A000513 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2000-06-01 human Ailie Smith updated 2026-05-04 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A000513b.htm corporateBody British Australian Lead Manufacturers Pty Ltd AACR2 BALM 1918 1955 Start Place Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Location Sydney, New South Wales Manufacturing Industry British Australian Lead Manufacturers Pty Ltd (BALM) was first established in Sydney in 1918. The company purchased the business of several existing paint manufacturers, including Adelaide's Australasian United Paint Company. In 1955 the company changed its name, becoming BALM Paints Pty Ltd.


Historic advertising sign viewed from Burnley Railway Station, 1933-1934 Victoria. Source: State Transport Authority VPRS 12800/P0003, ADV 1827.

Historic advertising sign viewed from Burnley Railway Station, 1933-1934 Victoria. Source: State Transport Authority VPRS 12800/P0003, ADV 1827
Image: From the collection of AH, member of the Ephemera Society of Australia.

1926 1926 Business event - The establishment of a paint factory at Cabarita, New South Wales 1927 1928 Business event - The establishment of C.L. & R.L. Pty. Ltd., with a factory on BALM property at Cabarita 1928 1928 Business event - The purchase of trade mark DUCO and access to E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and technical information on nitro-cellulose lacquers 1930 1931 Business event - The acquisition from du Pont of DULUX trade marks and technical knowhow 1934 1935 Business event - The establishment of an automotive refinish outlet - DUCO DULUX Pty. Ltd. 1935 1935 Business event - Establishment of distribution of BALM products in New Zealand and subsequent manufacture in New Zealand in 1939. 1936 1936 Business event - Establishment of factory at Port Melbourne 1939 1945 Business event - Wartime production of the Company was around 90/95\ for the Armed Services and Government instrumentalities Australasian United Paint Company (AUP) (1906 - 1918) Fraser, Colin (1875 - 1944)

Director (1918 - 1930s)

 Barncastle, Henry James Douglas (1877 - 1962)

Managing Director (13 October 1931 - 30 June 1951)

 General Motors-Holden's Ltd (1931 - 1990s)

Duco Dulux Pty Ltd forms a long association with General Motors-Holden's.

 BALM Paints Pty Ltd (1955 - 1964)

Trove

 'British Australian Lead Manufacturers Pty Ltd', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology British Australian Lead Manufacturers Pty Ltd 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 Development and Progress of the Balm Group of Companies 1950-1969 [Part 1] Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Library Development and Progress of the Balm Group of Companies 1950-1969 [Part 1] BSAR03898 1918 - 1969 Typescript [marked Confidential with typing provenance JDF:JA]. Part 1, pdf pages 1-61, includes sections: Preface; Late H.J.D. Barncastle - An appreciation; Boards of Directors 1950-1969 and Managing Directors 1918-1969; London Board of Directors and London Representatives - Final Termination; Administrative Structure of the Company; Finance; Acquisiation of Companies from Goodlass Wall and Lead Industries Ltd; Freehold Properties and Factories. [The document - Parts 1 and 2 - was received from Professor Ian Re on 27 November 2015. Ian had received the folder sometime earlier but did not recall the source. The document was scanned and OCRed in April - May 2026 by Gavan McCarthy and registered as an Archival/Heritage Resource.] 1 pdf file Digital