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London: Printed by George Woodfall, 1833. In fine condition, as issued.. Octavo, 8 pp., unbound as issued, top edges unopened. Not originally noted by Ferguson, who did record the report of the eighth "Yearly General Meeting" that had taken place in March of the same year. The Ferguson Addenda volume locates two Tasmanian institutional copies and another in South Australia. The Van Diemen's Land Company, major land-owner and farming corporation in Tasmania, is still in business today if considerably reduced in size, and is "widely believed to be the last Australian chartered company still operating". It was founded in 1825 by a group of London merchants who planned a wool growing venture to supply the needs of the British industry and markets. Edward Curr was appointed as their chief agent, arriving back in Hobart in 1826. Large scale plans were put into place for sheep-rearing on the Company's huge grant at Surrey Hills, but the attempts failed over the first years of the 1830s with cold weather…
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Cover title: Report made to the fifteenth yearly general meeting of the Van Diemen's Land Company, held at the Company's office, in Old Broad Street, the 16th March, 1840. London : Printed by George Woodfall, Angel Court, Skinner Street, 1840. Octavo, original printed wrappers, 19, [1] pp, folding map with hand colouring, a very good copy, uncut and partly unopened. The map is titled North-West Quarter of Van Diemen's Land, including the Grants of Land belonging to the Van Diemens Land Company (Tooley 438). Ferguson, 3116.
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