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Baillieu, William Lawrence (1859 - 1936)

Born
1859
Queenscliffe, Victoria
Died
1936
England

Summary

Melbourne auctioneer, estate agent, land developer and investor; Chairman and director of numerous companies including Electrolytic Zinc Co of Australia, Weekly Times Ltd, Dunlop Rubber Co, and Carlton United Breweries Ltd; Member Victorian Parliament.

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Published resources

Books

  • Yule, Peter, William Lawrence Baillieu. Founder of Australia's Greatest Business Empire, Hardie Grant Books (Australia), Melbourne, Victoria, 2012, 423 pp. Details

Book Sections

  • Cannon, Michael, 'Munro and Baillieu, partnerships in audacity / W.L. Baillieu the triumphant survivor', in The Land Boomers, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Victoria, 1966, pp. 126-138. Details
  • Meudell, G., 'William Lawrence Baillieu', in The pleasant career of a spendthrift and his later reflections, Wilkie and Co, Melbourne, Victoria, 1935?, pp. 217-221. Details
  • Richardson, Peter, 'Collins House Financiers. W.L. Baillieu, Lionel Robinson and Francis Govett', in Appleyard, R.T. and Schedvin, C.B. (eds), Australian Financiers. Biographical Essays, Macmillan Company of Australia, South Melbourne, Victoria, 1988, pp. 226-253. Details

Journal Articles

  • Gardner, P.G., 'The Duke United Mine GMCo., Maryborough: Baillieu's 1897 Take-ver and Outcomes', Journal of Australasian Mining History, vol. 9, 2011, pp. 156-165. Details
  • Gardner, Peter, 'Brief Notes on Some Fraudulent Aspects of the Secret Compositions of William Lawrence Baillieu and Friends 1892', Victorian Historical Journal, vol. 80, no. 1, 2009, pp. 63-64. Details
  • Yule, Peter, 'Victorian Gold Moning and the Recovery of the Baillieu Fortune in the 1890s', Journal of Mining History, vol. 9, 2011, pp. 117-128. Details
  • Yule, Peter, 'William Lawreance Baillieu and the Baillieu family fortune', Ancestor. Quarterly journal of The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc, vol. 31, no. 2, 2012, pp. 12-14. Details
  • Yule, Peter, 'W.L. Baillieu and the Growth of the Herald & Weekly Timrs, 1889-1931', Victorian Historical Journal, vol. 84, no. 1, 2013, pp. 53-71. Details

Online Resources

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Created: 12 March 2003, Last modified: 6 May 2010