A000957 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2001-06-18 human Ailie Smith updated 2025-11-13 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A000957b.htm corporateBody Commonwealth Oil Refineries Ltd AACR2 1920 c. 1952 Start Place Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Location Melbourne, Victoria Resources Commonwealth Oil Refineries (COR) was established in 1920 and by 1924 it had built Australia's first oil refinery at Laverton in Victoria. In 1952, the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company bought out the Australian Government's interests in COR and the company's name was later changed to BP Australia Pty Ltd. Holland, John Clifton Vaughan (1914 - 2009)

Resident engineer, 1936 - 1939

 Baldwin, Daniel Eric (1894 - 1965)

Chief engineer, 1932 - c1960; Engineer, 1921 - 1924.

 BP Australia Pty Ltd (1920 - )

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 'Commonwealth Oil Refineries Ltd', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Commonwealth Oil Refineries Ltd Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Electrically-welded oil tanks Baldwin, Daniel Eric Electrically-welded oil tanks 1930 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 2 11 426-431 Book: The romance of the C.O.R. : a great national institution Commonwealth Oil Refineries (Australia) The romance of the C.O.R. : a great national institution Melbourne, Victoria Commonwealth Oil Refineries 1938 Journal Article: History and Development of Port Kembla Spooner, E. S. (Hon.) History and Development of Port Kembla 1938 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 10 8 279-293 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