Currency, c.1812-1848

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Content Summary:

24 early Australian currency related items. Items 1-14 were originally located in box 20/folder 131 of the collection . Items 15-24 were originally located in box 82/folder 7 of the collection.

Items 15-24 relate to the Bank of Australia which was established by John MacArthur and business associates on 8th June 1826. After a healthy start the bank failed on 2nd March 1843. The liquidation of the Bank of Australia resulted in the remaining assets of the bank being disposed of by lottery to the shareholders. A shareholder had the right to ‘assign’ their ticket to someone else for the sum of £4. Plans for a second lottery in April, 1849 were objected to by the government and it did not take place.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Acquired in a number of instalments from both Sir John Ferguson and his family.

Names:

Ferguson, John Alexander, Sir

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