lyell), Hobart (1) 1902 Bryan, G A, Nile (1) 1891 Burnie Copper Mines, Cuprona 1906-1909 Central Balfour Mine (1) 1910 City of Launceston, City Electrician’s Office 1896 City of Launceston, Electrical Engineer’s Office 1897-1907 City of Launceston, City Engineer’s Office 1912 City of Launceston, City Surveyor’s Office (power station, etc.) 1897-1906 City of Launceston, sugar mill repairs (1) 1898 City of Launceston, Town Clerk’s Office, Suspension Bridge (1) 1903 Clifton Creek Tin Mine, South Mount Cameron 1911-1919 Cocker & Ockerby, agents, Launceston 1895-1896 Columba Falls Power Scheme (Anchor Mine) (map & drawing) 1896-1898 Comalco (specifications for tender) 1963-1964 Commonwealth of Australia, Arbitration Inspector’s Office (1) 1946 Commonwealth of Australia, Federal Taxation Office 1947 Copper King Mine, Blythe, Burnie 1908-1909 Cornwall Coal Co. (report and stubs) 1888-1901 Crystal Hill Tin Mining Co., Lottah 1902-1906 Daily Telegraph, advertising 1896-1897 Dally, I (1) 1897 Dalton & Stokell’s Copper King Mine, Blythe 1909 Davidson & Brown, Engineers, Derwent Foundry, Hobart 1889-1891 Davis, J Douglas, Bay View, St Helens (1) 1896 Dean, Edward, Milford (1) 1897 Deloraine Flour Mills (Harvey) 1891-1896 Dent, Z, Oaks 1897 Derwent Iron Works & Engineering Co./R Kennedy & Sons 1890-1911 Diamond Drill No. 1, Beaconsfield (Harrison) 1887-1889 Ditcham, Lewis E, Stock & Sharebroker, Launceston 1897 Dolland?, Derby n.d. Dorset Bucket Dredging Co., South Mount Cameron 1907-1910 Dorset Tin Dredging Project, South Mount Cameron 1943-1946 Douglas Jnr, Adye, saw mill, Beaconsfield 1889-1891 Duncan, Andrew, bootmaker, Launceston (1) 1896 Dundas Cuni Mining Co. Ltd., Zeehan (Vincent) 1913 Dunlop Perdriau Rubber Co. Ltd., Hobart (1) 1933 Edwards, James, brick supplier, Beaconsfield (1) 1900 Electrolytic Zinc Co. of Australasia, West Coast Dept. (1) 1947 Emu Bay Jetty (Bell) 1886-1888 Emu Bay Railway Co., Burnie 1907-1908 Enterprise Gold Mining Co., Golconda (prospectus) c.1900 Examiner, advertising 1946-1950 Fairthorne, F K (1) 1906 Fardon, C H, National Bank of Tasmania, Moorina (drawing) 1895 Farmilo, J T, timber merchant & builder, Launceston 1888-1897 Fenton, R J, re. pipes from tin sluicing scheme 1947 Ferguson & Co., J C, ironmongery 1888-1890 Field, A (1) 1895 Field, John, Calstock (1) 1892 Finlayson Bros., engineers, Devonport 1889-1922 Firrall, H [sic-Ferrall?] (1) 1896 Fitzgerald, C L, Brookstead, Avoca 1890-1892 Fletcher, E, Sydney/Hobart/Launceston 1889-1890 Fletcher, Mary, Launceston (1) 1896 Flowers, W, Chudleigh 1889-1894 Fogg, James, Ulverstone, re. donkey engine for sale 1888-1889 Ford, W W, Stanley (1) 1895 Forsyth, W, Longford (1) 1894 Foster, G, Cressy (1) 1893 Foy, M J, Quamby Brook (1) 1890 Frampton, James H, Corn Hill, Ulverstone (including James Scott/ flour mill) 1889-1892 Frankcomb & Jessop, Beulah 1890 Fraser, A, storekeeper, Chudleigh 1896 Freeman, W, Lower Turners Marsh (1) 1892 French, William, Glenore (1) 1896 Frenchmans Peak Gold Mining Co. 1895-1896 Full Moon Tin Mining Co. (Symons) 1889-1890 Furlong, C G H, Golconda 1890 Galloway, James, general merchant, Gladstone (drawing) 1897-1918 Garibaldi Tin Mining Co., Branxholm (Stackhouse) (drawing) 1905-1915 Gee, Yee, Bradshaws Creek, Garibaldi (drawing) 1912-1918 Graham, W J, Derby (1) 1902 Great Southern Mount Lyell Mining Syndicate (report) 1900 Green Pty. Ltd., Messrs J R, Launceston (1) 1939 Guiding Star Tin Mining Co., Branxholm (Fox) 1912-1917 Hagerty, W, Westbury (1) 1889 Haine, William, River Cam (1) 1895 Hall Caine ss, Holyman (1) 1919 Hall, John, Bishopsbourne (1) 1890 Hall, R T, Patersonia (1) 1892 Hallam, J W, fruiterer, Launceston (1) 1890 Hampton, Jonas, Deloraine 1892 Hampton, Thomas, Deloraine (1) 1896 Harden Mills (Taylor) 1889 Hardman, Arthur, Waterhouse (1) 1910 Harrap, Alfred, Launceston (1) 1889 Harris, J O, Scottsdale Dairy Co. 1888-1890 Harrison, C J, [Colonist office] (1) n.d. Hart & Son, Frank, furnishing ironmongers, Launceston 1889-1895 Hart & Sons, W, ironmongers, Launceston 1889-1890 Harvey Hydraulic Prospecting Association (Gaunt) 1895 Harvey, W, Scottsdale (1) 1894 Hasell Pty. Ltd., R D, fruit exporters etc., Launceston (1) 1930s? Hawkes, S, Scottsdale/Branxholm 1891-1895 Hays, Hamilton, Lefroy (1) 1894 Haywood, Alfred, Launceston (1) 1895 Headlam, Charles, Egleston, Macquarie River (drawing) 1895 Headlam, R, Vaucluse, Conara (1) (drawing) 1892 Heath, C, re. dismantling dredge, Derby 1902 Heathcote, C F, Uplands, Hamilton/Raleigh, Castra 1889-1890 Henderson, Fingal (McKircher?) (1) (drawing) 1892 Henrikson & Knutson, contractors, Hobart (drawing) 1905-1907 Henry & Co., F O, merchants, Strahan 1891-1892 Henry & Co., Robert, saw millers & lime burners, River Don 1889-1890 Herbert ss, Union Steam Ship Co., Launceston (1) 1891 Higgs, E, [Deloraine] (1) 1890 Hilder, T, storekeeper, Somerset 1891-1894 Hinds, G & J, list of bolts (1) n.d. Hinman & Wright, builders, Launceston (drawing) 1889-1894 Hobart Marine Board (Smith) (1) 1889 Hobart Tramway Co./Hobart Electric Tramway Co. 1895 Hobbs, Vigevich & Co., Somerset Saw Mills (drawing) 1890-1895 Hobby, [M M], Beaconsfield (drawing) 1893-1894 Hocking, J, Beaconsfield (1) 1888 Hollingsworth, W, Launceston (1) 1890 Home, Colonel, Quamby, Hagley (1) 1892 Hookway, A A, Scottsdale (1) 1894 