Summary

The company was established in 1853 by Act of Parliament (UK) to take over the Peel River Estate (Goonoo Goonoo) of the Australian Agricultural Company. The Peel Company soon expanded its operations into Queensland and later the Northern Territory. From 1932 its Australian operations were joined managed with those of the Australian Agricultural Co, and the latter acquired the whole shareholding of the Peel River Land and Mineral Co Ltd in 1959.

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Archival resources

Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, (formerly Archives of Business and Labour)

• Peel River Land and Mineral Company Limited records, 1855 - 1940, Various, contact Archive; Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, (formerly Archives of Business and Labour). Details

University of New England and Regional Archives

• Peel River Land and Mineral Company Limited records; University of New England and Regional Archives. Details

Published resources

Books

• Pemberton, P.A., Pure merinos and others: The "Shipping Lists" of The Australian Agricultural Company, Australian National University, Archives of Business and Labour, Canberra, 1986, 125 pp. Details

Journal Articles

• Galbraith, J.S. and McCulloch, S.C., 'The early history of the Peel River Land and Mineral Company: The P.G. King era', Australian Economic History Review, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 28-48. Details
• Galbraith, J.S.; McCulloch, S.C., 'The Early History of the Peel River Land and Mineral Company: The P.G. King Era', Australian Economic History Review, vol. 22, p. 28. Details