Agent TypeOrganisationActivities & OccupationsManufacturers, machinery and equipmentHistoryT. Robinson & Co. was established in 1853 by Thomas Robinson. After Robinson's death in 1862, James Hutchings was the main proprietor of the firm until his own death in 1884 - in partnership with GW Dickson for a brief time in the 1860s. The firm was a private company up to 1889 Over the years the company operated in a number of locations including Melbourne, Spotswood and Sydney; an associated company T.Robinson & Co. Dunedin, operated for a time in New Zealand. T. Robinson & co. Pty. Ltd. was purchased by Baltic Simplex Machinery Co. Ltd. in 1946, which was later acquired by Horwood Bagshaw Ltd. Records were received from Baltic Simplex and listed by Dr Killip, Dept of Economic History, in 1961.
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