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Accession Number:  66/13
Name: NORTH BROKEN HILL LTD.    

Sex:    Group: Business, organisations

Activity: Mining companies

Location: Melbourne
Broken Hill
Australia


Historical Note:

Formed in 1895, the company became one of the largest Broken Hill mining operations and was a principal member of the Collins House Group. Joining with BHP, BHS and ZC in the formation of BHAS in 1915, NBH expanded its interests in Broken Hill through the 1920s, and diversified into other areas of smelting and metals extraction over the 1930s and 1940s.


Earliest Date: 1895   Latest Date: 1949
Access: Restricted 

Quantity: 152 metres


Description:

Minutes 1906-1915, 1925-1964; annual reports 1897-1964; legal documents 1899-1964; correspondence and subject files 1903-1964; production and technical reports 1918-1973; accounts 1895-1964; printed matter (including other companies' annual reports) 1896-1964; maps and plans 1909-1964; photographs 1901-1960. British Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd. (mining company absorbed by N.B.H.): Minutes 1909-1917; annual reports 1894-1911; legal documents 1888-1921; accounts 1889-1923; printed material 1890-1895. Willyama Mining Pty. Ltd. (subsidiary mining company): Correspondence and subject files 1933-1942. Committee of Barrier Mines (industry association): Correspondence and subject files 1919-1931.


Persons: 

Organisations: Committee of Representatives of Barrier Mines
Mine Managers' Association
British Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd.
Willyama Mining Pty. Ltd.

Places: Broken Hill

Subjects: Geology
Mining
Prospecting

Listed: Yes listed


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