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Millars (company)
Former timber company in Western Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Millars was a Western Australian focused timber and timber railway company.[1][2][3]
History
Millars' Karri and Jarrah Forests Limited was a public company incorporated in London in July 1897 with its shares listed on the London Stock Exchange.[4]
In 1971 Millars was taken over by Inchcape.[5] In 1983 it was taken over by Bunnings.[6]
=n 1902 an amalgamation of Western Australian timber companies saw Millars' Karri and Jarrah Company (1902) Limited formed from:[7][8]
- Millars Karri and Jarrah Forests Limited (Mills at Denmark, Yarloop and Mornington)
- Jarrahdale Jarrah Forests and Railways Limited (Mill at Jarrahdale)[9]
- M. C. Davies' Karri and Jarrah Company Limited (mills at Karridale, Boranup and Jarrahdene)
- Canning Jarrah Timber Company[10]
- Gill McDowell Jarrah Company (mills at Waroona and Lion Mill)[11]
- Jarrah Wood and Saw Mills Company[12]
- Jarrah Timber and Wood Paving Corporation (mills at Worsley)[13]
- Imperial Jarrah Wood Corporation (mills at Newlands and Quindalup)[14]
- Sussex Timber company
- Swan Saw Mills
- Wilgarup Karri and Jarrah Company
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Archives
- Battye Library has a collection of materials.[15]
References
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