Hope, James. Sheffield (drawing) 1889-1896 Hopkin, Richard, [Hagley] (1) 1890 Hore & Garsia, Irishtown 1914-1915 How, James senior, Mole Creek (1) 1892 How, W R, Chudleigh/Mole Creek 1889-1891 Howe & Rose, Redfern Engineering Works, Sydney 1889 Howes, F E, Launceston (1) 1893 Huddart, Parker, and Co. Line (agents: Tasmanian Wool Growers Agency Co. Ltd.) 1889-1895 Hume Pipe Co., Launceston, with septic tank leaflet 1929 Hydro Electric Dept./Hydro-Electric Commission 1923-1947 Inspector of Mines, James Harrison 1886-1914 Inspection of Machinery Department, Launceston 1900 Jack & Moore, re. barque Decapolis (1) 1889 Jackson’s Garage, Launceston (1) 1935 Jaeger, L (1) 1889 Jaffrey & Co., John W, Sydney 1889 Jefferson (on reverse: Henry Bills & Co.) n.d. Jeffrey, William, Sheffield 1889 Jessop, Alfred T, Beulah (1) 1889 Johnson, J, Penguin 1889 Johnson, W Roye, draftsman, Hobart (business promo) post 1915 Jones, A T, Lefroy 1894-1897 Jones, Alfred, Trevallyn 1895-1897 Jones, David, Mathinna 1898 Jones, M R & Co., contractors Brighton to Apsley Railway (1) 1889 Jones, Thomas, Tip Ave Farm, Mathinna 1894 Jubilee Tin Mining Co. (Turner?) 1897 Junction Silver Mining Co., Zeehan (Furlong Marsden) 1895 Keach, G, Chiswick, Ross (1) 1890 Kelly, Bowes, Norton Mandeville, Glenora 1912-1915 Kelly, Thomas, Sassafras (1) 1893 Kelway, Robert H, Denison/Dunorlan/Branxholm (drawing) 1891-1892 Kemp and Co., E, engineers, Launceston (1) 1901 Kenner, T, builder, Burnie 1890-1893 Keogh, J, Lebrinna 1907-1910 Kerkham, C F, Tunnel (1) 1903 Kermode, R C, Mona Vale 1908-1909 Kerrison, C 1891 Kerrison Prospecting Association, Derby (Williams) 1893 Khaki Tin Mining Co., shares offered (Foley) 1901 Kilndried H N Co. n.d. King Coal (Prospecting?) Association n.d King Island Co-operative Dairy Factory (Robinson) (drawing) 1904-1909 King Island Municipal Council, Harbour Master (1) 1912 King, R G, Rockingham, Kew 1896 King, Thomas, Lefroy/Cam 1888-1889 King River Prospecting & Gold Mining Association 1886-1887 Kirkcaldy, A T, Westbury 1900-1901 Kirwan, Malcolm, Poimena, via Lottah 1909 Kit, Chin, Bradshaw’s Creek 1913 Kite, & Co., F, estate agents, Ulverstone 1910-1912 Kitto, Thomas, Lefroy/Mathinna 1888-1912 Knight, J, storekeeper, Beaconsfield (1) 1898 Knight, W H, Phoenix Works, millwright & engineer, Launceston 1888 Koch, J, Melbourne, re. glass blowing Tasmanian Exhibition (1) 1890 Koonookarra ss, Holyman (Taylor, engineer) (drawing) 1908 Koonya ss, Holyman (Williams) 1891 Krushka, C, North View, Ringarooma 1893-1894 Launceston City Council – see City of Launceston (one folder) Launceston Marine Board, land, Ponrabbel, etc. 1888-1928 Launceston Rifle Range (Pemberton), re. targets (1) 1907 Leith Mill (Robert Scott) (1) 1889 Leven Harbour Trust (Hamilton) 1909-1911 Leven Saw Mill (Reid) 1889-1896 Lisle Road Saw Mills (King) 1899 Little Wonder Gold Mining Co., Beaconsfield (1) 1900 Lloyd, Arthur (1) n.d. Lohmann & Co., machinery agents, Melbourne (1) 1909 Lovett, ?, Cape Barren Island (1) 1946 Lowe, Charles, Beaconsfield (1) (drawing) 1889 Maa Mon Chin (Thomas Sing) (1) 1893 Magnet Silver Mining Co., Magnet 1901-1912 Maude & Yellow Girl Gold Mining Co., Victoria, re. stamper battery spares (1) 1947 McKenna, G, receipts 1905 Miller & Co., Melbourne, re. pit head pulley wheels (1) 1947 Mines Department/Office of Mines, Tasmanian Government 1893-1902 Moonlight-cum-Wonder Gold Mining Co. (Heerey)(drawing) 1900-1907 Mount Bischoff Tin Mining Co., Waratah 1895 Mount Black Proprietary Mining Co., [Mathinna] (Wise) (1) 1903 Mount Cleveland Tin Mining Co., Whyte River (photograph) 1907-1911 Mount Lyell Blocks Copper Mines, Linda 1918 Mount Lyell Junction Mining Co. (Southwell) (1) 1896 Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Co., (1) 1903 Mount Paris Tin Mine, Branxholm 1935-1936 Mount Reid Mining Company Ltd (Williams/Hickson) (drawing) 1898-1901 Mount Rex Tin Mining Co., Avoca, also re. coal prospecting 1900-1905 Murchison River Silver & Lead Co., Mount Farrell (drawing) 1906-1909 Naylor, P, coachbuilder, Devonport (1) 1903 Nevin & Howard, Phoenix Carriage Works, Launceston 1901-1906 New Alliance Gold Mining Co., Lyndhurst (Hunt) 1908-1910 New Enterprise Gold Mining Co. (1) (notice) 1901 New Golden Gate Gold Mining Co. (Wise) 1892-1909 New Golden Mara Mining Co., Branxholm 1915-1917 New Jubilee Gold Mining Co., Mathinna 1915-1918 New Moon Battery (Knight) (1) 1891 New Moon Tin Mining Co. (Tregaskis) (1) 1892 New Norfolk, Municipality of, re seat legs (1) 1909 New Panama Gold Mining Co., Golconda (Everett) 1905 New Pinafore Gold Mining Co., Lefroy (Stubs) (drawing) 1895-1914 New River Freehold, Alberton/Ringarooma (Miller) (drawing) 1908-1909 New Roys Hill Tin Mining Co., Avoca 1910-1916 New Ruby Flat Tin Mining Co., Branxholm (Auton) 1914-1916 New Saxelby Tin Mining Co., St Helens (Smith) 1913 New Waratah Tin Mining Co., Pyengana (Rattray) 1907-1909 New Wyengatta Gold Mining Co., Golconda 1907-1911 Nichols Bros., Carriage etc. Factory, Latrobe (drawing) 1894-1900 Nobes, W, Storekeeper, Moorina 1908-1912 North Eastern Tin Sluicing Co., Derby (Farquhar/Preland) 1905-1909 Northern Territories Mines of Australia, Dundas (Dyson) (1) 1907 North Huon Steamship Co., Hobart (Williams) 1907 North Mount Farrell Mining Co., Mount Farrell (Woodroffe) (1) 1910 North Mount Lyell Copper Co. Ltd., Crotty 1901-1903 North Western Copper Co, Blythe (Dalton) (1) 1909 Norton Mandeville Irrigation Works, Gladstone (Fraser) (drawing) 1911 Nor-West Cleaners, Burnie (Anderson/Crawford) 1946 Nugget Gold Mining Co. (Radford) (notice) (1) 1908 Oatlands Improvement Association 1906 O’Brien, H J, Beaconsfield 1910 O’Brien, J J, Bridport, Beaconsfield, Frankford 1898-1907 O’Brien, John C, Mt Lyell (1) 1897 O’Briens Gold Mine, Mathinna? (Lawton) 1895-1897 Oceana Silver Mining Co., Zeehan (1) (Jolly?) 