Peat and Oil
Peat has been used as a source of fuel used in the Islands since the first settlers arrived. It was one of the key factors that led Governor Moody to move the main settlement from Port Louis to Stanley. There was an abundance of peat around Stanley and in Moody’s notes for the development of the area, he noted that peat was within 200 to 300 yards from every man’s house.
The government records and correspondence provide a snapshot in time for how peat soon became part of the community’s daily life and how it was considered as a source of economic development for the Islands.
Government Files
Peat
MIN-PEA-1-01. Allowance of peat to Mr & Mrs Hoare.pdf326.06 KB
MIN-PEA-1-02. Peat cutting- 1919-20 season.pdf2.82 MB
MIN-PEA-1-03. Peat contracts 1920-21.pdf4.77 MB
MIN-PEA-1-04. Forwards of Geological specimens to the Imperial College of Science and Technology.pdf3.98 MB
MIN-PEA-1-05. Peat requirements and cutting 1922.pdf4.65 MB
MIN-PEA-1-06. Utilisation of Peat Deposits in the Falkland Islands.pdf1.63 MB
MIN-PEA-1-07. Forwards request for copies of reports on Peat, Guano and Mineral Deposits.pdf1.40 MB
MIN-PEA-1-08. Purchase of handbook regarding utilisation of peat.pdf1.83 MB
MIN-PEA-1-09. Peat requirements and cutting 1922-23.pdf4.92 MB
MIN-PEA-1-10. Regarding the draining of peat banks on Common.pdf964.10 KB
MIN-PEA-1-11. Peat requirements and cutting 1923-24.pdf1.65 MB
MIN-PEA-1-12. Allocation of peat banks to Stanley households.pdf5.84 MB
MIN-PEA-1-13. Peat requirements and cutting 1924-25.pdf3.04 MB
MIN-PEA-1-14. Respecting supply of Peat for Eastern W.T. Station for 1925.pdf2.70 MB
MIN-PEA-1-15. Peat requirements and cutting for the year 1925-26.pdf2.04 MB
MIN-PEA-1-16. Request information regarding sale of Peat in the Falkland Islands.pdf1.00 MB
MIN-PEA-1-17. Correspondence regarding the production of commercial briquettes from peat.pdf2.98 MB
MIN-PEA-1-18. Peat requirements and cutting for the year 1926-27.pdf6.64 MB
MIN-PEA-1-20. Sale of peat to householders in Stanley.pdf3.61 MB
MIN-PEA-1-21. Establishment of a peat industry in the Falkland Islands.pdf5.75 MB
MIN-PEA-1-22. Fertilisation of peat.pdf4.29 MB
MIN-PEA-1-24. Requests permission to export to Chile small samples of peat moulds and clays.pdf708.86 KB
MIN-PEA-1-25. Shortage of transport for bringing in peat supplies.pdf1.15 MB
MIN-PEA-1-26. Report by T. Beaty on visits to peat centres in Scotland.pdf3.02 MB
MIN-PEA-1-27. Tenders for contract of haulage and stacking of Government peat. 1945.pdf3.82 MB
MIN-PEA-1-28. Tenders for peat contract.pdf6.64 MB
MIN-PEA-2-01. Grant of peat allowances to government officials.pdf1.30 MB
MIN-PEA-2-02. Supply of Government peat.pdf46.33 MB
MIN-PEA-2-03. Utilisation of peat resources.pdf9.82 MB
MIN-PEA-2-04. Peat drying in the Falklands.pdf3.15 MB
MIN-PEA-2-05 Peat deposits.pdf6.35 MB
MIN-PEA-2-06. Peat Register 1950-1951.pdf12.11 MB
MIN-PEA-2-07. Peat cutting machine.pdf9.98 MB
MIN-PEA-2-08. Peat haulage.pdf27.15 MB
MIN-PEA-2-09. Peat cutting machine.pdf11.24 MB
MIN-PEA-3-01. Peat haulage.pdf1.74 MB
MIN-PEA-3-02. Supply of Government peat and coal fuel excluding oil.pdf19.98 MB
MIN-PEA-3-03. Montan Wax.pdf17.39 MB
MIN-PEA-3-04. Peat and solid fuels.pdf12.13 MB
MIN-PEA-3-05. Peat - soil fuels.pdf1.99 MB
Reports
R-NAT-GEN-1-04. An Extraordinary Peat-forming Community on the Falkland Islands.pdf478.00 KB