Corporate Body
Lysaghts
- From
- Australia
- Functions
- Manufacturing industry
Summary
In 1879 John Lysaght, owner of John Lysaght Ltd. decided to establish a Central Selling Agency in Australia to streamline distribution of his products - at that time Australia was one of his biggest customers. This was the start of Lysaght Bros & Co Pty Ltd in Australia which over the years expanded into manufacturing steel and wire products. In 1957 the company was taken over by BHP and eventually became known as BHP Coated Products.
Related entries
Published resources
Book Sections
- Walsh, G.P., 'Lysaght, Herbert Royse (1862-1940), manufacturer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1986), p. 191. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100184b.htm. 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_l.html. Details
- Armstrong, John ed., Shaping the Hunter: a story of engineers, and the engineering contribution to the development of the present shape of the Hunter Region, its river, cities, industries and transport arteries (Newcastle, New South Wales: Institution of Engineers, Newcastle Division, 1983), 192 pp, https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/sites/default/files/resource-files/2021-09/Shaping-the-Hunter_0.pdf. Pages 130, 131, 132, 150, 154. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 6 August 2001, Last modified: 2 May 2024
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