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Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Limited (1913 - 1988)

From
1913
Sydney, New South Wales
To
1988
Functions
Communication Services and Manufacturing

Summary

The company was incorporated in 1913. It was formed to take over the Australian Wireless Company and the Australian branch of Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Co Ltd. From 1922 until 1951 the Australian Government held a 51% majority holding in the company.

Adopting it's Australian Stock Exchange code the company changed it's name to A.W.A. Limited in 1988.

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Timeline

 1910 - 1911 Australasian Wireless Limited
       ? - 1913 Marconis Wireless Telegraph Company Limited [Australian Branch]
       1911 - 1913 Australasian Wireless Company Limited
             1913 - 1988 Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Limited
                   1988 - AWA Limited

Archival resources

AWA Limited

  • AWA Limited records, 1913 - 1986; AWA Limited. Details

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

  • Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Limited records, 1897 - 1982, ML Mss 2954; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Published resources

Books

  • A.W.A. and the war, Sydney, 1946, 44 pp. Details
  • Amos, D.J., The story of the Commonwealth Wireless service, Adelaide, 1936, 24 pp. Details

Bruce A. Smith

Created: 1 December 1999, Last modified: 22 March 2020