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North Broken Hill Limited (1912 - 1988)

From
1912
Victoria
To
1988

Summary

Registered in Victoria in 1912 to take over North Broken Hill Mining Co Ltd. In 1923 the business of British Broken Hill Propriety Co Ltd was taken over. Following the takeover of Peko Wallsend Ltd in 1988 the company changed it's name to North Broken Hill Peko Ltd.

Timeline

 1888 - 1895 North Broken Hill Silver Mining Company Limited
       1895 - 1905 North Broken Hill Silver Mining Company No Liability
             1887 - British Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited
             1905 - 1912 North Broken Hill Mining Company No Liability
                   1912 - 1988 North Broken Hill Limited
                         1988 - 1994 North Broken Hill Peko Limited
                               1994 - North Limited

Archival resources

University of Melbourne Archives

Published resources

Books

  • Summary of company's operations/ North Broken Hill Limited, North Broken Hill Limited, Broken Hill, New South Wales, 1956, 39 pp. Details
  • Fitzpatrick, W.E., Developmental practices operating at North Broken Hill Ltd, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Parkville, Victoria, 1944. Details
  • Mayson, J.L., The design and construction of a reinforced concrete headframe for the haulage shaft at the NBHC Ltd Mine, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Parkville, 1956. Details
  • West, Alan R., Mining methods in use at North Broken Hill Ltd, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Parkville, 1940. Details

Bruce A. Smith