Corporate Body
Western District Co-Operative Box Company (1904 - )
- From
- 1904
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Functions
- Manufacturing Industry
- Alternative Names
- Co-Operative Box Company (Subsequent name)
Summary
The Western District Co-Operative Box Company (later the Co-Operative Box Company) was based in Melbourne, with operations in Dandenong and Yarraville. Its business was the manufacture of boxes for the storage and transport of butter produced by the dairy industry. A box-making factory was opened in Warrnambool in 1912. Initially New Zealand white pine was imported to make the boxes, the oils of Australian hardwoods having been found to taint the butter. This impediment having been overcome, Australian trees were used, particularly from the Otway Ranges. A fire in Warrnambool caused the company to close the factory.
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Published resources
Journal Articles
- Houghton, Norman, 'The Warrnambool box factory', Australian Forest History Society Newsletter, 78 (2019), 7-8. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 13 September 2022