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The Colonial Sugar Refining Company Limited (1855 - 1973)

From
1855
To
1973
Functions
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing and Manufacturing

Summary

The Colonial Sugar Refining Co Ltd was founded in 1855 by Sir Edward Knox . Formed as a reconstruction of the defunct Australasian Sugar Company which had been formed in 1842. The company became a public company in 1887 when it was reregistered in New South Wales.

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Timeline

 1908 - 1969 Wunderlich Limited
       1855 - 1973 The Colonial Sugar Refining Company Limited
              CSR Limited

Archival resources

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

  • Sir Edward Knox records, 1835 - 1928, ML Mss 98; 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)

  • CSR Limited records, 1847 - 1994, Various, contact Archive; Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, (formerly Archives of Business and Labour). Details

Published resources

Books

  • Lowndes, A.G. [ed], South-Pacific enterprise: The Colonial Sugar Refining Company Limited, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1956, 500 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • Browning, John, 'The CSR Decauville/Couillet locomotives of 1883-5', Light railways: the Journal of the Light Railway Research Society of Australia, 2002. Details

Bruce A. Smith

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