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Burns, Philp & Company Limited (1883 - )

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Summary

The business was founded in Townsville, North Queensland and was incorporated in New South Wales in 1883. During the 1970s the company acquired a number of companies, including S. Hoffnung & Co Ltd in 1981.

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 1901 - 1920 Beard Watson Limited
       1894 - 1906 Nock and Kirby
       1920 - 1959? Beard Watson and Company Limited
             1904 - 1981 S. Hoffnung & Company Limited
             1906 - 1983 Nock and Kirby Limited
                   1883 - Burns, Philp & Company Limited

Archival resources

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

  • Burns, Philp & Company Limited records, 1899 - 1942, MN 1987; J.S. Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia. Details

James Cook University, Library - Special Collections

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

  • Burns, Philp & Company Limited records; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

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

  • Burns, Philp & Company Limited records, 1884 - 1990, N115 & Z385; Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University (formerly Archives of Business and Labour). Details
  • Ken Buckley records, 1970s, Z599; Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University (formerly Archives of Business and Labour). Details

Published resources

Books

  • Buckley, K. and Klugman, K., The history of Burns Philp: the Australian company in the South Pacific, Burns, Philp & Co Ltd, Sydney, 1981. Details
  • Buckley, K. and Klugman, K., The Australian presence in the Pacific: Burns Philp, 1914-1946, George Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1983. Details
  • Buckley, K. and Klugman, K., South Pacific focus: a record in words and photographs of Burns Philp at work, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1986. Details
  • Burns Philp & Company, All about Burns, Philp & Company Limited: their shipping agencies, branches & steamers, John Andrew & Co, Sydney, 1903, 150 pp. Details
  • Parsons, R.H., The ships of Burns, Philp and Company, Reprint 1983 with additional information, R.H. Parsons, Magill, South Australia, 1978, 68 pp. Details
  • Wilkinson, B.A. and Wilson, R.K., The main line fleet of Burns Philp., Nautical Association of Australia, Canberra, 1981, 192 pp. Details

Book Sections

  • Bolton, C.C., 'The rise of Burns, Philp - 1873-93', in Birch, Alan and Macmillan, David S. (eds), Wealth and Progress: studies in Australian business history, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1967, pp. 111-127. Details

Online Resources

Bruce A. Smith

Created: 1 December 1999, Last modified: 14 October 2010