British-Australasian Tobacco Company

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British-Australasian Tobacco Company
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The British-Australasian Tobacco Company Limited was an Australian tobacco manufacturer[1] with offices in Sydney and Melbourne.[2][3][4]

The company was formed by a merger of the Dixson Tobacco Company Limited and William Cameron Brothers and Company Proprietary.[3][5] Sir William Dixson was company director from 1903-1908.[3]

In popular culture

The tobacco tins constructed from tin plated thin rolled steel produced by the British-Australasian Tobacco Company are now collectable items.[6]

References

  1. "THE TOBACCO COMMISSION". Bowral Free Press. No. 2030. New South Wales, Australia. 10 February 1906. p. 4. Retrieved 18 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia. Sir William Dixson was company director from 1903 - 1908.
  2. "British-Australasian Tobacco Co., A'Beckett Street, Melbourne] [picture] / Mark Strizic". handle.slv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "British-Australasian Tobacco Company Limited". Dictionary of Sydney. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  4. Dixon, William (1868). Dixson Family Papers and Various Other Documents Collected by Sir William Dixson, 1868-18 January 1910. State Library of New South Wales.
  5. Cox, Howard (January 1989). "Growth and Ownership in the International Tobacco Industry: Bat 1902–27". Business History. 31 (1): 44–67. doi:10.1080/00076798900000003.
  6. "Tin Tobacco". Victorian Collections. Retrieved 18 January 2017.