Cuming Smith & Company Limited

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Agent TypeOrganisationActivities & OccupationsManufacturers, chemicalsHistoryJames Cuming arrived in Melbourne during 1862 and helped establish Cuming, Smith & Co. in 1872 to manufacture acids, and, later, superphosphate. The company joined with others in 1929 to form Commonwealth Fertilizers, acquired by I.C.I.A.N.Z. in 1961. Cuming Smith also had an interest in interstate fertilizer manufacturers, and in sawmilling and wood distillation near Melbourne.

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