Summary

Wright, Heaton & Co Ltd was incorporated in NSW in 1880, following the merger of Wright Heaton Barber & Co (New South Wales) and Wm McCulloch & Co (Victoria). In the early years the company was many concerned in wool carrying, but later diversified into farm produce and a chain of wholesale groceries, and caterers' and pastrycooks' supplies. In 1978 the company was taken over by Tooth & Co.

Related entries

Timeline

 1861 - 1887 McCulloch Carrying Company
        - 1880 William McCulloch & Company Limited
       1875 - 1880 Wright Heaton Barber & Company
       1887 - McCulloch Carrying Company Pty Ltd
             1880 - 1978? Wright, Heaton & Company Limited
                   1888 - Tooth & Company Limited

Archival resources

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

• Wright, Heaton & Company Limited records, 1869 - 1982, N113; Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, (formerly Archives of Business and Labour). Details

Published resources

Books

• A history of Wright Heaton and Co Ltd, Sydney, 1862-1962, Harbour Newspaper & Publishing Co, Sydney, 1962, 40 pp. Details