Summary

Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort Ltd was formed in 1963 by the merger of Elder Smith & Co Ltd and Goldsbrough Mort & Co Ltd. The company merged with Younghusband Ltd in 1971, and acquired Squatting Investment Ltd, 1974, Pitt, Son & Badgery Ltd, 1976. In 1982 the company merged with Henry Jones IXL to form Elders IXL Ltd.

Related entries

Timeline

 1840 - 1853 A.L. Elder & Company
       1853 - 1856 Elder & Company
             1855 - 1881 R. Goldsbrough & Company
             1856 - 1863 Elder, Stirling & Company
             1877 - 1881 Australian Agency and Banking Corporation Limited
                   ? - 1965 Western Queensland Pastoral Company Limited
                   1849 - 1888 Mort & Company
                   1863 - 1888 Elder Smith & Company
                   1881 - 1888 R. Goldsbrough & Company Limited
                   1884? - 1939 Pearson Rowe, Smith & Company Pty Ltd
                   1888 - 1925 Bagot, Shakes & Lewis Limited
                   1889 - 1920 Younghusband, Row and Company Limited
                   1903 - 1918 Elders Shenton & Company
                         1882 - 1974 Squatting Investment Company Limited
                         1888 - 1963 Goldsbrough Mort & Company Limited
                         1888 - 1963 Elder Smith & Company Limited
                         1888 - 1976 Pitt, Son & Badgery Limited
                         1920 - 1971 Younghusband Limited
                               1963 - 1982 Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort Limited
                                     1982 - 1990 Elders IXL Limited

Archival resources

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

• Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort Limited records, 1884 - 1969, 104; Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, (formerly Archives of Business and Labour). Details
• Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort Limited records, 1903 - 1968, 103; Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, (formerly Archives of Business and Labour). Details
• Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort Limited records, 1963 - 1973, 105, N106 & Z593; Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, (formerly Archives of Business and Labour). Details
• Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort Limited records, 1957 - 1968, 130; Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, (formerly Archives of Business and Labour). Details
• Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort Limited records, 1963 - 1979, N108; Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, (formerly Archives of Business and Labour). Details
• G.A. Manning records, 1890 - 1969, P121; Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, (formerly Archives of Business and Labour). Details

Published resources

Books

• Hewat, Tim, The Elders explosion: one hundred and fifty years of progress from Elder to Elliott, Bay Books, Sydney, New South Wales, 1988, 168 pp. Details