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NTRS 4898 Solicitor's papers

Recording Agency:	Lewis Abbott and Pick, Solicitors (1601)
Date Range:	1927 - 1940
Access:	Agreement Pending
Location:	Alice Springs
Legacy Series Id:	F139

Function / Content

This series consists of the papers of Sidney W Pick (1880-1940), a solicitor practicing in Tennant Creek and Alice Springs. The papers include bills of sale, leases, powers of attorney, wills, mortgages, transfers and agreements. Included within this series are papers relating to the Dorothy Syndicate, allowing them to start mining operations in Central Australia. These papers include those relating to the creation of the syndicate (syndicate agreement) and the application for water rights, negotiations with other miners, invoices for purchased goods, and a complaint made by another solicitor to the Law Society. Also on file are papers relating to the 1928 sale of Eurapunga Station (spelt "Urapungie"). After the death of Sydney W Pick in 1940 these records were transferred to the Alice Springs Police Station.

Recordkeeping System

None

Recording Agency

Period	Title	Agency Id
1927 - 1940	Lewis Abbott and Pick, Solicitors	1601

Agency Responsible

Period	Title	Agency Id
1927 - 1940	Lewis Abbott and Pick, Solicitors	1601
1984 - ct	Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Services/Northern Territory Police, Fire and Emergency Service	587

Related Series

Transfer Date	Series	Series Id
1940 - 1940	List of papers in solicitor's (SW Pick) estate	NTRS 4730

Consignments

Consignment Id	Number of Units	Contents Date Range	Public Access	Description
P0001	2	1927 - 1940	Agreement Pending