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Alex Cowan & Sons Ltd
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This Edinburgh based firm, established in 1779, opened branches throughout the Australian colonies in the 1880s and 1890s. They published a bimonthly printing industry journal, "Cowans".
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[1974.0044] COWAN, ALEX & SONS LTD.
Alex Cowan & Sons Ltd
. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 15/12/2025, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/57662
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