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Type of entity
Corporate body
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Australasian Sugar Company
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- Australian Sugar Company
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Description area
Dates of existence
1842 - 1854
History
On 13 March 1842 the Australasian Sugar Company was formed in Sydney to take over the assets of the Australian Sugar Company (1839 - 1842). The company operated the Canterbury Refinery from September 1842 processing raw sugar imported from Manila and producing the first locally refined sugar in Australia. Three directors of the company, Edward Knox, Clarke Irving and Ralph Mayer Robey purchased Bowden’s sugar works (the Sydney House) at the corner of Pitt and Liverpool Streets in 1849, and in 1852, Cooper’s refinery in Parramatta Street (the Brisbane House). Knox was the company’s manager and director from August 1843 to 1854 when the company went into liquidation.
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Sydney, New South Wales
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sugar and confectionery manufacturing
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Entered from deposit description on 21 May 2012
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Sources
Australian Dictionary of Biography, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/knox-sir-edward-573 (accessed 21 May 2012)
Australian Dictionary of Biography, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/robey-ralph-mayer-4492 (accessed on 21 May 2012)