Dalgety and Company Limited (1884 - 1961)
- From
- 1884
England - To
- 1961
Summary
Dalgety & Co Ltd, a consolidation of various firms, was incorporated into a joint-stock company and registered in London on 29 April 1884.
In 1956/7 Dalgety London Ltd was formed to take over all operation previously carried on in London.
Dalgety & Co Ltd merged with the New Zealand
Loan & Mercantile Agency Co Ltd in 1961 to form Dalgety & New Zealand Loan Ltd (UK)
In Australia, the company moved into pastoral development by the establishment of Pastoral Development (Holding) Ltd (est. 1964) and acquired the New Zealand & Australian Land Company in 1968. In 1968 decision to run Australian and NZ interests as separate trading companies. In 1970 a major reorganisation occurred when DNZL became Dalgety Ltd operating in Australia, NZ, UK, USA and Canada. Major branch operations were transferred to the locally incorporated companies: Dalgety Australia Ltd and Dalgety New Zealand Ltd. Dec 1983 saw merger of Dalgety Investments Pty Ltd (Dalgety UK) , Farmers Grazcos Co-op, Bennett Fisher & Co and Southern Farmers Group Ltd to form Dalgety's Farmers Ltd. Dalgety Australia Ltd used as vehicle for change. In 1993 Dalgety Farmers Ltd became LFD Ltd a wholly owned subsidiary of ANZ Banking Group and Dalgety's pastoral interests were sold to Wesfarmers.
Related entries
Timeline
1846 - 1847 Dalgety Borrodaile & Gore
1847 - 1851 Dalgety Gore & Company
1851 - c. 1857 Dalgety Cruilshank & Company
1847 - 1884 Dalgety Ibbotson & Company
c. 1857 - 1884 Dalgety Blackwood & Company
1878 - 1884 Dalgety Moore & Company
1884 - 1961 Dalgety and Company Limited
1961 - 1970 Dalgety and New Zealand Loan Limited
1970 - Dalgety Limited (UK)
Director(s)
Archival resources
Geelong Heritage Centre, (formerly Geelong Historical Records Centre)
- Dalgety Australia Limited records, 1942 - 1992, GRS 1421; Geelong Heritage Centre, (formerly Geelong Historical Records Centre). Details
Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, (formerly Archives of Business and Labour)
- Dalgety and Company Limited records, Various, contact Archive; Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, (formerly Archives of Business and Labour). Details
State Library of South Australia
Published resources
Books
- Dalgety and Co Ltd: fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of Dalgety and Co Ltd: a souvenir to commemorate the jubilee year 1884-1934: with a brief outline of the company's history since its inception, Melbourne, Victoria, 1934, 52 pp. Details
- The Australian wool market, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Victoria, 1958. Details
- Vaughan-Thomas, W., Dalgety: The Romance of a business, London, 1984. Details
Bruce A. Smith
Created: 1 December 1999, Last modified: 6 April 2010