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1 The University of Melbourne Archives Records Description List Reference Number: Collection/Series Title: SWALLOW & ARIELL PTY. LTD. Creator Swallow & Ariell Pty Ltd Creator's Activity/Occupation Politicians - Manufacturers, biscuits Creator's Historical Note A biscuit manufacturing company prominent in the history of Victorian manufacturing since its foundation by Thomas Swallow in In 1859 Thomas Harris Ariell joined the firm. (Ariell died 8 Jul 1875.) FT Derham (later M.L.A. & P.M.G.) son-in-law of Swallow joined the firm in 1879 and became managing director, a position held by several generations of Derhams. F.T. Derham was elected to the Legislative Assembly as member for Sandridge (Port Melbourne) in February On 20 February 1886 he became Postmaster General in the Gillies-Deakin Government, and held the portfolio until his resignation in August He remained a member of the Assembly until April By 1880 the business was producing 150 different lines of biscuits. Later they opened a cake manufactury with particular attention to wedding cakes. To protect the business they acquired a Queensland sugar plantation later acquired by CSR. Swallow and Ariell was acquired by the Arnott-Brockhoff-Guest biscuit group in 1964 and the company de-listed on 5 Aug 1964 after the Australian Biscuit Company acquired more than 95% of its issued capital. Date Range of Collection/Series Size/Extent Access Conditions 15 metres Access: Open Scope and Content of Collection/Series Minutes ; agreements and legal documents ; correspondence ; patents and trademarks ; accounts ; photographs. Collection Category Business, organisations This document dated 24/12/2014 1

2 To request access to records on the list below via the University of Melbourne Archives Reading Room, quote the Unit/Box reference in full. Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4 Unit 5 Unit 6 Unit 7 Unit 8 Unit 9 Unit 10 Unit 11 Unit 12 Unit 13 Unit 14 Unit Alexander Hamilton Institute Publications Alexander Hamilton Institute Publications Alexander Hamilton Institute Publications ) Prospectus 1888; 2) Working Papers and Balance April ; 3) Monthly Statements May 1939 to Dec Heparidine Distributors Pty Ltd; Balance Sheets; Working Papers; and Ice Cream Pty Ltd; Balance Papers; Working Sheets; April 1940-April 1947 and Balance Papers Balance Papers Balance Papers ; Subsidiary Companies Balance Sheets used by Auditor for Register General's Requirements and Returned to Office Dehydrated Products Pty Ltd; Balance Papers to 1957 From 1930 (with Working Papers) Newscuttings General Cuttings Book # Journal Earnings Record Accounting 2

3 Unit 16 Unit 17 Unit 18 Unit 19 Unit 20 Unit 21 Unit 22 Unit 23 Unit 24 Unit 25 Unit 26 Unit 27 Unit 28 Unit 29 Unit Journal April May s Monthly Trading Balances 31 July Apr 1888; Debentures - Applications & Allotment ; Correspondence etc. returned from Agenda Book ; Scrap Book 1930s-1940s; Product labels Items from Ancient Hist file; Drawings; Exhibition Cat; Receipts; Vic Employer Fed; Unused Stationery; Statements; Price Lists; Newscutting Office Papers; Declarations; Codes; Agreements 1888 Share Script Book (No. 1) 1888; Receipt Book First Call Melbourne 1888 S & A 1/ /2 Agenda Books; 12 May March /2 Agenda Books; 5 April Aug Jan Oct /2 Agenda Books; 14 Nov March /2 Agenda Books; 20 Mar Mar Agenda Books; 27 Mar Nov /3/1 Minutes of Annual Meetings; Minutes of Meetings; 1/3/1 Shareholders 2 Nov July 1948; 1/3/2 Board 7 April Apr Minutes (Board); 16 Apr Sept

4 Unit 31 Unit 32 Unit 33 Unit 34 Unit 35 Unit 36 Unit 37 Unit 38 Unit 39 Unit 40 Unit 41 Unit 42 Unit 43 Unit 44 Unit 45 Unit 46 Unit 47 Unit 48 Unit /3/2 Minutes (Board); 14 Oct May 1939; 5 June Dec /3/2 Minutes (Board); 14 Jan Feb /4/1 Reports of Ordinary Annual Meetings;?(1889) /4/2 Reports of Ordinary Half Year Meetings; Dec Dec Reports & Balance Sheets 1/5; /6/1 Letter books; ; Contains 1/6/2 Correspondence including Deakin letters Groups 1-5, 7-8 Groups 9-15; on old list; Also Prospectus; Agreements Provident Fund Comforts Fund - misc.; (Busy Bee); To be listed Salaries Office Diaries; ; ; 1894? (unclear) contains recipes & price lists; (ms) not printed Office Papers; Reports; Correspondence; Balance Sheets; Ground floor plan of factory s Cash Books s 1924 Accountants Papers; Balance Accountants Papers; Balance Papers; 1929/30; 1931/ Accountants Papers; Balance 1932/

5 Unit 50 Unit 51 Unit 52 Unit 53 Unit 54 Unit 55 Unit 56 Unit 57 Unit 58 Unit 59 Unit 60 Unit 61 Unit 62 Unit 63 Unit 64 Unit 65 Unit 66 Unit 67 Unit 68 Unit 69 Unit 70 Unit Accountants Papers; Balance Accountants Papers; Balance Swallow & Ariell (Ice Cream) P/L S & A (Ice Cream) Pty Ltd; S & A (Dehydrated Products) Pty Ltd; Heparidine Distributors Pty Ltd Balance Papers; 1888/9-1891/ Balance Papers; 1892/2-1897/ Balance Papers; 1898/ Balance Papers; 1899/ Balance Papers; 1900/ Balance Papers; 1901/ Balance Papers; 1902/ Balance Papers; 1903/ Balance Papers; Balance Papers; 1905/ Balance Papers; 1906/ Balance Papers; 1907/ Balance Papers; 1908/ Balance Papers; 1909/ / Balance Papers; 1911/ / Balance Papers; 1913/ / Balance Papers; 1915/ / Balance Papers; 1917/ /19 5