1898 Ogilvie, James, Poimena (drawing) 1898-1902 O’Neil and Barnes, Gladstone 1910 Oonah Silver Mining Co, Zeehan (Westwood) (drawing) 1890-1912 Ophir Gold Mining Co., Mathinna (1) (Hitchcock) 1905 O’Reilly, P, Launceston 1897 Ormey Tin Mining Co., Branxholm (Roach) 1896 Overall, J, seedsman & nurseryman, Zeehan (1) 1895 Osborne & Son, J, nurserymen, Hobart 1907 O’Shea and Snoxall, Branxholm 1909-1911 O’Toole, W H, Beaconsfield 1909-1910 Owen, John, Longford (1) 1905 Page, Charles, barrister, Zeehan (1) 1903 Paige, H N, engineer, Queenstown 1902-1905 Palliser, B D, Penguin Hotel (1) 1905 Paris?, Robert, Launceston (1) 1893 Paterson, E, ss Agnes/ss Indignant, George Town (1) 1900 Paterson & Son, J, engineers and contractors, Hobart 1902-1905 Patmore, John, Scottsdale 1904 Patons & Baldwins, (Heyward: architect) 1932 Pearn, Edith, Glenore 1904-1905 Peddle, George, Lisle Road 1904-1906 Penal Establishment, Launceston, re. mangle (1) (McConnell) 1889 Perger, F, Lilydale 1905 Peter Bros, brass & iron founders, Launceston (1) 1904 Peters, David, Newnham 1904 Peterson, W, Westbury (1) 1905 Phillips, Henry, importer, Latrobe, re. spikes for Latrobe Bridge 1904 Picket, W, Chudleigh 1896-1897 Pioneer Extended Tin Sluicing Co., near Bradshaws Creek (1) 1906 Pioneer Tin Mining Co., Bradshaw’s Creek (Ryan) 1902-1918 Polley, Michael, Mathinna (1) 1905 Port of Launceston Authority – see Launceston Marine Board (one folder) Portland Gold Mining Co., Gladstone (Holder) (1) 1897 Portland Road District, St Helens (1) (Grant) 1905 Port Sorell Saw Mills, Gunns Creek (Robinson & Ladelle) (1) 1890 Prest, A, Port Lempriere 1888 Preston & Co., W A, dairy supplies, Launceston 1904-1905 Priest, S (builder) and S Priest, jun. (architect), West Devonport (drawing) 1903-1907 Prior?, M S, Beaconsfield, re Swainston/Gibbs (1) 1893 Proctor, F, wheelwright & blacksmith, Lilydale 1901-1906 Propsting Bros., Pieman Bridge (1) 1899 Proverb, George, Meander 1899-1904 Public Works Department, Tasmanian Government 1912-1947 Quarry, Mrs H, Enfield, Bishopsbourne (1) 1904 Queen of the Earth Mine Limited, Mathinna (Martyn) 1899-1906 Queen River Dredging & Sluicing Co. 1901 Queensland Tobacco Company, Brisbane (1) 1902 Radford, H, Sulphur Creek (1) 1896 Railton-Wilmot Railway, Sheffield (Reynolds) 1913-1914 Ransom, Ernest, Killymoon Cottage 1897 Ransom, Eugene, Mount Nicholas 1905 Ransom, F T, Killymoon, Mt Nicholas 1892-1896 Ransom, James, Springfield, from H Clayton (1) (drawing) 1899 Ransom, L E, Millbrook, Mt Nicholas 1896-1905 Ransom, Thomas, Killymoon Millbrook 1889-1892 Rattray & Co., J, Coppersmiths, Launceston (1) 1893 Reed, Mrs Henry, Mt Pleasant, re. water supply Logan (Curtis) 1893-1906 Reed, R W, Invermay (1) 1892 Rees, Edward, [Railton] 1896 Renison Bell Prospecting & Mining Co. (Smithies) (drawing) 1909-1912 Reunion Gold Mining Co., Mangana (Wise) 1891-1892 Reuter’s Telegram Company Limited 1903 Revenue Gold Prospecting Association, Queenstown (Calder) 1902 Rex Hill Tribute Association, via Avoca (Richards) 1894-1899 Reynolds, Charles, Zeehan (1) 1903 Reynolds & Co, Sandy Bay 1904 Rhatigan, I, Beaconsfield (1) 1900 Rich, John jnr, Station Farm, Karoola/storekeeper, Turners Marsh 1890 Richards, S, George Town 1904 Richardson, G S, Frankford (1) 1903 Richardson, T?, and W?, Whitefoord Hills 1890 Righette, E, Queenstown (1) 1899 Ringaroma Bucket-Dredging Co., N L 1906 Ringarooma Dredging Co. (prospectus) 1899 Ringarooma Gold Mining Co. Ltd. 1896- 1902 Ringarooma Tin Mine Ltd. 1902 Risby Bros, saw millers, Strahan (1) 1900 Ritchie & Parker, Launceston 1889-1947 River Don Trading Co., Ltd, Devonport 1888-1909 Roberts, Anthony, Waratah 1903-1907 Roberts, Edward, engineer, Dunedin (1) 1920? Roberts, H L, Hobart 1889 Roberts, T J, River Don, including comment from James Scott 1889 Robins, A G, cooper, Launceston 1900-1904 Robinson, Hobart (1) 1905? Robinson, Ray, Schouten Main (1) 1905 Robison Brothers & Co., Melbourne, re. centrifugal pumps 1906 Robson, Daniel, engineer, Hobart 1897-1898 Rodger & Co., builders, Hobart 1901-1902 Rollins, John, plumber & tinsmith, New Norfolk (1) 1905 Rosalina Gold Mining Co. 1892 Ross, Alexander, Launceston (1) 1896 Rowley, H, Lefroy 1895 Royal Tharsis Mining Co., North Mount Lyell 1899-1900 Roys Hill Tin Mining Co., Avoca 1911 Ruby King Tin Mining Co., St Helens (1) 1901 Rudge, George, valuator etc., Latrobe (1) 1903 Rudge, W F, Latrobe Roller Mills, aerated waters etc., Deloraine 1903-1907 Russell, H T, builder & contractor, Launceston (drawing) 1889-1891 Russell Allport & Co., Hobart 1920 Ryan, W T, [Lilydale] 1911 Sago Hill, Adelaide (1) 1906? Salmon Gold Syndicate (1) 1904 Salter, C F, St Marys (1) 1893 Sandfly Colliery Co. (fragile) 1905-1908 Sargent, G N, saw miller etc, Launceston 1903-1905 Saul, C G, (1) 1904 Saunders, F, Scottsdale 