Deposit 112 - Davies and Baird Proprietary Limited deposit 1

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AU NBAC 112

Title

Davies and Baird Proprietary Limited deposit 1

Date(s)

  • 1927 - 1963 (Creation)

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Deposit

Extent and medium

16.2 m

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Name of creator

(1883 - 1974)

Administrative history

The firm was founded in 1883 by John Davies and David Baird and produced iron and steel products. In 1884 the firm was listed as Davies, Baird & Co; in 1886 as Davies & Baird; in 1925 as Davies, Baird & Robertson and in 1935 as Davies & Baird Pty Ltd. In December 1962 Thompsons (Castlemaine) Ltd acquired Davies & Baird Pty Ltd and its subsidiary Davies & Baird (Engineering) Pty Ltd. In 1975 the company became a subsidiary of Borg-Warner (Australia) Ltd and changed its name to Davies and Baird.

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Articles of association, minutes, correspondence, financial records, wages and tax papers, newspaper cuttings, printed matter and blueprints of patterns.

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Researchers must sign an access agreement

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Entered from deposit description on 28 July 2011

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