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The Ballarat Brewing Company Limited (1936 - )

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1936
Ballarat, Victoria

Summary

In 1910 Coglan & Tulloch's Brewing Co Ltd changed it's name to The Ballarat Brewing Co Pty Ltd. The company achieved public status in 1936 and adopted it's current name. In 1953 the company purchased the Volum Brewery at Geelong. Carlton United Breweries Ltd in 1958 purchased the brewing operations of the company but not the 102 company owned hotels.

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The company was registered in Victoria in 1895 as Coghlan & Tulloch's Ballarat Brewing Co. Ltd. to amalgamate the firms of Magill and Coghlan and Tulloch and Son, which had brewing and hotel interests in Ballarat. In 1911 the name was changed to the Ballarat Brewing Co. Pty. Ltd. Re-converted to a public company under the name The Ballarat Brewing Company Limited in 1936. In 1953, the company acquired Volum Brewing Co. Ltd.

On September 15, 1958, the brewing assets were sold to Carlton United Breweries Ltd. After the sale the company's principal assets were 62 hotel and other properties held for future development. In 1979, the company purchased the Gordon Hotel Portland and 100% of J. J Goller & Co. Pty. Ltd.

The company was removed from the official list of the Australian Stock Exchange on March 13, 1997 pursuant to listing rule 17.14.

The Ballarat Brewing Co Ltd is listed as a subsidiary of Foster's Group Limited.

Timeline

 1895 - 1910 Coghlan and Tullochs Ballarat Brewing Company Pty Ltd
       1910 - 1936 The Ballarat Brewing Company Pty Ltd
             1936 - The Ballarat Brewing Company Limited

Archival resources

University of Melbourne Archives

Published resources

Books

  • Deutsher, Keith M., The breweries of Australia. A history., Includes brief histories of Australian brewing companies., Thomas C. Lothian Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Victoria, 1999, 374 pp. Details

See also

  • Dunstan, Keith, The Amber Nectar. A celebration of beer and brewing in Australia, Viking O'Neil, Victoria, 1987, 236 pp. Details

Bruce A. Smith

Created: 11 December 1999, Last modified: 14 October 2010