Mr. Brooks and the Australian Trade. Imperial Business in the Nineteenth Century. (By) F. Broeze.

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Melbourne University Press 1993. Roy. 8vo. Orig. cloth. Spine gilt. In illust. dustjacket. (xii 376pp.). With 8 full-page plates. 1st edition. Fine. NOTE: Robert Brooks was one of the leaders of trade between Britain and Australia from the 1820s to the 1870s. He was active in all its sectors - shipping commerce finance banking investment migration. Brooks was the influential and longest serving founding director of the Union Bank of Australia.