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Stanley Brewery Company Limited (1887 - )

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1887
Perth

Summary

James Stokes opened the Stanley Brewery in 1848. The Stanley Brewery Co. Ltd. was formed in 1887. In 1905, a new company, the Stanley Co-operative Brewery was formed to control the manufacture of beer, while the Stanley Brewery Co. Ltd. carried on as the owner of hotel freehold properties in the Perth metropolitan area. It also held a two-third share in the new company, which in 1908 became the Emu Co-operative Brewery Ltd. The Emu Brewery was eventually taken over by the Swan Brewery Company.

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Archival resources

J.S. Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia

  • Stanley Brewery Company records, 1905 - 1918, MN 966; J.S. Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia. Details

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

Bruce A. Smith

Created: 25 March 2005, Last modified: 6 April 2010