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Cuming Smith and Company Limited (c. 1872 - 1980)

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Function: Agricultural Industry and Chemical Industries

Location: Victoria, Australia

Cuming Smith and Company Limited was first established in around 1872. The Company, with its first factory in Melbourne, was one of Australia's first producers of fertilisers. In 1929 Cuming Smith and Company joined with several other fertiliser companies to form Commonwealth Fertilizers.

Cuming Smith and Company Limited was taken over by Wesfarmers Fertilizers Pty Limited in 1980.

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Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=A000980. [ Details ]

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