1903-1905 Savage, T, Devonport (1) 1904 Savigny & H F Smith, brokers, Launceston (1) 1920s? Scamander Copper Mines 1911-1915 Scott, D, Avoca (1) 1898 Scott, R S, (1) 1905 Scott & Griffiths, brewers, Launceston 1899-1905 Scottsdale-Branxholm Railway 1909-1911 Scottsdale Dairy Co (1) 1935 Scottsdale Saw Mill (Tucker) 1889-1893 Searle, Ben, Mathinna (1) 1907 Sharman, T S 1906? Shaw, Thomas, Ulverstone 1900 Shearn, C H F, Launceston 1897-1903 Shelton, S, storekeeper, Campbell Town (1) 1905 Shepherd & Murphy (1) 1906 Sherwin, E A, butcher, Hobart (1) 1903 Shoobridge, R W G, Valleyfield, New Norfolk 1903 Sidebottom, A W, Perth (1) 1894 Silver Foam Prospecting Co., Zeehan 1903 Simpson, C, Lefroy (1) 1904 Simpson Bros, Scottsdale (1) 1905 Sindall?, C, Beaconsfield (1) 1904 Sizer, S, re. saw and spindle (drawing) (1) 1893 Sligo, A D, mining agent, Zeehan (1) 1899 Smith, B M, hotel, Westbury (1) (drawing) 1904 Smith, B V, Ringarooma (1) 1905 Smith, C J L, Deloraine 1904-1905 Smith & Co., Chas. H, merchants, Launceston 1905-1906 Smith, F E, builder, Stanley 1902,-1904 Smith, H, Hobart (1) 1895 Smith, Henry, Devonport (1) 1899 Smith, John, Zeehan (1) 1904 Smith, W B, Beaconsfield 1906-1935 Smith’s Creek Tin Mining Co., Ringarooma (prospectus) nd Smiths Creek Tin Mines, Mt Garnet, Q 1903 Snoxall, James, Beaconsfield (1) 1903 Sommerville, W & C, saw millers, Lillydale [sic-Lilydale] 1889 South Comstock Mining Co., near Zeehan (prospectus) c1900 South Esk Tin ?, 1905 South Mount Cameron Tin Mining Company 1903-1906 St Marys Road Trust (drawing) 1902-1905 Stabb & Bros., R H, builders, Hobart, re Maatsuyker lighthouse 1889-1903 Stable, John, Beaconsfield 1892 Star of Peace Mine, Ringarooma 1903-1906 Stephens, Charles, Cape Barren Island (1) 1904 Stephenson & Gunn, King Island (drawing) 1899 Stevens, W G, Mathinna 1905 Stevenson, James, Avoca (1) 1903 Stewart & Menzies Ltd., A & J, Melbourne, re. tubes (1) 1901 Stewart, R D, Devonport (1) 1899 Stewart, W, Widows Fund Chambers (1) (drawing) 1904 Stingel, E, Alberton (1) 1899 Stone, J? E, dealer, Gormanston (1) 1906 Story’s Creek Tin Mining Syndicate, Avoca 1915-1917 Stott, James, Beaconsfield, Mathinna 1905 Strahan Marine Board 1900- 1905 Stubs, J T, Lefroy 1904-1908 Stubs, W H, Lefroy 1904-1907 Sturzaker, Neil, Black Sugar Loaf, Westbury 1901 Stutterd, Louis, Zeehan 1904 Sulzberger, G, Lilydale 1907 Sunbeam and Twilight Gold Mining Co., Mathinna (Wise/Goodhall) (drawing) 1893-1894 Swansea, re. water supply 1903 Table Cape Butter Factory (Calloway/Rose) 1894-1908 Tasmania Gold Mining Co./Tasmania Gold Mine Ltd, 1889-1918 Beaconsfield Tasmania Gold Mining and Quartz Crushing Company (specifications for sinking a new shaft) n.d. Tasmania West Extended Gold Mining Co., Beaconsfield 1898-1900 Tasmanian Breweries 1937 Tasmanian Consuls Ltd, Mathinna 1904-1910 Tasmanian Copper Co., Rosebery (Wilson) 1898-1913 Tasmanian Dairy Co., Launceston 1894 Tasmanian Exploration Co. Ltd., Hobart (Wise) 1895 Tasmanian Golden Gate Mine (accounts) 1900 Tasmanian Government Railways 1890-1920 Tasmanian Metals Extraction Co., Launceston (Evans) 1910-1913 Tasmanian Ore Concentration Works, Comstock (1) 1892 Tasmanian Silver Mining Co., Comstock (Provis) 1891 Tasmanian Timber Agency (Wolfer/Holford) 1946 Tasmanian Tin Dredging Co., Derby 1897-1902 Taylor & Co., John C, storekeeper & timber merchant, Penguin 1889-1891 Texaco Oil Co. (1) c. 1936 Thirkell, Alfred R, Deloraine 1894 Thompson, John (c/o Gregory, saddler, Scottsdale) 1891 Thrower, W I, cordial manufacturer, Launceston 1891-1893 Tongs, A M, butcher & storekeeper, Ulverstone 1893 Trafalgar Consolidated Gold Mining Co., St Helens 1914-1917 Triangle & North Brothers Home Amalgamated Tin Mining Co. (Rigley) (drawing) 1891-1893 Trickey & Paget, R E, Melbourne, industrial brokers (1) 1947 Trowbridge, Tas, Goulds Country (1) 1893 Trueman, H J, Whitemark 1947 Twilight Prospecting Association, Mathinna (Trainor) 1888-1889 Twinning, J T, Chudleigh Road 1889 Tyrell, J Thomas, Table Cape (drawing) 1891-1893 Volunteer Consolidated Gold Mining Co., Mathinna 1904-1908 Volunteer Gold Mining Co., Lefroy14 (Payne) 1892-1898 Volunteer Gold Mining Co., Mathinna 1901-1905 Waller Bros, engineers, Zeehan 1897 Waratah Alluvial Tin Mining Co. (Stevens) 1890 Webster & Son, A G, importers, Hobart (agreement) 1889-1897 West Comet Silver Mining Co., Dundas (Hooking?) 1896 West Pinafore Gold Mining Co., Lefroy 1892-1894 West Volunteer Prospecting Association, Lefroy 1896 Western Silver Mining Co./Zeehan-Western Ltd, Zeehan (Heathcote?) 1892-1906 West Volunteer Prospecting Association (Potter) 1896 Whyte River Gold Dredging Co. 1899 Widdowson, Alfred S, storekeeper, George Town (1) 1896 Willson, T, Branxholm (1) 1897 Wilson, S, Lefroy (1) 1897 Windred, J A, Beaconsfield 1897 Winter, Harry, saw mill, Needles 1896 Wood, H, West Devonport 1897 Wyett, J W, Beaconsfield Tramway 1897 Wynyard Roller Flour Mills (Blackwell Bros.) 1896-1897 Yolla Dairy Factory (1) (Palmer) Zeehan & Dundas Brewery Co. Ltd. (Manser) 1892 Zeehan Local Board of Health 1896 Zeehan-Montana Mine Ltd 1906-1913 Zeehan Town Board 1906-1912
14 The company’s battery and cyanide plant were moved from Lefroy to Mathinna in 1901, see Examiner, 29 March 1901, p. 1. Zeehan Tramway Co., (1) 1907 Zeehan-Western Ltd., see Western Silver Mining Co.
