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Adelaide & Wallaroo Fertilizers Limited (1965 - 1987)

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1965
Adelaide, South Australia
To
1987

Summary

Formed in 1965, the company's name was changed to Top Australia Ltd in 1987 to reflect the company's major brand.

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Details

The company was incorporated in Adelaide on November 12 1965, to merge The Adelaide Chemical & Fertilizer Co. Ltd. and Wallaroo-Mount Lyell Fertilisers Ltd.

In 1980, the company combined its acid, chemical and copper divisions, marketing these products under the trading name Adelaide Chemical Company. The company marketed a range of home garden products under the brand name TOP.

In June 1985 the company acquired M. F. Hodge & Sons Pty. Ltd., thus entering the flower, vegetable and lawn seed, pesticide, weedicide, specialty fertilizers, potting mix and snail bait markets. Its fully owned subsidiary, Saftrans Pty. Ltd., operated as a transport company.

On 3 December 1987 the company changed its name to TOP Australia Ltd to reflect the name of the company's major brand.

Timeline

 1965 - 1987 Adelaide & Wallaroo Fertilizers Limited
       1987 - Top Australia Limited

Archival resources

State Library of South Australia

  • Adelaide & Wallaroo Fertilizers Limited records, 1882 - 1984, BRG 165; State Library of South Australia. Details

University of Melbourne Archives

  • Adelaide & Wallaroo Fertilizers Limited records, 1913 - 1918, Acc No 1961.0015; University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Bruce A. Smith

Created: 8 February 2000, Last modified: 6 April 2010