[Kangaroo Island]

Rocky River Estate, Kangaroo Island [cover title]

Adelaide, Sands & McDougall, Printers [for the Rocky River Estate Limited], [1911].

Large quarto, [12] pages with 9 illustrations (from photographs) and a full-page map.

Blue saddle-stapled title-wrappers with a 124-mm circular cut-out in the centre of the front cover; wrappers unevenly faded and lightly marked; centrefold detached at one staple; the entire booklet has been folded three times horizontally; a very good copy.

The prospectus and share offer for The Rocky River Estate Limited, 'formed for the purpose of acquiring that 9,000 acres of freehold land, known as the Rocky River Estate, Kangaroo Island, in the State of South Australia'. The prospectus contains information about the company, a report on the island and its suitability for agricultural use reprinted from the 'South Australian Register' of 1 March 1911 by 'Agricola', and a report on the Estate by John Crawford. The venture was not a success. A notice in the 'Kangaroo Island Courier' of 30 December 1911 announced the sale of the Estate's assets on instruction from the Bailiff of the Local Court, Kingscote, and it was placed into liquidation by the Supreme Court on 23 January 1912, on a petition from Harris, Scarfe & Co. showing that the company was 'indebted to several creditors, and that it was unable to meet its liabilities'.