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Accession Number: 80/110
Name: BROKEN HILL SOUTH LIMITED
Sex: Group: Business, organisations
Activity: Mining companies
Location: Broken Hill
Historical Note:
Broken Hill South was, with North Broken Hill, one of the largest of the Broken Hill lead-zinc mines and a major member of the Collins House group of companies. During the nineteen thirties it diversified into various other mining activities including a wide scale programme of mineral exploration. The mine itself closed in 1972 with the bulk of its operations being taken over by CRA, North Broken Hill and WMC. The company changed its name to B.H. South Ltd on 6 Dec 1973 and voluntarily would up on 1 Jun 1983.
Earliest Date: 1938 Latest Date: 1974
Access: Restricted
Quantity: 2 cartons, 1 package
Description:
Annual reports; Broken Hill Mines Committee material; A.M.I.C. papers; accounts; taxation material; Executive Committee material; A.M.M.A. circulars; B.H.A.S. Company Capital and Investment; A.C.C.O.A. papers; appeals and donations; industrial correspondence.
Persons:
Organisations: Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Australian Mining Industry Council
Places: Melbourne
Subjects: Mining
Listed: Not listed
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