Brambles, Walter

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Walter Brambles started a road transport business in 1890 at Hinton on the Hunter river near Newcastle, operating to and from the railhead. His business grew, handling almost all local supplies of wool, milk, dairy produce, meat, sugar, salt and horse fodder. The business was incorporated in 1925, and in 1937 moved into Port Kembla and subsequently to Sydney.

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Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P003393. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001
Modified: 26 July 2002

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