6 Unit 72 Unit 73 Unit 74 Unit 75 Unit 76 Unit 77 Unit 78 Unit 79 Unit 80 Unit 81 Unit 82 Unit 83 Unit 84 Unit 85 Unit Balance Papers; 1919/ / Balance Papers; 1921/ / Balance Papers; 1923/ / Cash Book 21 June Sept 1942; Cash Debentures Feb Mar 1953; Index to General Ledger Swallow & Ariell (Ice Cream) Cash Book, 2 July Apr 1941; Shareholders Ledger re 57,900 Shares, Jan-July 1906; Share Applications etc Miscellaneous ; Mostly 1930s-1940s; Correspondence, invoices, legal documents, Annual Reports, Product information, orders, etc. Xerox copies (Prepared for Tutes); C/dence (extracts); Prospectus; Report & Bal. Sheet 1892; Page from Shareholders Register Photocopies for class use; Dups Photographs Photo Album.0001 Register of Members s-1950s Share Register A-L, 1940s-1950s s-1950s Share Register M-Z, 1940s-1950s Ledger General Ledger

7 Unit 87 Unit 88 Unit 89 Unit 90 Unit 91 Unit 92 Unit 93 Unit 94 Unit 95 Unit 96 Unit 97 Unit 98 Unit 99 Unit 100 Unit 101 Unit 102 Unit 103 Unit 104 Unit 105 Unit 106 Unit 107 Unit 108 Unit General Ledger c1887 Index c Journal Stock Book Cash Receipts Debenture Book Accounts Book Journal Journal Journal Wages Sheets; 5/5/21-27/4/ Wages Sheets; 2/7/25-24/6/ Wages Sheets; 1/7/26-25/6/ Wages Sheets; 2/7/31-30/6/ Share Transfer Book Bought Day Book Bought Day Book Bought Day Book Bought Day Book Bought Day Book Bought Day Book Bought Day Book Wages Sheets; 30/6/27-28/8/28 7

8 Unit 110 Unit 111 Unit 112 Unit 113 Unit 114 Unit 115 Unit 116 Unit 117 Unit 118 Unit 119 Unit 120 Unit 121 Unit 122 Unit 123 Unit 124 Unit 125 Unit 126 Unit 127 Unit 128 Unit 129 Unit 130 Unit 131 Unit Wages Sheets; 11/7/28-27/6/ Wages Sheets; 3/7/30-25/6/ Wages Sheets; 5/7/38-26/6/ Bought Day Book General Ledger.0034 General Ledger No Register of Members; Ordinary Shares Register of Members; Preferred Shares.0037 Register of Members.0038 Register of Members; Preferred Shares s-1950s Shares Register 1930s-1950s s-1930s Shares Register 1920s-1930s A-E s-1950s Shares Register 1940s-1950s s-1930s Account Book 1920s-1930s.0043 Stock Ledger Stock Ledger Stock Ledger General Ledger General Ledger General Ledger General Ledger General Ledger.0051 Pay Roll 8

9 Unit 133 Unit 134 Unit 135 Unit 136 Unit 137 Unit 138 Unit 139 Unit 140 Unit 141 Unit 142 Unit 143 Unit 144 Unit 145 Unit 146 Unit 147 Unit 148 Unit 149 Unit 150 Unit 151 Unit 152 Unit 153 Unit Wages Sheets 4/7/29-26/6/ File of Registration (Blue canvas covered satchel) s-1950s Share Register 1940s-1950s Parcel - Wage Sheets; Parcel - Wage Sheets; Parcel - Wage Sheets; Parcel - Wage Sheets; Parcel - Wage Sheets; Parcel - Wage Sheets; Parcel - Wage Sheets; Parcel - Wage Sheets; Parcel - Wage Sheets; July 1939-June Parcel - Wage Sheets; July 1940-June Parcel - Stock Sheets; Parcel - Stock Sheets; Parcel - Stock Sheets; Parcel - Stock Sheets; Parcel - Stock Sheets; Parcel - Balance Papers Parcel - Wages Sheets; June 1935-July s-1950s Parcel - Share Register; 1930s-1950s.0073 Swallow & Ariell Biscuit Tin 9

10 Unit 155 SI (Oversized) Unit 22 OSBB Unit Shield - Presented by Cr Robert Purnell 1925 to Swallow and Ariell Choir; Missing as at 15/11/ Lady Mayoress s Patriotic League Certificate.0076 Australian Red Cross Society Certificate; Missing as at 25/11/ Photograph of the Swallow & Ariell Factory with delivery carts lined up out front MD46/ Print - Biography and portrait of founder of company MD46/ Albury Industrial Exhibition certificate MD46/ Certificate - Award of a bronze medal by the Agricultural Society of New South Wales for the Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition 1870 MD46/ Three certificates - Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition, 1888; WA International Mining and Industrial Exhibition, 1899; Earl's Court, Greater Britain Exhibition, 1899 MD46/ Twenty seven certificates (in 1 plastic sleeve).0083 Large framed stock sheet 25/4/1913; Missing as at 25/11/2014 End of List 10

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