P005221 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2012-07-11 human Christine Moje updated 2023-08-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005221b.htm corporateBody McKean's Eucalyptus Works AACR2 1890s 1960? Start Place Victoria, Australia Chemical Industries Mrs McKean was the founder of the Taig family's eucalyptus oil business in the late 1890s, providing employment for cutters from around the area. The Taig family established one of the first commercial distilleries of eucalyptus oil in northern Victoria in the mid 1960s. In 2012, the company appears to have ceased. Taig Eucalyptus Company (1960s - ?)

Mrs McKean was the founder of the Taig family's eucalyptus oil business in the late 1890s, providing employment for cutters from around the area.

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 'McKean's Eucalyptus Works', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology McKean's Eucalyptus Works Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Eucalypts: a Celebration Wrigley, J.; and Fagg, M. Eucalypts: a Celebration Crows Nest Australia Allen & Unwin 2010

Source used to compile entry

 Resource: Gordon and Avor Taig and sons Geoff and Peter interviewed by Gregg Borschmann in the People's forest oral history project. Taig, Gordon; Borschmann, Gregg; Taig, Avor Beryl; Taig, Geoff, and Taig, Peter Gordon and Avor Taig and sons Geoff and Peter interviewed by Gregg Borschmann in the People's forest oral history project. 1993 Resource: Members of the Taig family interviewed by Sonia McFarlane. Australian Story Archives - Transcript. McFarlane, Sonia Members of the Taig family interviewed by Sonia McFarlane. Australian Story Archives - Transcript. Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1999