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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/225768867

The collection consists of correspondence, ship's logs, diaries, ledgers, press cuttings, publications, etc., dealing mainly with the operations of the Hamilton Pearling Company in New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and the Admiralty Islands. The log books, 1894 -1915, describe trading and pearling voyages around the islands. The diaries dated from 1882 to 1935 and give details of the running of the Company and of the Hamilton Plantation. Correspondents include Burns, Philp & Co.; F. Hudson; Hernsheim & Co.; Juluis Oien; R. Wolff; Aplin, Brown & Crawshay Ltd.; and James Hamilton.

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Hamilton, William B.

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William Hamilton was born at Bothwell, Scotland. He emigrated to Queensland with his family in 1861. His father was a businessman in the Bunderberg, operating boats and other enterprises. From the 1870's William Hamilton was operating steamers and by 1882 he was recruiting Melanesian labour. In 1884 he married and by 1887 was a merchant in Eidsvold . From 1894 he operated a charter business for Burns Philp and Co. to Samarai and New Guinea. From 1900 he was engaged in pearling on the Admirality ...