7.Invoice and Cash Books 7/1 Salisbury’s Foundry, invoice book, with index, 1892-1894 December 1892-June 1894
7/2 Invoice book, with index, October 1896-March 1899 1896-1899
7/3 Invoice book, with index, April 1901-April 1903 1901-1903
7/4 Invoice book, with index, April 1901-April 1905 1903-1905
7/5 Invoice book, with index, April 1905-July 1907 1905-1907
7/6 Salisbury’s Engineering Co., invoice books (29), nos. 40,001- 1980-1982 45,800 (29 books)
7/7 ‘Cash Sale Book No. 1’, August 1963-July 1964 1963-1964
7/8 ‘Credit Sales Book No. 178’, August 1964-December 1965 1964-1965
7/9 ‘Twin Ram’ sales book, re. automobile repairs,15 September 1963-November 1964 1963-1964
8.Financial Records 8/1 Foundry accounts 1889, 1890
8/2 Revenue balance sheets for quarter ending 30 June 1880 1880
8/3 Salisbury’s Foundry Company, handwritten note re 1890 price of boilers
8/4 Accounts from Douglas & Collins, solicitors, 1884, 1885, 1884-1914 1887, 1888, 1890-1893, 1895-1897, 1899, 1902, 1903, 1910, 1914
8/5 Pay sheet May-June 1900 (includes employees’ names, 1900 how employed, amount paid, employees’ signatures)
8/6 Balance sheets and accounts, at 1 April 1907, 31 March 1917- 1907-1939 1919, 1921, 1923-1925, 1928, 30 June 1934, 29 February 1936, 30 June 1938, 1939
8/7 Commercial Union Assurance Company re insurance on 1912 mining plant buildings at Scamander
15 Twin Ram, Charles Street, Launceston.
8/8 Shipping bills 1894-1896
8/9 Shipping bills 1897-1898
8/10 Shipping bills 1899-1900
8/11 Shipping bills 1901-1905
8/12 Hotel bills 1898-1906
8/13 Salary records for W Edwards, I Hughes, T Lamb, 1946-1950 C Scott, J Taylor at 17 December 1946; F Lamb, H Mayer, C Scott at 19 December 1947; T Lamb, H Mayer, C Scott at 20 December 1948; Green, T Lamb, H Mayer, O C Taylor at 30 June 1950
8/14 Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd./Salisbury’s Provident Fund, policy of Arthur Dewis 1942
9.Employees’ Note Books and Daily Records (Examples only retained) Note: employees’ names also appear on client time sheets (see 18-20 below).
9/1 Employees’ job note books, 1897, 1898-1899, 1897-1919 1899, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1919 (all include drawings), ‘Kings Bridge’, nd [1902?].
9/2 Employees’ job note books: 1928-1934 Baxter, W; Chalmers, S; Dowson, M H; Dudgeon; Howard, M; Howell, E; Lamb, T (2); Moore, F; Scott, R; Smedley, G.
9/3 Employees’ job record book 24 January-18 November 1980-1987 1980; machine shop job record book 29 October 1986- 16 November 1987
9/4 Hours worked by employees (named) each week 1966- 8 February 1967 1966-1967
9/5 Record of workers’ hours, with client names, July 1919 1919 Workers named: Addison; Anderson; Arnold; Bain; Baker; Cox; Craske; Crowcroft; Dargan; Dobson; Dudgeon; Foley; Gillson; Green; Halloway; Harrison; Heath; Henry; Hewson; Jackson; Jaegar/Jaeger; Kirkland; Lamb; Mayer; McCormack; McKenzie; Nillson; Phelp(s); Pike; Power; Pratt; Reid; Robinson; Ryan; Smedley; Thelwell; Thomson/Thompson; Woods.
9/6 Record of workers’ hours, with client names, February 1924- January 1925 1924-1925
9/7 Record of workers’ hours, with client names, May 1927- May 1928 1927-1928
9/8 Employees’ cards, listing work completed (incomplete) 1934-1935
9/9 Applications for employment 1889-1947 W Arnold; M Brooks; H Ah Catt; R G Clements; P Lyne Hamilton; John C Harvey; Edwin Hayes; E F Hodges; Reg Howroyd; H Lanodell?; E H Meredith; James C Newton?; Joseph Raynor; Simpson; Gordon M Whitelaw; John Wright
10.Publications 10/1 Machinery for sale, new and second-hand at Salisbury’s 1919 Foundry Co. Ltd, Launceston, Tasmania
10/2 Salisbury’s Engineering Coy. Pty. Ltd, 177 Moore Street, nd South Melbourne, The “Salisbury” giant sluicing nozzle
10/3 Salisbury’s Foundry, information re “Lanz Bulldog” diesel nd crude oil tractors, three typed pages
10/4 Salisbury’s Foundry Agricultural Department, typed nd information re sulphur spray; printed flyer re Agricultural Divisions with steel, iron, bronze and brass castings information on verso; also an ‘Agriculture Department’ folder of promotional brochures and price lists for other companies, including a 1933 Argus pamphlet on ‘The Red Invasion’ (communism), as well as leaflets for products manufactured at the Salisbury Foundry: ‘The “Safety-Way” Direction Indicator for Motor Cars’; the ‘”Salisbury” Soot Remover, The Lightning Chimney and Flue Cleaner’.
10/5 Salisbury Engineering, Excavator log grabs, brochure nd
10/6 Salisbury Engineering, brochure re products and services nd
10/7 Brochure, ‘”Salisbury” Washing Machines, An All Australian Product, Salisbury’s Engineering Co. Pty. Ltd. ... 177 Moore Street, South Melbourne ...’ c. 1930s
10/8 Leaflet, ‘Testimonials’ re. “Gas King” Water Heater, 1930; typed 1927-1930 notes, ‘How the “Gas King” Operates’; letter from Parkinson Stove Co., Melbourne, re. thermostat regulators, 1927; information on ‘Briar Automatic Gas Water Heater’ (competitor)
18/9 Brochure, ‘”The Salisbury” Stainless Steel Fuel Water Heater’; c. 1930 typed notes, ‘The Salisbury Stainless Steel Fuel Water Heater’; typed list, ‘Salisbury Heater Castings’; typed list, ‘List of Users of Salisbury Fuel Heater’ (names and addresses); information on ‘Victor’ and ‘Sedina’ (competitors).
10/18 Typed draft advertisement with photographs (3), for ‘The 1930s Quick Spray Dishwasher’16 [possibly not manufactured by Salisbury’s]; with copy of letter to Wimpole Metal Works, Melbourne, re. ‘Salisbury’s Patent Dish washer’, 1933; information on ‘Eswood Automatic Dishwashing Machine’ (competitor).
