Corporate Body
Kraft Walker Cheese Company Proprietary Limited (1926 - 1935)
- From
- May 1926
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - To
- 1935
- Functions
- Food or beverage industry
- Location
- Melbourne, Victoria
Summary
The Kraft Walker Cheese Company Pty Ltd was established in Melbourne in May 1926 as an initiative of Fred Walker who had been granted an exclusive license by the Kraft Cheese Co. (Inc.) of Chicago USA to use the Kraft patented method for the manufacture of processed cheese. Following the death of Fred Walker in 1935 the company was amalgamated with Fred Walker and Co. and the American Kraft Company acquired a controlling interest.
Related entries
Timeline
1926 - 1935 Kraft Walker Cheese Company Proprietary Limited
1935? - 1950? Kraft Walker Cheese Company Limited
1950 - Kraft Foods Limited
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Farrer, Keith Thomas Henry, 'C. P. Callister - a Pioneer of Australian Food Technology', Food Technology in Australia, 25 (1973), 52-65. Details
Resources
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1477217. 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_k.html. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 26 July 2001, Last modified: 16 March 2006
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