01822ntc a22002297i 45000010005000000080041000050400026000461000032000722450059001042640016001633000027001793360021002063370023002273380032002505000018002825060028003005200224003285330077005525400079006295450704007088560180014122442140313k18971919xx 000 0|eng d aANU:PMBcANU:PMBerda1 aArundel, John T.d1841-191910aMiscellaneous papers on the Pacific phosphate industry c1897 - 1919 a1 reel; 35mm microfilm atext2rdacontent acomputer2rdamedia aonline resource2rdacarrier aAU PMB MS 498 aAvailable for reference2 aPlease see PMB MS 493 for full entry. Newspaper clippings, official printed documents and typescripts on the Pacific phosphate industry. Largely associated with mining in Kiribati and Nauru. See also PMB MS 14, 480-495. aElectronic reproduction:bCanberra :cPacific Manuscripts Bureau, d2014 aAvailable for referenceuhttp://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/copyright.php0 aJohn T. Arundel was a leading figure in the Pacific phosphate industry on Kiribati and Nauru. He initially travelled to the Pacific in 1860 and 1868, and established John T. Arundel & Co. in the Pacific 1871 with financial support from Houlder Brothers and Co. In 1897, John T. Arundel & Co merged its business with trading and plantation firm Henderson and Macfarlane. They formed the Pacific Islands Company Ltd (PIC), which was based in London with trading activities in the Pacific, particularly Kiribati. In 1902, PIC became the Pacific Phosphate Company and began phosphate mining on Banaba, Kiribati in 1901 and on Nauru in 1906. Arundel died 30 November 1919 in Bournemouth, England.41uhttp://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/digital/catalogue/index.php/miscellaneous-papers-on-pacific-phosphate-industryzView this item in the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau Catalogue.