List of oldest companies in Australia

This list of oldest businesses and companies in Australia includes businesses, whether incorporated or organised in a different form (such as a partnership). However, the list excludes non-commercial associations and educational, governmental, or religious organisations. The list only includes businesses that still operate today under either the same name or a variant (such as a contraction or a part) of the original name, since inception.

Year	Business or Company	Field	Sources
1808	Summerville Farm	Farm	[1][2]
1815	The Bush Inn, Tasmania	Australian pub
1815	Hope and Anchor Tavern	Australian pub
1815	Macquarie Arms Hotel	Australian pub
1822	Allens	Law	[3][4][5][6]
1822	Ratho Farm Golf Links	Farm	[7]
1824	Australian Agricultural Company	Farm	[8]
1824	Cascade Brewery	Brewing	[9][10]
1825	Van Diemen's Land Company	Farm
1827	MinterEllison	Law
1828	Fortune of War Hotel	Australian pub
1829	Lionel Samson and Son	Merchant	[11][12]
1831	Webster Limited
1833	Clayton Utz	Law
1833	Theatre Royal, Sydney
1835	ANZ Bank	Banking
1835	Mountcastle & Sons	Hat manufacturer	[13][14]
1836	Houghton Wines	Winemaking
1837	Fowler Potteries
1837	Swan Brewery	Brewing
1838	David Jones	Retail
1839	Elders
1840	Sandalford Wines	Winemaking
1841	Ashurst Australia	Law
1841	Lord Nelson Hotel, Millers Point	Australian pub
1843	Hero of Waterloo Hotel	Australian pub
1843	Lindeman's	Winemaking
1844	Penfolds	Winemaking
1846	The Courier-Mail	Newspaper
1846	Insignia Financial
1847	Orlando Wines	Winemaking
1848	BankSA	Banking
1849	AMP	Finance
1849	Harris Scarfe	Retail
1850	Baxter Boots	Footwear	[15]
1851	John Sands
1852	Bosisto's	Eucalyptus oil
1852	Grand View Hotel	Australian pub
1852	McKenzie's	Food	[16]
1853	Alcocks	Billiard Table Manufacturers	[17]
1853	Bates Smart
1853	Balfours	Bakery
1853	Crown & Anchor, Adelaide
1853	Dimmeys
1854	Anchor Foods
1854	Maldon Bakery	Bakery	[18]
1855	CSR	Sugar refining
1855	Wilmar Sugar Australia	Sugar refining
1857	Old Canberra Inn	Australian pub
1858	Backwell IXL	Manufacturing	[19][20]
1858	Bendigo & Adelaide Bank	Building society
1858	Bendigo Pottery		[21]
1858	Fairfax & Roberts	Jewellery	[22]
1862	Coopers Brewery	Brewing
1863	ALS	Chemical manufacturing (as Campbell Brothers)
1863	Bank of Queensland	Banking
1864	Gundagai Bakery	Bakery	[23]
1864	Nindigully Pub	Australian pub
1864	Saxbys Soft Drinks	Beverage manufacturing
1864	J. Furphy & Sons	Manufacturing	[24][25][26]
1865	Arnott's Biscuits	Foodstuff manufacturing
1865	Billson's Brewery	Brewing
1865	Godfrey Hirst	Carpet manufacturing	[27]
1865	Kirks	Manufacturing
1866	Best's Great Western	Winemaking
1865	McMaster’s Pies	Pie shop	[28]
1867	William Inglis & Son
1870	Blundstone Footwear	Footwear
1870	Ritchies Stores
1872	Donohue’s Quality Meats	Butcher shop	[29]
1873	Rio Tinto	Mining
1873	The Riverine Grazier	Newspaper
1874	Bickford's Australia	Beverage manufacturing
1875	Gunns	Timber	[30]
1875	Brambles	Logistics
1875	Heritage Bank	Banking
1876	Victor Churchill	Butcher shop	[31]
1877	Dahlsens Building Centres	Building
1877	North Australian Pastoral Company	Pastoral
1877	Schweppes Australia	Beverage manufacturing
1879	Griffiths Brothers Teas	Tea and coffee
1879	J. L .Lennard Pty. Ltd.	Food, Packaging and Pharmaceutical Machinery Sales and Service	[32]
1880	IMB Bank	Banking
1882	Adbri	Building products
1882	Nerada Tea	Tea and coffee
1883	Birdsall Leather
1883	Boag's Brewery	Brewing
1883	Bushells	Tea and coffee
1883	Raine & Horne	Real estate	[33]
1883	Earp Bros	Tiles and hardware	[34]
1884	Alexanders Cigar Merchants	Tobacco products	[35]
1884	Beenleigh Rum	Rum distilling
1885	BHP	Mining
1885	Doyles on the Beach	Fish and chip shop
1886	Cascade Beverages	Beverage manufacturing
1886	Angove Family Winemakers	Winemaking
1886	Bunnings	Timber, hardware	[36]
1886	QBE Insurance	Insurance
1887	Oliver Boots	Footwear	[37]
1887	Willow Ware Australia	Tinware manufacturing
1888	Bundaberg Rum	Rum distilling
1888	Willie Smith's	Cider
1888	James Hardie	Building products
1888	Jumbuck Pastoral Company
1888	Noyes Brothers
1888	Toll	Haulage	[38]
1888	Warrnambool Cheese and Butter	Dairy	[39][40]
1889	Blakistons
1889	Brown Brothers Milawa Vineyard	Winemaking
1889	Wormald International
1890	Kookaburra Sport
1891	Allen's	Confectionery manufacturing
1891	IXL	Jam and conserve manufacturing
1892	BCR Australia	International Freight Forwarding	[41]
1892	Betts Group
1892	Sabco	Broom and brush manufacturer
1893	Berts Soft Drinks	Beverage manufacturing	[42]
1893	Uncle Tobys	Food manufacturing	[43]
1894	EV2 Sportswear	Sportswear	[44]
1894	Stuart Alexander & Company
1894	Val Morgan	Advertising
1895	Angus & Coote
1895	Australian Paper
1895	Bankwest	Banking
1897	Akubra	Hat manufacturer
1897	Hamodava
1897	Northcote Pottery		[45]
1898	Cyclone Fence & Gate Company		[46]
1898	Lowes Menswear	Clothing retail
1898	Alderdice Brassfounders	Pump and valve manufacturing	[47][48]
1898	Driza-Bone	Outerwear	[49]
1899	Bega Cheese	Dairy	[50]
1899	Cairns Bank	Banking
1899	River Port Beverages	Beverage manufacturing	[51]
1899	S Kidman & Company	Pastoral
1899	UGL Rail
1900	Myer	Retail
1903	Soul Patts	Retail Pharmacy chain; Investment company	[52]
1906	Winning Appliances	Retailer
1910	Lucas' Papaw Ointment
1910	Rossi Boots	Footwear
1911	Commonwealth Bank	Banking
1912	Hutchinson Builders	Construction
1914	Stadiums Limited	Events, Live Music, Promoting and Boxing
1914	Wesfarmers	Retail	[53][54]
1917	Wallace Bishop	Retail
1917	Sims Metal	Metal recycling	[55]
1917	Dawn Tools	Manufacturing	[56]
1919	Three Threes	Manufacturing
1920	Qantas	Airline
1925	Filmer Sceats	Eyewear manufacturing

See also

• Australia portal
• Companies portal

• List of oldest companies
• Companies by year of establishment