British-Australasian Tobacco Company
IndustryTobacco
Headquarters
Australia

The British-Australasian Tobacco Company Limited was an Australian tobacco manufacturer[1] with offices in Sydney and Melbourne.[2][3][4]

The company was formed by a merger of the Dixson Tobacco Company Limited and William Cameron Brothers and Company Proprietary.[3][5] Sir William Dixson was company director from 1903-1908.[3]

The tobacco tins constructed from tin plated thin rolled steel produced by the British-Australasian Tobacco Company are now collectable items.[6]

References

  1. "THE TOBACCO COMMISSION". Bowral Free Press. No. 2030. New South Wales, Australia. 10 February 1906. p. 4. Retrieved 18 January 2017 via National Library of Australia. Sir William Dixson was company director from 1903 - 1908.
  2. "British-Australasian Tobacco Co., A'Beckett Street, Melbourne] [picture] / Mark Strizic". handle.slv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "British-Australasian Tobacco Company Limited". Dictionary of Sydney. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  4. Dixon, William (1868). Dixson Family Papers and Various Other Documents Collected by Sir William Dixson, 1868-18 January 1910. State Library of New South Wales.
  5. Cox, Howard (January 1989). "Growth and Ownership in the International Tobacco Industry: Bat 1902–27". Business History. 31 (1): 44–67. doi:10.1080/00076798900000003.
  6. "Tin Tobacco". Victorian Collections. Retrieved 18 January 2017.


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