Corporate Body
Davies Coop & Company (1925 - ?)
- From
- May 1925
Yarraville, Victoria, Australia - Functions
- Materials or Textiles Industries and Manufacturing industry
- Location
- Yarraville, Victoria
Summary
Davies Coop & Company began to produce shirts and pyjamas in 1925. The company branched out into knitting in 1928, cotton spinning in 1930 and cotton weaving in 1932. Further expansion took place in 1938 when the company established a mill to manufacture condenser yarn and tyre yarn for motor-tyre fabric. In 1938 they formed Davies Coop (Flax Industries) Pty Ltd to weave flax for tarpaulins, fire hoses and canvas. In 1969 Davies Coop & Company was taken over by Bradmill Industries Limited.
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Published resources
Resources
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1471419. Details
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_d.html. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 20 June 2001, Last modified: 16 March 2006
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