Gollin and Company Proprietary Limited

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Type of entity

Corporate body

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Gollin and Company Proprietary Limited

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      Other form(s) of name

      • Gollin Holdings Limited
      • Gollin and Company Limited

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      Description area

      Dates of existence

      c. 1889 - 1976

      History

      This firm of merchants and importers opened an office in Melbourne in 1889 and was incorporated in Melbourne, Victoria on 2 September 1901. It later opened an office in London in 1902. From 1902 the firm occupied the building at 561-563 Bourke Street, Melbourne. The principal owners and directors of the company were five members of the Gollin family. Gollin and Company had a diverse business, handling kerosene and oil distribution and shipment of fruit from Mildura to England. The company became a subsidiary of Holdings company, Gollin Holdings Limited, which was incorporated in Victoria on 30 August 1957. The company went into liquidation on 30 June 1976.

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      Melbourne, Victoria

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      Functions, occupations and activities

      grocery and liquor wholesaling; mineral, metal and chemical wholesaling

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      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      Entered from deposit description on 30 April 2012

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          Sources

          Jobson's Year Book Public Companies of Australia and New Zealand 1976/77 http://www.delisted.com.au/company/gollin-holdings-limited (accessed on 30 April 2012)
          Victorian Heritage Database, http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/ (accessed on 30 April 2012)

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