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Burns, Philp & Company Limited (1883 - )

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1883
Functions
Retail Trade and Transport and Storage

Summary

The business was founded in Townsville, North Queensland and was incorporated in New South Wales in 1883. During the 1970s the company acquired a number of companies, including S. Hoffnung & Co Ltd in 1981.

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Timeline

 1901 - 1920 Beard Watson Limited
       1894 - 1906 Nock and Kirby
       1920 - 1959? Beard Watson and Company Limited
             1904 - 1981 S. Hoffnung & Company Limited
             1906 - 1983 Nock and Kirby Limited
                   1883 - Burns, Philp & Company Limited

Archival resources

J.S. Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia

  • Burns, Philp & Company Limited records, 1899 - 1942, MN 1987; J.S. Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia. Details

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

  • Burns, Philp & Company Limited records; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, (formerly Archives of Business and Labour)

  • Burns, Philp & Company Limited records, 1884 - 1990, N115 & Z385; Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, (formerly Archives of Business and Labour). Details
  • Ken Buckley records, 1970s, Z599; Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, (formerly Archives of Business and Labour). Details

Published resources

Books

  • Buckley, K. and Klugman, K., The history of Burns Philp: the Australian company in the South Pacific, Burns, Philp & Co Ltd, Sydney, 1981. Details
  • Buckley, K. and Klugman, K., The Australian presence in the Pacific: Burns Philp, 1914-1946, George Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1983. Details
  • Buckley, K. and Klugman, K., South Pacific focus: a record in words and photographs of Burns Philp at work, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1986. Details
  • Burns Philp & Company, All about Burns, Philp & Company Limited: their shipping agencies, branches & steamers, John Andrew & Co, Sydney, 1903, 150 pp. Details
  • Parsons, R.H., The ships of Burns, Philp and Company, Reprint 1983 with additional information, R.H. Parsons, Magill, South Australia, 1978, 68 pp. Details
  • Wilkinson, B.A. and Wilson, R.K., The main line fleet of Burns Philp., Nautical Association of Australia, Canberra, 1981, 192 pp. Details

Book Sections

  • Bolton, C.C., 'The rise of Burns, Philp - 1873-93', in Birch, Alan and Macmillan, David S. (eds), Wealth and Progress: studies in Australian business history, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1967, pp. 111-127. Details

Online Resources

Bruce A. Smith

Created: 1 December 1999, Last modified: 14 October 2010