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Woolworths Limited (1924 - )

From
1924
New South Wales
Website
http://www.woolworths.com.au

Summary

The company was floated in 1924 and was registered in New South Wales late in that year.

The founders of the business were: George Creed, Stanley Chatterton, Cecil Scott, Ernest Williams and Percy Christmas.

Archival resources

Woolworths Ltd

  • Woolworths Limited records; Woolworths Ltd. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Murray, James, The Woolworths Way. A great Australian success story 1924 1999, Focus Publishing Pty Ltd, Edgecliff, New South Wales, 1999, 304 pp. Details
  • Turner, D., The revitalisation of Woolworths case study (Sydney: Centre for Corporate Change), Centre for Corporate Change, Australian Graduate School of Management, University of NSW, Sydney, 1992. Details

Conference Papers

  • Cooke, Anne, 'The sole archivist in a changing world 3: Case studies - The Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children and Woolworths Ltd', in Crush, Peter (ed.), Archives and reform - Preparing for tomorrow, Australian Society of Archivists Conference, Adelaide, July 1998, Australian Society of Archivists, Canberra, July 1998, pp. 115-118. Details

Journal Articles

  • Shoebridge, N., 'Woolworths: can it keep up the pace?', Business Review Weekly, vol. 15, no. 13, 1993, p. 38. Details

Bruce A. Smith