11.Printed Notices 11/1 ‘The “Salisbury” Water Heater. Directions for Use’, nd also fragment of cardboard notice re heater Oversize items
11/2 ‘Wherever you Trade, Buy Australian made’, printed nd Cardboard notice re “Salisbury” Domestic Water Heater Oversize item
11/3 ‘The Salisbury Fuel Water Heater, Suitable for Cottage nd or Mansion’, printed cardboard notice Oversize item
11/4 ‘This is the Cold Water Supply Tank …’, printed cardboard nd notice Oversize item
11/5 ‘This is the Hot Water Draw-Off Pipe …’, printed cardboard nd notice Oversize item
11/6 ‘Giant Sluicing Nozzle as supplied to leading mines in nd all parts of the Commonwealth. Manufactured in all sizes by Salisbury’s Foundry Co. Pty. Ltd., Launceston, Tasmania’, printed cardboard notice Oversize item
11/7 ‘King’s Bridge built and floated into position by Salisbury nd Foundry Co. Pty. Ltd.’, printed cardboard notice Oversize item
11/8 ‘Air Bag Moulds for Rapson Tyre & Rubber Co. (Aus.) Ltd nd Salisbury’s Foundry Co. Pty. Ltd., Makers’, printed cardboard notice Oversize item
11/9 ‘Pattern of Air Bag Mould’, printed cardboard notice nd Oversize item
11/10 ‘The Progressive Stages in the Making of a Cast Machine Part nd Wood Pattern. Sand Mould. Casting.’, printed cardboard notice Oversize item
11/11 ‘The “Gas-King” Domestic Water Heater’, fragment of printed nd cardboard notice Oversize item
16 For mention of the ‘Quick Spray’ see also, Examiner, 21 May 1930, p. 11.
12.Miscellaneous Items 12/1 Tasmanian Mail 23 September 1899, p.18, photocopy of article 1899 re cast iron spur wheel manufactured by Salisbury Foundry for the Tasmania Gold Mining Co., Beaconsfield Oversize item
12/2 Derwent & Tamar Assurance Company Limited policy 1909 re goods on steamers (Tasmania, New Zealand and Interstate ports) Oversize item
12/3 William Robert Peel Salisbury, International 1931 Accountants’ Corporation (certification that he was a Senior Fellow of the Corporation) Oversize item
12/4 Share certificate, Salisbury’s Foundry Co., 1935; 1935 share certificate, R D Hasell, 1935
12/5 Information sheets advertising various products, nd stamped “Salisburys” Agricultural Dept. Launceston
12/6 Information sheets etc advertising various products, 1936, nd stamped “Salisburys” Engineering Dept. Launceston
12/7 ‘For Salisbury’s Foundry Company Ltd….Director’, nd rubber stamp
12/8 Typed list of ‘Interstate Clients’ n.d.
13.Ephemera 13/1 Various letterheads, 190- and nd; letterhead for “Salisbury’s” Agricultural Department, nd; envelope, nd; ‘Received from Salisbury’s Foundry Company’ forms, 194-; ‘Dr. to Salisbury’s Foundry’ forms, 19--; ‘From Salisbury’s Foundry Co.’ labels, nd; ‘Salisbury’s Foundry…Car and Truck Repairs… Representative O C Taylor’, card, nd; business card for ‘O.C. Taylor, Manager Salisbury’s Foundry…’, nd.
14. Ritchie & Parker, Alfred Green & Co. papers Contents of office files G-K, from office of Messrs Ritchie & Parker, Alfred Green & Co., Solicitors, 81 St John Street, Launceston (previously stored on site at Salisbury’s foundry). 1929-1930
14/1 Galer, Mrs Annie, re. will; Launceston Corporation investment
14/2 Garner, G R W, re. property at Low Head; Mrs F H Lakin
14/3 Garrett, John Hugh, re. conveyances; C L and C T Clarke; L A Waldron; J Stephenson
14/4 Gatenby, Keith Ernest, re. land tax; policy explanation; will of Mrs Davida Mary Gatenby
14/5 Gatenby, Norman George, re. wills, including Mrs Aphra Caroline Gatenby; conveyance re. Chatsworth; indenture with E L and M M Smith
14/6 Gatenby, Miss Theolka M, re. N G Gatenby; Mrs P Grubb; Dr M Gamble; Mrs Blanche M Morley
14/7 Gatenby, William, re. estate of Mrs Minnie Gatenby
14/8 Genders, J C, re. deceased estate; dividends
14/9 Genders, Miss Laura Henrietta, re. new will
14/10 Gill, George W, mortgage, Sulphur Creek; re. Mrs Laura Gill
14/11 Gibson, Thomas, re. deceased estate; Esk Vale mortgage
14/12 Gibson, James, re. deceased estate; properties: The Bend, Belle Vue, Sandhill, Retreat; G F Thirkell; L Burbury
14/13 Girls’ Home, re. dismissal of Matron; Yearly Report 1928-29; redrafted Constitution
14/14 Grandfield, Charles, re. Rooke’s estate
14/15 Grant, James, re. deceased estate; annuity; A S Orchard; F Cobham Grant
14/16 Green, Arthur, re. deceased estate; will of Mrs Florence Green; mortgage Abbott Street; properties: Eastlands, Blackwood Park; C P Andrews; G A Tunks; H A Nichols
14/17 Green, Harold W (solicitor, Sheffield), re. various estates; Northern Law Society; C Kelly; J N Archer and Savings Bank
14/18 Green, Mrs Jane, re. land tax
14/19 Green, Misses, re. receipts for interest; Effie M Green; Lilian M Green; Hilda C Green, M E Green
14/20 Green, Mervyn L, re. orchard Legana; Rutlyn Orchards Pty. Ltd.; Closer Settlement Board; WE Buchanan; E I Hall, C A Fulton;
14/21 Green, Mrs Olive M, re. H Green, articled clerk; W J Manthei & Co.
