The collection comprising of general ledgers, ledgers, voyage ledgers, charter books, letterbooks, cash books and miscellaneous accounts c. 1900-1970. Includes company records Trinder Anderson & Co. Ltd. were managing. These companies are Avenue Shipping, New Zealand Shipping & Co. Ltd. and Australind Steam Shipping Co. Ltd. Also included are the business records for the Australind Steam Shipping Co. Ltd seperately presented in 1981 by Mr D. Eunson. Includes journals, cash books and ledgers c. 1900-1970.

Administrative / biographical background
Trinder Anderson & Co. Ltd began in the 1870s. In 1886 Trinder Anderson & Co. acquired the business of Messrs. Oliver & Wilson of Fremantle and entered trade in Western Australia. In 1886, Trinder Anderson & Co. Ltd set up a steamer service called the Western Australia Steam Navigation Co. In 1892, Trinder Anderson & Co. reorganized with Charles Bethell & Co. when Walter J. Gwyn was taken into partnership becoming known as Bethell, Gwyn & Co. In the same year Trinder Anderson & Co. and Bethell, Gwyn & Co. enters the emigrant trade. In 1904, Trinder Anderson & Co. and Bethell, Gwyn & Co. founded the Australind Steam Navigation Co. The first steam vessel registered was the AUSTRALIND, a 5,568 ton cargo vessel built by Charles Connell & Co. of Glasgow. In later years the Australind Steam Navigation Company became associated with the New Zealand Shipping Company which registered in 1872 and changed in 1966 to become asscociated with the Federal Steam Navigation Co. Australind Steam Navigation Co. together with its parent company forms part of the P & O organization. In 1967, the Australind Steam Navigation Co. ran services in association with Avenue Shipping. In this collection, Trinder Anderson & Co. Ltd. acted as agents to the Australind Steam Navigation Company Ltd from 1897 to 1964, New Zealand Shipping Company Ltd from 1937 to 1959 and Avenue Shipping Co. Ltd. from 1954 to 1969. Trinder Anderson & co. Ltds own company records in this collection cover the period 1914 to 1974.