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Australian Iron & Steel Pty Ltd (1928 - )

From
1928
New South Wales
Functions
Manufacturing

Summary

G & C Hoskins took over the Lithgow Ironworks in New South Wales in 1908. Mr Charles Hoskins acquired a large tract of land at Port Kembla. Sometime after this Hoskins Iron and Steel Ltd was formed and it was from this company that Australian Iron and Steel Ltd was founded in 1928. The company was registered in New South Wales.

In 1935 Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd acquired the whole of the ordinary shares of the company.

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Timeline

 c. 1900 - 1908 Lithgow Iron Works
        G. & C. Hoskins
              - 1928 Hoskins Iron & Steel Company Limited
                   1928 - Australian Iron & Steel Pty Ltd

Archival resources

University of Wollongong Archives

  • Australian Iron & Steel Pty Ltd records, 1930 - 1971, D2; University of Wollongong Archives. Details
  • Australian Iron & Steel Pty Ltd records, D216; University of Wollongong Archives. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Australian Iron and Steel Ltd, Port Kembla, New South Wales, 1953. Details
  • Turnbull, C., Commemorating the official opening of the hot strip mill and other major plant extensions, Australian Iron and Steel Ltd, Melbourne, Victoria, 1955, 100 pp. Details

Bruce A. Smith

Created: 1 December 1999, Last modified: 7 September 2013