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The Cascade Brewery Company Limited (1883 - )

From
1883
Hobart, Tasmania
Functions
Manufacturing

Summary

Registered in Tasmania in 1883, the company was taken over by Industrial Equity Limited in 1985. In 1922 the brewing interests of J. Boag & Sons (1911) Ltd of Launceston were acquired.

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Peter Degraves, an Englishman, built the Cascade Brewery in 1824, on a land grant of 2,500 acres on the slopes of Mt. Wellington, in Hobart, Tasmania. It is the oldest brewery still operating in Australia. The Cascade Brewery Company Ltd was formed to purchase the assets and business of Degraves and was incorporated in Tasmania on 26 May 1883. In 1933, Cascade Brewery acquired Traders Pty Ltd and in 1957 took over J. Boag and Son (1911) Ltd. Other acquisitions have been Burgess Bros Ltd (1964), Irvine and McEachern Pty Ltd (1970), Port Huon Fruitgrowers Co-operative Ltd (1971), and Chancellor H. & S. Pty Ltd (1983).
Control of the company changed hands in January 1984 when Industrial Equity Ltd., acquired a controlling interest in the company.
In January 1985 the company entered the field of tourism with the acquisition of a 72.8% interest in Four Seasons Ltd, the largest motel operator in Tasmania with outlets at Cairns (Queensland), Mildura (Victoria) and Yulara - Ayers Rock (N.T).
Following the successful takeover bid by Cascade (Tasmania) Pty Ltd, the company was removed from the Australian Stock Exchange on June 26, 1985.

Timeline

 1883 - The Cascade Brewery Company Limited
       1922 - Tasmanian Breweries Limited

Archival resources

The Cascade Brewery Co Ltd

  • The Cascade Brewery Company Limited records, 1883 - 1986; The Cascade Brewery Co Ltd. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Allport, C., A page from the past: the Cascade estate for 100 years: the Cascade Brewery: the Degraves centenary 1824-1924, Cascade Brewery Co Ltd, 1924, 27 pp. Details
  • Bingham, Mike, Cascade: a taste of history, The Cascade Brewing Co Ltd, Hobart, 1991, 216 pp. Details
  • Deutsher, Keith M., The breweries of Australia. A history., Includes brief histories of Australian brewing companies., Thomas C. Lothian Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Victoria, 1999, 374 pp. Details

Bruce A. Smith

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