Corporate Body

Repco Limited (1937 - ?)

From: 1937
Victoria, Australia
Functions: Manufacturing industry

Summary

Repco Limited was established in 1937. The company expanded rapidly after 1945 and absorbed many smaller manufacturers of automotive components.

Timeline

1922 - 1937 Automotive Grinding Company
1937 - ? Repco Limited

Archival resources

The University of Melbourne Archives

Repco Limited - Records, 1926 - 1980, 80/85; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
Repco Limited - Records, 1937 - 1970, 81/101; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
Repco Limited - Records, 1920 - 1979, 81/183; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
Repco Limited - Records, 1960 - 1984, 86/113; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
Repco Limited - Records, 1926 - 1980, 79/115; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Books

McKay, Andrew, Surprise and Enterprise: Fifty Years of Science for Australia: CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia) (Melbourne: CSIRO, 1976), 48 pp, https://www.eoas.info/bib-pdf/ASBS00655.pdf. Details

Resources

Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-460401. Details

Ailie Smith

Created: 31 August 2001, Last modified: 20 March 2006

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