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Elder Smith & Company Limited (1888 - 1963)

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1888
To
1963

Summary

Formed in 1863 as Elder Smith & Co in 1888 the business was incorporated in Adelaide and became known as Elder Smith & Co Ltd

In 1962 the company merged with Goldsbrough Mort & Co to form Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort & Co Ltd.

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Timeline

 1840 - 1853 A.L. Elder & Company
       1853 - 1856 Elder & Company
             1856 - 1863 Elder, Stirling & Company
                   1863 - 1888 Elder Smith & Company
                   1903 - 1918 Elders Shenton & Company
                         1888 - 1963 Elder Smith & Company Limited
                               1963 - 1982 Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort Limited
                                     1982 - 1990 Elders IXL Limited

Archival resources

Geelong Heritage Centre, (formerly Geelong Historical Records Centre)

  • Elder Smith & Company Limited records, 1963, GRS 695; Geelong Heritage Centre, (formerly Geelong Historical Records Centre). Details

J.S. Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia

  • Elder Smith & Company Limited records, 1907 - 1991, MN 2030; J.S. Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia. Details

Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, (formerly Archives of Business and Labour)

  • Elder Smith & Company Limited records, 1825 - 1953, 8; Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, (formerly Archives of Business and Labour). Details
  • Elder Smith & Company Limited records, 1879 - 1962, N102; Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, (formerly Archives of Business and Labour). Details
  • Elder Smith & Company Limited records, 1902 - 1941, M21; Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, (formerly Archives of Business and Labour). Details
  • Elder Smith & Company Limited records, 1914 - 1943, Z220; Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, (formerly Archives of Business and Labour). Details
  • Elder Smith & Company Limited records, 1862 - 1957, Z378; Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, (formerly Archives of Business and Labour). Details
  • Elder Smith & Company Limited records, 1886 - 1962, 89 & N102 (pt); Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, (formerly Archives of Business and Labour). Details
  • Elder Smith & Company Limited records, 1894 - 1896, Z378 (pt); Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, (formerly Archives of Business and Labour). Details
  • Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort Limited records, 1884 - 1969, 104; Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, (formerly Archives of Business and Labour). Details
  • Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort Limited records, 1903 - 1968, 103; Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, (formerly Archives of Business and Labour). Details
  • Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort Limited records, 1957 - 1968, 130; Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, (formerly Archives of Business and Labour). Details
  • G.A. Manning records, 1890 - 1969, P121; Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, (formerly Archives of Business and Labour). Details

Published resources

Books

  • Elder, Smith & Co. Limited: the first hundred years, Adelaide Advertiser, Adelaide, 1940, 82 pp. Details
  • Hewat, Tim, The Elders explosion: one hundred and fifty years of progress from Elder to Elliott, Bay Books, Sydney, New South Wales, 1988, 168 pp. Details

Bruce A. Smith

Created: 1 December 1999, Last modified: 6 April 2010