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Robert Gillespie Pty Ltd

 Organization

Biography

The firm of Robert Gillespie Pty Ltd, importers, exporters and island merchants, was based at Sydney.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

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Correspondence re New Guinea, 24 Nov. 1955-24 Dec. 1957

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/J11/1/20/8/6
Scope and Contents Correspondence regarding Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd's investment in the New Guinea company of Robert Gillespie Pty Ltd of Sydney during the 1950s. The venture was not a success, and the company withdrew in 1958. The ring-binder is divided into four sections:1. To & From London: correspondence between Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, and Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, regarding Robert Gillespie (New Guinea) Ltd, 6 September-24 December 1957, with a proposed programme for the...
Dates: 24 Nov. 1955-24 Dec. 1957
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson and Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf. Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers. Access is generally available to documents dated up to 1969. Access to some earlier records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
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Semi-official and other correspondence between Hong Kong and Australia, Korea, Kuching and New York, 1954-1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/J1/119
Scope and Contents Semi-official and other correspondence between Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, and Balfour, Guthrie & Co. Ltd, New York; Robert Gillespie Pty Ltd, Sydney; L.G. Frost (Resident Representative of Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd in Australasia), Barron Heads and Sydney, Australia; Jardine Matheson, Seoul, Korea; and Henry Waugh & Co. Ltd, Kuching, with a few letters between other correspondents. Some letters have been placed in separate files, but there are sheets listing their...
Dates: 1954-1955
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson and Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf. Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers. Access is generally available to documents dated up to 1969. Access to some earlier records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
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Semi-official correspondence between Hong Kong and Australia, 1951-1958

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/J1/118
Scope and Contents Semi-official correspondence, with enclosed letters and papers, between H.D.M. Barton, I.D. Bruce, D.C. Geddes, R. Gordon, J.H. Keswick, H.H. Lennox, H. Sidbury and E.F. Watts, Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, and the following correspondents in Australia:1. Leo Frost was appointed as Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd's Resident Representative in Australasia in 1951, with instructions to stimulate business between Australia and the company's offices in Hong Kong, Japan and China, and to...
Dates: 1951-1958
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson and Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf. Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers. Access is generally available to documents dated up to 1969. Access to some earlier records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
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Semi-official letters from Hong Kong to Australia, 1953-1978

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/J1/188
Dates: 1953-1978
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson and Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf. Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers. Access is generally available to documents dated up to 1969. Access to some earlier records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.