Many of the papers look to have been distributed to J. Barnes, Training Supervisor.

Includes staff meeting minutes, batch sheets for monolite yellow, pamphletts for catering equipment companies, memos about costs, clearance certificates, staff meetings, safety competition sheets, annual luncheon, section progress form for safety/housekeeping inspections, loose notes on safety, four safety posters.

Includes handwritten minutes of PMA Ltd staff meeting, diagram of part of the processing plant, batch sheets, Azo wet plant calculations and handwritten notes, a document titled "ICIANZ Ltd Dyes and Fabrics Group - Workstudy Investigation Pigments Incentive Proposal", large diagram of a can washing machine, Time Study Analysis sheets by ICIANZ Workstudy Section, and other papers.

Includes reports of quarterly sales in kilograms, total production tables, Azo recoveries by quarters, production summaries, monthly report balance sheets.

This file includes a document inscribed "Mr. D. Thompson" in the top right corner. Also includes authorisation of stores, warrants and petty cash vouchers, planned ordering, coding of capital expenditure, verification of suppliers' invoices, central charges, a report on personnel office and stores, and a paper entitled "Reponsibilities of Storeman".

The file cover is inscribed with the following title: "Ropes Cordage and Twines - Price Schedules For Contract Nos. 364, 365 and 794 - ICIANZ Prices in Red Print". Contains a comprehensive price list of products from James Miller & Company Pty. Ltd.

Includes forms titled "Imperial Chemical Industries of Australia and New Zealand Limited - Expenditure Proposal", as well as information and memos related to expenditure proposals.

The code B5 inscribed on the cover of this file relates to the General Manager's filing system. For more information, see Series 4.

Includes form titled "Imperial Chemical Industries of Australia and New Zealand Limited - Expenditure Requisition Form (for amounts exceeding £500)", containing a brief summary of the plant and reasons for its construction.

Also includes a more detailed proposal regarding the plant, market, cost and sales estimates, tables of Australian tarriffs, estimated costs of production, an expenditure graph, and a plan of the proposed plant layout.

Two notes from H. A. Grayson. The first includes the title "Confidential Note to Directors - Board Meeting 23/3/72", and the second "Confidential - Note for Board Meeting - 18th September 1972".

The papers in this item are inscribed with the code B2, which relates to the General Manager's filing system. For more information, see Series 4.

Includes assorted documents related to the plant and its staff, including: a table showing staff scores for mechanical reasoning, speed and accuracy, from November and December 1961; copies of the Australian Council for Educational Research Mechanical Reasoning Test; Approval for Foreman Appointment forms; details and articles regarding Beryl Stutchbury - Fabric Painter; guest list and notes from H. A. Grayson's retirement function; lists of staff for the PMA 25th Anniversary Reunion; and papers regarding staff redundancy ratings.

A small number of papers feature the codes A1, A3 or C4 which appear to relate to the General Manager's filing system. For more information, see Series 4.

Also includes lists of pigments manufactured by Pigment Manufacturers of Australia Limited, and technical information on pigments, pigment use and manufacture.

A number of papers in this file are inscribed with handwritten initials, primarily 'DRH' (D. R. Harris), 'ARB' (Alan R. Barlee), 'SBB' (Simon Balfour-Browne), and 'LER' (Lance E. Rowley).

Production advice forms for the shipping of pigments to BASF Australia Limited, Chelsea House, North Melbourne, and ICI Australia Operations PL, ICI House, Melbourne.

Includes a notice regarding manufacturing resource planning; minutes of PMA audit programmes; a list of safety, occupational health and environmental issues raised at the PMA audit; memos and notices regarding eye protection, meal breaks and smokos; minutes from engineering projects and process support meetings; and complaints.

Several papers in this file look to have been distributed to K. H. Hewitt.

Reports by L. E. Rowley, Senior Development Officer.

The first paper in the file features the handwritten initials 'KH', 'DT' and 'RL'.

Believed to be K. Hewitt's papers.

Includes development reports, warehouse-location restructuring document, and information on plant effluent, breakdowns, complaints, safety issues, clearance certificates, leisure day procedures, and shift work.

Four articles on the closure of the Pigment Manufacturers of Australia Limited plant at Laverton:

- 'PMA to close down', BASF Information, 3/1990 (original)

- Leith Young, 'ICI closes two chemical plants', believed to be from The Age (photocopy)

- Julia Limb and Paul Cunningham, 'Jobs blow as plants shut', Herald-Sun, 9 October 1990, p. 7 (photocopy)

- 'Chemical jobs cut', The Western Times, 10 October 1990, p. 1, 3 (photocopy)

A label on the inside cover reads: "Distribution List - Assistant General Manager - Industrial Officer - Works Manager - Mr. Robinson - 1 Spare".

"1 Spare" has been ticked.

The cover is inscribed with the handwritten note "HAG - File", referring to H. A. Grayson, General Manager.

The document appears to have been prepared by Deloitte, Haskins and Sells, Chartered Accountants.

The first two papers in this file, both from 1988, feature the initials 'J.O.', believed to refer to J. H. Owens, Personnel Manager.

Assorted papers related to staff issues. Several are from, directed to or inscribed with the name K. H. Hewitt.

Includes tables and reports on absenteeism, staff unfit for duty due to injury, details of shift rosters, public holidays and annual leave, a meal breaks roster, etc. A number of these are memos from Anna Lee Cribb, Personnel Manager.

Also includes newspaper clippings regarding an extortion threat to poison Geelong's water supply with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).

Also includes loose leaf wage bulletins from 1977 and 1978, and a circular from the Metal Trades Industry Association titled "Metal Industry Award - Part 1 - Variations - Conditions of Employment".