The plantation economy

The State Library of Victoria holds a small but interesting archive of papers from W. Stawell—possibly William Stawell a prominent lawyer in Melbourne and senior partner in the firm Stawell and Nankivell (Stawell 1910, MS 9273). These papers provide some idea of the investment potential of plantatio...

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1. Verfasser:	Lawrence, David Russell
Format:	Buchkapitel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Agricultural geography Agricultural land Agricultural sciences Agriculture Agronomy Biological sciences Business Business structures Civil law Coconuts Corporate affiliates Crops Environmental social sciences Environmental studies Field crops Human geography Island life Land law Land ownership Land use Law Plantations Political geography Private land Protectorates Public land Public space Rural sociology Seed crops Social sciences Subsidiary companies
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Zusammenfassung:	The State Library of Victoria holds a small but interesting archive of papers from W. Stawell—possibly William Stawell a prominent lawyer in Melbourne and senior partner in the firm Stawell and Nankivell (Stawell 1910, MS 9273). These papers provide some idea of the investment potential of plantations in the Solomon Islands in the first decade of the 20th century. Stawell made enquires of a stockbroker, John Goodall, with offices at 99 Queens Street in Melbourne. Stawell approached the firm with an enquiry about investing in plantation development in the Solomon Islands in 1910 when copra prices were high. From