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Ampol Petroleum Limited (1949 - 1982)

From
1949
North Sydney, New South Wales
To
1982
Functions
Manufacturing

Summary

In 1936 the Australian Motorists Petrol Company was incorporated in New South Wales. This was followed in 1945 by the merging of the Alba Petroleum Company Pty Ltd of Melbourne (formed 1933) into the company and then in 1948 listing on the Stock Exchange.

The company's name was changed to Ampol Petroleum Ltd in 1949. Ampol acquired refining and marketing assets of Total Australia Ltd in 1982 and changed it's name to Ampol Ltd. This was apparently done to distinguish the company from minerals explorer Ampolex.

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Timeline

 1932 - 1935 Pacific Oil Company
       1933 - 1945 Alba Petroleum Company
             1936 - 1949 Australian Motorists Petrol Company Limited
                   1949 - 1982 Ampol Petroleum Limited
                         1982 - 1995 Ampol Limited

Archival resources

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

  • Ampol Petroleum Limited records; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

National Film and Sound Archive

  • Ampol Petroleum Limited records; National Film and Sound Archive. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Simpson, C., Show me a mountain: the rise of an Australian company, Ampol, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1961, 253 pp. Details

Bruce A. Smith

Created: 1 December 1999, Last modified: 14 October 2010