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Collins House Group

Summary

Although not a legal entity the Collins House Group has been included as it is said to have played a critical part in the development of Australia's mining industry.

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Published resources

Books

  • Blainey, Geoffrey (ed), If I remember rightly. The memoirs of W.S. Robinson, 1876-1963, F.W. Cheshire, Melbourne, Victoria, 1967, 234 pp. Details
  • Warren, A.P., The kingdom of Collins House, The author, Sydney, 1939, 16 pp. Details

Book Sections

  • Richardson, Peter, 'Robinson, William Sydney (1876 - 1963)', in Geoffreey Searle (General Editor) (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography: 1891-1939, Nes-Smi, vol. 11, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Victoria, 1988. Details
  • Richardson, Peter, 'Collins House Financiers. W.L. Baillieu, Lionel Robinson and Francis Govett', in Appleyard, R.T. and Schedvin, C.B. (eds), Australian Financiers. Biographical Essays, Macmillan Company of Australia, South Melbourne, Victoria, 1988, pp. 226-253. Details

Journal Articles

  • Ralph, Gilbert M., 'The Broken Hill - Collins House Connection: Mining Personalities', Journal of Australasian Mining History, vol. 2, 2004, pp. 198-221. Details
  • Richardson, Peter, 'The origins and development of the Collins House Group, 1915-1951', Australian Ecomonic History Review, vol. XXVII, no. 1, 1987, pp. 3-29. Details

Online Resources

Bruce A. Smith

Created: 14 October 2004, Last modified: 23 April 2006