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Boral Limited (1963 - )

From
1963
Functions
Manufacturing
Website
http://www.boral.com.au

Summary

Bitumen and Oil Refineries (Australia) Ltd was incorporated in 1946 as the first Australian owned bitumen and oil refinery. Shareholders agreed to a change of name to Boral Ltd in 1963.

In 1988 the Gas Corporation of Tasmania was acquired and integrated into Boral's energy business. This part of the business was renamed Origin Energy in 2000.

Archival resources

University of Melbourne Archives

Published resources

Books

  • King, Stephanie, From the ground up: Boral's first fifty years, State Library of New South Wales Press, Sydney, 1996, 104 pp. Details
  • Lambert, J.T., A commemoration of the closure of the Newstead Gas Plant, 6 September 1996: a history of the establishment, development and termination of the Gas Corporation of Queensland (BORAL) Brisbane Works, 1863-1996, Boral Energy, Milton, Queensland, 1996. Details

Journal Articles

  • Hutchinson, Diane, 'The transformation of Boral: from dependent, specialist bitumen refiner to major building products manufacturer', Business History, vol. 42, no. 3, 2000, pp. 109-132. Details

Bruce A. Smith