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was an
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539:Howard Smith Ltd v Ampol Petroleum Ltd
216:Howard Smith Ltd v Ampol Petroleum Ltd
209:In 1972 a takeover offer was made for
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16:Australian industrial company
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825:Howard Smith 12 October 2001
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482:Melbourne Steamship Company
278:Australian Iron & Steel
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823:Removal from Official List
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451:Adelaide Steamship Company
336:A travel centre opened in
314:Cockle Creek Power Station
284:steelworks. It also owned
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120:$ 248 million (June 2001)
108:$ 2.9 billion (June 2001)
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572:Plowman, Peter (2007).
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94:George Street, Sydney
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404:Stevedoring
380:Sugar mills
358:Burns Philp
282:Port Kembla
270:Dorman Long
178:, a former
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1112:Categories
1082:Total West
1001:businesses
999:Industrial
974:Liquorland
879:Wesfarmers
801:Wesfarmers
650:0959907955
545:References
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192:Townsville
142:Wesfarmers
115:Net income
1008:Resources
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398:Mourilyan
354:Gladstone
338:Newcastle
211:RW Miller
202:in 1893.
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194:in 1883,
188:Newcastle
154:Melbourne
99:Australia
29:Traded as
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902:Bunnings
533:See also
364:Railways
350:Brisbane
312:and the
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274:Baldwins
238:tugboats
232:Tugboats
226:Inchcape
196:Adelaide
148:Shipping
1054:Flybuys
1015:Curragh
811:History
557:History
386:Nambour
294:Marulan
290:Berrima
266:Vickers
169:Geelong
165:Express
161:Express
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304:Coal
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246:Suva
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176:Kief
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