Identity area
Reference code
AU NBAC Z167
Title
Date(s)
- 1920 - 1988 (Creation)
Level of description
Deposit
Extent and medium
75m
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
In 1910, Ernest James and Walter Reginald Hume (Hume Brothers) established the Humes’ Patent Cementiron Syndicate Limited in Adelaide, which later became Hume Brothers Cement Iron Company Limited. Hume Brothers Cement Iron Company Limited operated factories in Adelaide, Melbourne, Hobart and abroad, manufacturing centrifugally-spun reinforced concrete pipes by methods patented by Hume Brothers. Eventually Hume Brothers Cement Iron Company Limited became the Hume Pipe Company (Australia) Limited and was incorporated in Melbourne in August 1920. Shares in Concrete Constructions Pty Limited, established in 1914, were also sold to Hume Pipe Company in 1920. Hume Pipe Company (Australia) Limited opened factories in all states of Australia and in New Zealand, manufacturing high-quality spun concrete pipes, fabricated steel products, plastics and plastic pipes and products, concrete roofing tiles and building products. Singapore Hume Pipe Company Limited was incorporated in Victoria in 1922 and operated the Hume processes in Malaya. Subsequent changes of names were Hume Pipe (Far East) Limited in 1933 and Hume Industries (Far East) Limited in 1948.
In 1923 Hume Steel Limited was formed in Victoria to operate patented processes in steel pipe and electric welding machinery. Hume Steel Limited originated the concrete lining of steel pipes, which became the accepted practice throughout the world. Steel Pipe and Lining Company (Hume) Limited was registered in Victoria in 1928 to acquire the whole of the foreign patents of Hume Steel Limited.
On 22 March 1950 the name Hume Pipe Company (Australia) Limited was changed to Humes Limited. A separate company, Hume Industries (NZ) Limited, was formed in 1951. On 1 July 1952 Hume Steel Limited went into voluntary liquidation and was taken over by Humes Limited as its Steel Division. Wunderlich Humes Asbestos Pipes Proprietary Limited was formed in August 1960, jointly owned by Humes Limited and Wunderlich Limited. In 1964 James Hardie (Asbestos) Limited took over this company; by 1965 it had been wound up. In 1988 Humes Concrete and the ‘Hume’ name were sold to CSR Limited. Smorgan’s acquired Humes that same year. In January 1990 Humes Limited changed its name to SCI Steel Limited (Smorgan Consolidated Industries).
Repository
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Statutory records, policy documents, financial papers, including annual reports and balance sheets, for Humes Limited, 1920-88 and some of its predecessors and subsidiary companies – Bendigo Pottery Pty Ltd, 1961-74; RHJ Cage Pty Ltd, 1972-82; Concrete Constructions Pty Ltd, 1932-76; Crowley Eureka Iron Works Pty Ltd, c. 1958-68; Dominion Wire Holdings, 1957-62; Granton Brick Ltd, 1949-67; Hume Gas & Heating Company Pty Ltd, c. 1952-62; Hume Industries (Far East) Ltd, 1947-73; Hume Pipe (Far East ) Ltd, 1920-39; Hume Pipe (Australia) Ltd, 1920-74; Hume-S-Lon Ltd, 1965-76; Hume Steel Ltd, 1924-54; Hume Structural Steel Pty Ltd, 1972-73; WR Hume Pty Ltd, 1947-65; AK Lever & Company Pty Ltd, 1956-75; McHugh Brothers Pty Ltd, 1966-68; Martin Stoneware Pipe Pty Ltd, 1953-72; Porter Concrete Products Pty Ltd, 1934-65; EM & EJ Smith, 1960-74; Standard Steel Pty Ltd, 1953-74; Steel Pile & Lining Company (Humes) Ltd, 1928-63; Unit Fabrication, 1948-72; Viking Industrial Plastics Pty Ltd, 1956-71; Vinlon Pty Ltd, 1962-80; Whitelaw Roofing Tiles Pty Ltd, 1971-78.
Includes, also, Head Office subject files, 1930-84, various General Managers’ and other officers’ correspondence and subject files, 1948-88, patent specifications, 1950-79, legal records (mainly leases and agreements), 1958-70, performance graphs, 1948-62, staff records, 1921-53, Snowy Mountains Electricity Authority, 1952-72, recordings of Board Schedules on magnetic tape, 1970-80, papers collected by staff for a company history, 1950-85, photographs, 1927-82, printed material (serials, company notices, brochures), 1920-88, newspaper cuttings, 1957-88, printing blocks, 1970s and ephemera, 1923.
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Researchers must sign an access agreement
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Item list
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Digital copies of some items available at https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/9163
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Dates of creation revision deletion
Entered from deposit description, May 2012
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
digital objects metadata
Filename
Z167.pdf
Latitude
Longitude
Media type
Text
Mime-type
application/pdf