A000280 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2000-04-13 human Ailie Smith updated 2025-11-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A000280b.htm corporateBody Howard Smith Limited AACR2 Wesfarmers Retail Pty Ltd 1914 2001 Start Place Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Location Sydney, New South Wales Transport Howard Smith Limited was established in 1854 by Captain William Howard Smith, who began transporting both people and supplies to the goldfields. Originally founded as William Howard Smith and Sons Pty Ltd, the company became Howard Smith Company Ltd in 1901 and in 1914 changed to Howard Smith Limited. The company has interests in distribution of hardware, towage and safety. According to deListed Howard Smith Ltd. was delisted from the Australian Stock Exchange on 17 October 2001 because it was taken over (compulsory) by Wesfarmers Retail Pty Ltd. However the company is still registered with the Australian Securities & Investments Commission.

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 'Howard Smith Limited', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Howard Smith Limited Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000 Howard Smith Limited - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Howard Smith Limited - Records MLMSS 3565 1883 - 1966 Includes: minute books, transfer journals, register of shareholders, record of bonus issues. Also includes records of subsidiaries: Australian Steamships Limited, Australian Sugar Company Limited, Caledonian Collieries Limited and Western Districts Steamship Company Limited. 1.4 m, 35 volumes