Records of Unilever (Australia) Pty Ltd, Lever Brothers Pty Ltd, Burford & Sons Ltd, J Kitchen & Sons Ltd and Lever & Kitchen Pty Ltd and some of their associated/ subsidiary companies - Commonwealth Copra Company, Eugene (Australia), Eugene (New Zealand), Hillcastle (New Zealand), J & E Atkinson, Lever Associated Enterprises, Neptune Oil Company, Rexona Pty Ltd, Soap Distributors Ltd and Sydney Soap and Candle Company. Includes various minute books, correspondence files, company journals, reports, formulae books, photographs and factory plans. The History of J Kitchen & Sons Pty Ltd, a manuscript compiled by Arnold Riches, The Story of Rexona Pty Ltd by Ken Washington and Rosella: celebrating 100 years of care, a Rosella Public Relations/Promotional Program publication, are useful sources of historical information that complement the business records of these companies. Photographs in the collection depict the many facets of Lever Brothers Pty Ltd/Lever & Kitchen Pty Ltd operations at Balmain - the factory buildings, machinery, manufacturing processes, products, staff and employees as well as J Kitchen & Sons Ltd factories at Port Melbourne and Alexandria, Rexona Pty Ltd product launches and promotions, and ‘Good Rexona Town’ signs that appeared throughout NSW and Victoria in the 1930s and 1940s.
