A001500
revised
AU-VU:EOAS
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation
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English
AACR2
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
Corporate Body
created
2001-09-14
human
Ailie Smith
updated
2025-11-05
human
https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A001500b.htm
corporateBody
Union Carbide Australia Ltd
AACR2
1950s
1985
Start Place
Rhodes, New South Wales, Australia
Location
Rhodes, New South Wales
Chemical Industries
Union Carbide Australia Ltd was established in the mid 1950s, after USA company Union Carbide purchased New South Wales based Timbrol Ltd. Union carbide Australia Ltd ceased operations in 1985. Factors contributing to the closure were the reduced supply of raw materials and competition from other Australian chemical manufacturers.
Timbrol Ltd (1920s - 1950s)
Trove
'Union Carbide Australia Ltd', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
Union Carbide Australia 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