Corporate Body

Cuming Smith and Company Limited (c. 1872 - 1980)

From
c. 1872
Victoria, Australia
To
1980
Functions
Agricultural Industry and Chemical Industries

Summary

Cuming Smith and Company Limited was first established in around 1872. The Company, with its first factory in Melbourne, was one of Australia's first producers of fertilisers. In 1929 Cuming Smith and Company joined with several other fertiliser companies to form Commonwealth Fertilizers.

Cuming Smith and Company Limited was taken over by Wesfarmers Fertilizers Pty Limited in 1980.

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Archival resources

The University of Melbourne Archives

  • Cuming Smith and Company Limited - Records, 1883 - 1910, 92/88; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
  • Cuming Smith and Company Limited - Records, 1829 - 1977, 78/97; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
  • Cuming Smith and Company Limited - Records, 1880 - 1960, 92/157; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
  • Cuming Smith and Company Limited - Records, 1938 - 1960, 96/73; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
  • Cuming Smith and Company Limited - Records, 1910 - 1988, 88/95; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
  • Cuming Smith and Company Limited - Records, 1965 - 1975, 89/95; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Resources

See also

  • Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_c.html. Details
  • Rae, Ian D., 'A simple, smelly, dangerous liquid chemical [carbon disulfide]', Chemistry in Australia (2024), 41. Details

Ailie Smith

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