14/22 Green, R M, re. legal course and fees; University of Tasmania
14/23 Gregg, David William, re. mortgages
14/24 Gregory, George (1 item), re. Mrs Smythe; Mrs Penefather
14/25 Groves, George (1 item), re. property for nephew, J B Shaw
14/26 Groves, John & Sons, re. fencing; Nichols & Ayton
14/27 Gurr, Jeremiah Bellion, re. AMP Society policy; request for loan
14/28 Gurr, W and Sons, re. sale of auction mart
14/29 Hall, E G and J C, re. E G Hall v. C Langford; J C Hall v. C Langford; tenancy of Coronea (Launceston); sale of milk van and horse; Rapson Tyre & Rubber Co. shares
14/30 Hallowes, Dr H C; deceased estate; Dr H F C Hallowes; Mrs V C Brown; Garroway Trusts
14/31 Hardman, Mrs Mary Sophia Rowe, re. deceased estate; properties: Fernbanks, King Island; F S Gregson; P C Clemons; D Beattie
14/32 Harper, Mrs Ella Maud, re. mortgage Cleveland Street; W H Beatty; R F Irvine
14/33 Harris, Charles James, re. property Connaught Street
14/34 Harris, Douglas Holbrook, re. will
14/35 Harris, Mrs Fanny, re. will of Robert Harris
14/36 Harris, John, re. deceased estate
14/37 Harrison, Mrs Mabel F, re. Tulloch’s estate
14/38 Harrison, Percival Arthur, re. property Sidmouth; D Annear; C L Brownrigg
14/39 Harrop, Mrs Mary (1 item), re. Cornwall Coal Co. shares
14/40 Harry, Arthur Hartley, re. property Mowbray; W H Harris; L Shekleton
14/41 Hart, Alfred Taylor, re. deceased estate
14/42 Hart, Mrs Amy Maud, re. will
14/43 Hart, Mrs Emma, re. codicil to will; employment of nurses, A O’Brien, R A Hays, Sister C Smith
14/44 Hart, Frederick Herbert, re. estate of Amy E Stewart; Mrs V Rigney
14/45 Hart, J A, re. Miss N M Hart; Elphin Road rental; C Jones; L West; H A Graham
14/46 Hart, William, re. deceased estate; boundary fences to Westbury/Osmaston property: Mr Goss, W T Hendley, G, T G, and J F Donovan; Mrs L M Perrin re. properties Charles and Canning streets: Mr Waters, Mr Harvy [sic], V P Jones; Mrs E Bell; Mrs F M C Hill
14/47 Hart, W & Sons Pty Ltd., re. v. Tasmanian Forests & Milling Co.; business sale; properties; taxation; employees wage claim; Woodroffe; Golden Gate Consolidated Mine
14/48 Hartnoll, Henry John, re. deceased estate
14/49 Harvey, A (1 item), re. Mrs McKenzie
14/50 Haslem, Thomas, re. will; property Middle Arm; Soldier Settlement Dept., Tasmanian Gold Mining Co. Tramway; C T Crabtree
14/51 Hawker, Mrs Jane F, re. will; estate of Mrs E M Baker
14/52 Hawkes, Mrs Alice M, re. will; G Jenner (de facto husband)
14/53 Hawkins, Henry Norman, re. mortgage Ulverstone
14/54 Hawley, W J, re. lease Ridgeside; E Reed
14/55 Headlam, Keith T, re. C J Headlam; mortgages: Burlington, Northumbria; P B Grubb; M F Harrisson; I G Heyes
14/56 Heaton-Armstrong, Mrs Thelma Eileen (née Scott), re. tenancy Globe Furnishing Co.; Mercury wireless pole; H V Bardenhagen; Dr G H Hogg; W Coogan & Co.
14/57 Heazlewood, Norman, re. mortgage Whitemore
14/58 Higgs, Edward, re. deceased estate; Western Creek sale
14/59 Higgs, Alfred Hedley, re. property Don
14/60 Hill, Mrs Florence Mary Clewer, re. marriage settlement; Goss Farm Osmaston; Quamby Brook; G, P H, T J and J F Donovan; estate of W Hart; Mrs J H Hart; F P and E P Hart, J L Tyson; J R Abey; A S Hawker; E J Murfett; G Cummins
14/61 Hillman, Mrs Selina, re. farm property Wynyard (with photograph); tenant R C Wilson
14/62 Hills, Mrs Bertha, re. deceased estate (with Bank for Savings passbook); property Low Head; Mrs E Reeve; Mrs F M Paton
14/63 Hills, John, re. deceased estate/trust; property Balfour Street; F W Petterd (for Miss M Petterd, New Zealand)
14/64 Hingston, Henry Thomas, re. mortgage Bishopsbourne; transfer of shares Rapson Tyre Co.; Major Musson
14/65 Hopkins, Rebecca (1 item), re. deceased estate
14/66 Horkins, Joseph, re. will
14/67 Horne, Mrs Constance Mary, including Mrs Muriel Agnes Steer, re. mortgage extension; estate of Mrs M B Ritchie; Fawns estate
14/68 Horne, Miss Amy, re. estate of Mrs E Clarke; Methodist Ladies College
14/69 Hortle, E H, re. interest due on Mt Pleasant
14/70 Hortle, Thomas John, re. property Carrick; R R Martin
14/71 Hosie, William, re. mortgage Invermay
14/72 Hosking, R A, re. calculating rent payment position; C Burling
14/73 Houghton, E, re. deceased estate; R S Waterhouse; G F Boultbee
14/74 Howard, Ernest Arthur, re. mortgage transfer Ulverstone; Mrs J Israel
14/75 Howard, John and Sydney, re. Mrs Howard and building society instalments
14/76 Howell, C A, re. building society mortgage
14/77 Huxley, William, re. proving deceased estate (Huxley disappeared June 1922)
14/78 Jackson, John Percy, re. mortgage Arthur Street (Evandale)
14/79 Jackson, M (1 item), re. quarterly remittance
14/80 Jackson, Sydney (1 item), re. Phillips
14/81 Jacob[s], S (1 item)
14/82 James, Alexander, re. deceased estate; properties: Brid River, Mitchells (Scottsdale); Constable B McCann; W L James (New Zealand); J Graham; H Norgrove
14/83 James, A W, re. payment from Robinson
14/84 Jansen, J G (1 item)
14/85 Jarman, A, re. [property] payments
14/86 Jeffrey, F G, re. Flood Sufferers Relief Act; mortgage; W J Wilson; Roxburgh; Murfett
14/87 Jenkins, Mrs Clara, re. deceased estate; Mrs O L Hughes
14/88 Jensen, Mrs Eveline M, re. Kerkham/Kirkham estate; R K Hopkins
14/89 Jessop, Angus McDonald, re. sale of property Laura Street; A C Scott
14/90 Jessup, Henry, re. mortgage [Scottsdale farm?]; W G Baird
14/91 Khyat, A H, re. deceased estate; sale of Tremere/Tramere?, King Island; Tasmanian Woolgrowers; Denby
15. London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Co. registers Registers of the Launceston Branch of the London and Lancashire 1913-1928 Fire Company Ltd. (later the London and Lancashire Insurance Company Ltd.). Registers contain typed carbon-copy lists of Northern Tasmanian clients, with details, including buildings, motor vehicles, livestock, shipping, with claims information, workmen’s compensation, etc. (previously stored on site at Salisbury’s foundry).
