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Australian Paper Manufacturers Limited (1926 - 1984)

From
1926
South Melbourne, Victoria
To
1984
Functions
Manufacturing
Alternative Names
  • APM

Summary

Incorporated in New South Wales in 1926 to take over the operating assets of Cumberland Paper Board Mills Ltd and Australasian Paper & Pulp Co Ltd. The company changed it's name to A.P.M. Limited in 1984.

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Timeline

 1901 - 1905 Federal Paper Mills
       1897 - 1920 Australian Paper Mill Pty Company Limited
       1905 - 1920 The Sydney Paper Mills Company Limited
             1911 - 1926 Commonwealth Board Mills Limited
             1912 - 1948 Cumberland Paper Board Mills Limited
             1920 - 1954 Australasian Paper & Pulp Company Limited
                   1926 - 1984 Australian Paper Manufacturers Limited
                         1984 - 1986 APM Limited
                               1984 - Amcor Limited

Archival resources

National Library of Australia, Manuscripts Collection National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

  • Australian Paper Manufacturers Limited records, MS 780; National Library of Australia, Manuscripts Collection National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Enterprise in the Latrobe Valley, 1952. Details
  • Trees are a crop: the forestry activities of Australian Paper Manufacturers Ltd, Melbourne, Victoria, 1955, 38 pp. Details
  • Sinclair, E.K., The spreading tree. A history of APM and Amcor 1844-1989, Allen & Unwin, North Sydney, New South Wales, 1990, 278 pp. Details

Bruce A. Smith

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