Published Resources Details
Book
- Title
- The Big Fella: The rise of BHP Biliton
- Imprint
- William Heinemann, North Sydney, New South Wales, 2009, 518 pp
- Url
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/31715216
- Format
- Abstract
The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited, or BHP, is part of Australia's DNA, yet it remains an enigma. THE BIG FELLA: The rise and rise of BHP Billiton is the compelling story of how BHP and its partner Billiton rose from the humblest beginnings in the Australian Outback and on the Indonesian island of Belitung to starry heights on the great bourses [stockmarkets] of the world. Based on more than 60 exclusive interviews, it strips away the superficial gloss to expose the political and industrial forces that really drive Big Business in the 21st century.
In an investigative tour de force, authors Peter Thompson and Robert Macklin reveal the visions, the schemes, the scandals and the corporate life-and-death struggles that have characterised BHP's evolution from the first lucky strike by the mysterious Charles Rasp at Broken Hill in 1883 to its merger with Billiton in 2001 to its daring $150 billion bid for Rio Tinto six years later.
The result is a gripping story of foresight and blunder, of nation-building and rampant ego, of greed and of grace, written by two master storytellers with, for the first time, access to the key players themselves.
The Big Fella won the 2010 Blake Dawson Prize for Business Literature. Australian. Business management.
- Source
- Bibliography of the Mining History of Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea, Australian Mining Industry Association, 2010
Related entries
Corporate Bodies
- BHP Billiton Limited (2001 - )
- Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited (1885 - 2000)
- Esso Australia Limited (1927 - )
- Rio Tinto Limited (1997 - )
Cultural Objects
People
Related Archival resources
isPartOf
- Bass Strait oil and gas records assembled by Dr Tony Krins, 1964 - 1987, BSAR03890; Krins, Anthony (Tony); Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Library. Details