Australian Company of Edinburgh & Leith
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, Scotland
- Leith, City of Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, Scotland
Sectors:
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Financial services
Land finance & investment
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Transport services
Shipping services - long distance, inc ship ownership & management
Notes:
Commenced operations in 1822 at Leith having been established by James Wyld, John Anderson and Forrest Alexander, local shipowners and merchants, to develop regular shipping services between Leith and Australia in an attempt to compete with rapidly expanding UK ports such as Glasgow and Liverpool. Of large size and first joint stock shipping enterprise to trade between Britain and Australia. Carried both goods and passengers, especially emigrants from UK. Proposed also to establish trading and lending interests in Australia in due course. Collapsed in 1830 due to failures by agents in Australia [2023]
Publications:
- Australian Company of Edinburgh & Leith. Part 1, A mode of business. Part 2, States of account by Nix, Michael
- Scotland and Australia, 1788-1850. Emigration, commerce and investment by MacMillan, David S
- 'Scottish enterprise in Australia, 1798-1879' in P L Payne (ed), Studies in Scottish Business History by MacMillan, David S
- 'The Australian Company. Operations and finance' in R Lee (ed), Commerce and Culture. Nineteenth century business elites by Nix, Michael
Groups:
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, Scotland
- Leith, City of Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, Scotland
Sectors:
- Financial services Land finance & investment
- Transport services Shipping services - long distance, inc ship ownership & management
Notes:
Commenced operations in 1822 at Leith having been established by James Wyld, John Anderson and Forrest Alexander, local shipowners and merchants, to develop regular shipping services between Leith and Australia in an attempt to compete with rapidly expanding UK ports such as Glasgow and Liverpool. Of large size and first joint stock shipping enterprise to trade between Britain and Australia. Carried both goods and passengers, especially emigrants from UK. Proposed also to establish trading and lending interests in Australia in due course. Collapsed in 1830 due to failures by agents in Australia [2023]Publications:
- Australian Company of Edinburgh & Leith. Part 1, A mode of business. Part 2, States of account by Nix, Michael
- Scotland and Australia, 1788-1850. Emigration, commerce and investment by MacMillan, David S
- 'Scottish enterprise in Australia, 1798-1879' in P L Payne (ed), Studies in Scottish Business History by MacMillan, David S
- 'The Australian Company. Operations and finance' in R Lee (ed), Commerce and Culture. Nineteenth century business elites by Nix, Michael