New Prospectors: The Formation and Early Years of the Scottish Australian Mining Company in Newcastle, NSW, 1850-70

Knowles, Harry

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dc.contributor.author	Knowles, Harry
dc.date.accessioned	2010-12-05
dc.date.available	2010-12-05
dc.date.issued	2010-12-01
dc.identifier.citation	Business Schools and History: proceedings of the second annual conference of AAHANZBS, 16-17 December 2010, The University of Sydney / edited by Greg Patmore	en
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-74210-208-5
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7061
dc.description	Not refereed. Abstract only.	en
dc.description.abstract	Following the end of the Australian Agricultural Company’s monopoly in the coal-mining region of Newcastle, NSW, in the late 1840s, the Scottish Australian Investment Company (SAIC), headquartered in London, was amongst the first of several firms to seek mining opportunities in the Hunter region of NSW. As part of a broader project evaluating social and economic influences of the Northumberland/Durham coal mining regions on the early development of the Newcastle coalfields, this paper presents an overview of the role of individuals in the events and decisions surrounding formation and early successes of the Scottish Australian Mining Company which went on to become one of the leading coal producers in the region in the second half of the nineteenth century.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	The symposium is organised on behalf of AAHANZBS by the Business and Labour History Group, The University of Sydney, with the financial support of the University’s Faculty of Economics and Business.	en
dc.language.iso	en_AU	en
dc.publisher	Business and Labour History Group, The University of Sydney	en
dc.rights	The author retains copyright of this work.	en
dc.title	New Prospectors: The Formation and Early Years of the Scottish Australian Mining Company in Newcastle, NSW, 1850-70	en
dc.type	Conference paper	en
usyd.faculty	University hosted conferences