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John Lysaght (Australia) Pty Ltd (1918 - )

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1918

Summary

Founded in 1918 to serve the Australian building industry with products such as galvanised steel.

In 1979 The company became a wholly owned subsidiary of Broken Hill Proprietary Co Ltd.

Director(s)

Archival resources

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

  • John Lysaght (Australia) Pty Ltd records, 1887 - 1987; National Library of Australia, Manuscripts Collection National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

University of Wollongong Archives

  • John Charles Fettiplace Lysaght records, 1924 - 1974, D59; University of Wollongong Archives. Details
  • John Lysaght (Australia) Pty Ltd records, 1929 - 1965, D26; University of Wollongong Archives. Details
  • John Lysaght (Australia) Pty Ltd records, D192; University of Wollongong Archives. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Lysaght's silver jubilee 1921-1946, Lysaght's Works Pty Ltd, New South Wales, 1946, 115 pp. Details
  • Brandli, E., Brief history of the John Lysaght Company in Australia, John Lysaght (Australia), Sydney, 1984, 8 pp. Details
  • John Lysaght (Aust) Pty Ltd, Lysaght venture: a survey of the activities in Australia of the John Lysaght organization, Stewart Howard and Associates, Sydney, 1955, 96 pp. Details
  • Richards, P.N., Lysaght Enterprise : the company, processes, products and people, Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited, Port Kembla, New South Wales, 1992, 339 pp. Details

Bruce A. Smith