15/1 Register 1913-1918
15/2 Register 1920-1921
15/3 Register 1922-1923
15/4 Register 1925-1926
15/5 Register 1927-1928
16. Specifications Work specifications retained by the Salisbury Foundry 1881-1963
16/1 Contents of folder marked ‘Specifications Contracts completed by us’ (in their original order): New Golden Gate Mining Company n.d. Tasmanian Smelting Company Ltd. 1906 J & T Gunn, multitubular boiler 1891 Mersey Bridge, Devonport, ironwork 1901 Marine Board of Launceston, floating dock, n.d. Marine Board of Launceston, boiler, ss Eclipse 1895 Hospital for Insane, New Norfolk, steam laundry 1901 Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company Ltd., chimney & base plate 1901 Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company Ltd., bridge over King River at Hells Gates 1901 Public Works Department, Tasmania, road bridge, Devonport 1902 Tasmanian Government Railways, Ulverstone-Burnie Line, turntable at Burnie 1900 Public Works Department, Tasmania, Westwood Road bridge n.d. Oceana Proprietary Company Ltd., Zeehan, lift 1896 Launceston Corporation, pipes (with Wallbridge & Co., Launceston) 1890 McGough Tin Mining Company, boiler & battery 1890 Municipal Council of Launceston, stonecrusher for quarry 1894 [Paterson, E], boiler for ss Indignant n.d. Silver Queen Silver Mining Company, draw lift, boiler, etc. 1890 Launceston Gas Company, altering Cornish boilers 1890 New Golden Gate Gold Mining Company, stampers 1890 New Golden Gate Gold Mining Company, boilers 1890 New Golden Gate Gold Mining Company, chimney stack 1890
16/2 Contents of folder marked ‘Specifications – General – Work not done by us’ (in their original order): Burnie Water Supply 1902 Devonport Electric Lighting 1902 Hercules Gold & Silver Mining Company, tram gear/wheels n.d. Davis & Soper, London, re. work done in England for Salisbury, pumps/tank locomotive 1896-1900 Heskett & Jones, Adelaide, patent specifications: ‘Improvements in the manufacture of steel’ n.d. Briseis Tin Mines Ltd., pipes for siphons, etc. 1901 Latrobe Water Trust, pumping plant 1902 Launceston Electric Lighting, for driving tunnel, etc. 1897
16/3 Loose specifications (in alphabetical order): Bowl-o-Matic Ltd., erection of bowling centre, York Street, Launceston 1963 Catamaran Collieries Ltd., Southern Tasmania, colliery plant offered for sale n.d. Corrie & North, Architects, re. Salisbury Foundry buildings, with Roe/J & T Gunn correspondence 1888 Devonport Municipal Council, sewerage pumping station 1932 Devonport Water Supply 1892 Gleisberg Schlapp & Co., Mount Zeehan, (unidentified spec.) 1891 Harrap & Sons, Alfred, new woolstore/showroom, corner Tamar & Cimitiere streets (C Philp, architect) 1931 Heathcote, [C F], Raleigh, Castra, re purchase of machinery 1890 Launceston Corporation, Alexandra Suspension Bridge 1929 Launceston Corporation, Water Works/pipes 1886-1889 Magnet Silver Mining Co., transfer of building/boilers, etc. from Tramway Depot, Invermay, to Magnet n.d. McDonald, John Turner, draft agreement re lease of machinery 1888 Patons & Baldwins Ltd., addition to store (F Heyward, architect) 1929 Risdon Ferry, Hobart, winding gear 1935 Royal Tasman Gold Mining Co., Gladstone, 10 head battery (Anderson) 1881 Tasmanian Woodchips Pty. Ltd., chip plant, Long Reach, Tamar River 1968 Unidentified steelwork, etc. n.d. Williams, Mr., re. steam launch 1890 Wood, H, refit of Tamar 1902
17. Foundry Stock and Maintenance Records Note: foundry workers, as well as clients, are listed on the time sheets.
17/1 ‘Times Sheets Shop & Stock’, October 1924-August 1929 1924-1929
17/2 ‘Material Sheets Shop & Stock’, June 1928-August 1929 1928-1929
17/3 Time sheets for shop maintenance (dates are sporadic, occasional entries include 1936-1951) 1940s Foundry shop areas include: Pattern Shop; Fettling Castings; Iron Furnace; Moulding Shop; Blacksmiths Shop; Fitting Shop; Welding Shop; Boiler Yard; Motor Lorry; General Shop.
17/4 Materials sheets for shop maintenance 1940s Foundry shop areas include, as above, and also: Office & Stationery; Brass Furnace; Motor Car; A R P [Air Raid Protection?] with reference to glass protection/trenches.
17/5 Material sheets for shop maintenance 1950s
17/6 ‘Plant Book’, ledger of foundry plant and equipment 1953-1976 1953-1975; followed by year-ending ‘Additions and Depreciations’ for 1960s (occasional entries to 1976)
18. Australian Shale Oil Corporation, [Latrobe], ledgers Note: foundry workers are listed on the time sheets.
18/1 ‘Australian Shale Oil Corporation Time Sheets’, June 1925- August 1926 1925-1926
18/2 ‘Material [Sheets] Australian Shale Oil Corporation’ 1925
19. Electrolytic Zinc Company ledgers Note: foundry workers are listed on the time sheets.
19/1 ‘Time Sheets E Z Co.’, November 1919-March 1929 1919-1929
19/2 ‘Material Especially Purchased’, Electrolytic Zinc Coy., c. February 1920-February 1924 1920-1924
20.Client Time Sheets and Material Sheets 1905-1948 Note: foundry workers, as well as clients, are listed on the time sheets. Note also: as well as including mining companies, municipalities, ships and the Tasmanian Government, client records 20/1-6 include a Who’s Who of Tasmanian business – including (small sample only): ABC Bowling Club; Bills & Co., Henry; Boag & Son, James; Brumby & Dent; Campbell, E J; Chillagoe Company; Coogan & Son, W; Cosgrove, A & E; Crisp & Gunn; Crystal Aerated Co.; Dunkley Bros.; Examiner; Gunn, J & T; Gurr and Sons; Hinman & Wright; Holyman & Sons; Huttons Bacon Factory; Irvine & McEachern; Johnstone & Wilmot; Law Duncan & Co.; Nevin & Howard; Parramore; Peddle; Pemberton, R S; Rapp, L F; Scott & Griffiths Ltd.; Shean’s Riding Gallery; St. John’s Church; Tabart Bros.; Union Steamship Company; Webster & Son, A G.
20/1 Client material register A-C, August 1905-December 1916 1905-1916
20/2 Client material register D-H, July 1905-December 1916 1905-1916
20/3 Client material register I-L, July 1906-December 1916 1906-1916
20/4 Client material register M-P, June 1905-December 1914 1905-1914
20/5 Client material register R-T, July 1905-August 1916 1905-1916
20/6 Client material register U-Z, October 1907-June 1914 1907-1914
20/7 Client time register A-F, circa dates only 1924-1931
20/8 Client time register G-L, circa dates only 1924-1931
20/9 Client time register M-Q, circa dates only 1924-1931
20/10 Client time register R-Z, circa dates only 1924-1931
20/11 Client material register A-T, circa dates only 1927-1935
20/12 Client time register A-L + T, circa dates only 1930s
20/13 Client time register M-Z, circa dates only 1930s
20/14 Client material register M-Z, circa dates only 1930s In addition to organisations listed above, and including many more, this register (for example) also includes: Patons & Baldwins; Rapson Tyre & Rubber Coy. (Aust.) Ltd.; Robson’s Garage; Serpentine Paint Co.; Tasmanian Produce & Cool Storage Co.
20/15 Client material register pages (loose) A-W, circa dates only 1943-1948
OTHER SOURCES
Cyclopedia of Tasmania, Hobart, 1900, vol.2, pp.119-120
Green, Anne, The Cheerful Noise of Foundries, Places of Industry and Transport in Launceston, (Stories in Stone series, Launceston City Council, 2010).
Launceston Reference Library, Local History Collection, news cuttings file ‘Salisbury’s Foundry’
Morris-Nunn, M, and Tassell, C B, Launceston’s industrial heritage, Launceston, 1982
O’Brien, M, Tasmania’s war effort…1939-45, Launceston, 1946
QVMAG, Community History, photograph database, search for Salisbury’s Foundry
QVMAG, Community History, Documentation series, 1996.P.0554
QVMAG, Library holds Salisbury’s Foundry blueprints
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