A000962
revised
AU-VU:EOAS
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation
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English
AACR2
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
Corporate Body
created
2001-06-20
human
Ailie Smith
updated
2025-11-05
human
https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A000962b.htm
corporateBody
Vickers Commonwealth Steel Co Ltd
AACR2
1923
1935
Start Place
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Location
Newcastle, New South Wales
Manufacturing Industry
Vickers Commonwealth Steel Co. Ltd. came into being in 1923, after Vickers Ltd. of England became associated with the Commonwealth Steel Products Company Ltd. In the 1930s BHP began acquiring shares in the company. A 1935 reconstruction of the company resulted in a name change, becoming the Commonwealth Steel Company Ltd.
Commonwealth Steel Products Company Ltd (c. 1917 - 1923)
Commonwealth Steel Company Ltd (1935 - ?)
Trove
'Vickers Commonwealth Steel Co Ltd', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
Vickers Commonwealth Steel Co 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