A

Abercrombie, Anderson and Charles Advisory Committee on Capital Issues Ainsworth, Fraser Albion Reid Pty Ltd, 2       SA quarrying expansion Alcoa Alexander, John Algernon, Earl of Kintore Allen Taylor and Co. Limited       collusion charges Mg-as Limited Amalco American Embassy, Moscow Amoco Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Ansett Australia Antico, Tristan, 2       battles with Quarry Industries' Board ARC Industries Limited       abandons Cyclone bid   Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers       Australian Business Magazine       profile of Boral       take-overs speculation Australian Gas Light Company Australian Gas Light Limited Australian Gypsum and Whiting Company Limited Australian Gypsum Industries       competitors       origins of name       Sydney plaster mill       US armed forces Australian Gypsum Products Pty Ltd Australian Iron and Steel Australian Plaster Industries Australian Wire Industries Australian Workers' Union, 1968 strike Azon Limited, 2

B

Ballarat Gas Company Baltimore Brick Company Bank of New South Wales Basalt Deposits Bass Strait Crude Oil Bell Basic Industries, 2 Bell Resources Berg, Tony, 2, 3, 4       new company culture Besser BHP, 2, 3, 4 Bicentennial Roads Program Bickerstaff and Isenhour Bickerstaff Clay Products Bickerstaff, James and William Bitumen Bituminous Pavements Pty Ltd       first Prospect plant Bjelke Petersen, Johannes Blue Circle Cement PLC Blue Circle group of companies Blue Circle Southern Cement       conflict within Boral       rationale for acquisition Blue Metal and Gravel Limited       diversification       Dunmore quarry       Prospect quarry Blue Metal Industries       name change BMI Limited, 2       compared with Boral       superannuation scheme BMI-CSR agreement Boeing 727 Bombo       commandeered       founders       refit Bond Corporation, 2 Boral beginnings       acquisitions to 1970       AGM 1970       Ansett share purchase       Asia expansion             China plasterboard plant       Board expanded       brief statistics 1966       change in company culture       divestitures       employee share scheme       energy business sales       expansion in Europe             Germany acquisitions             Holland acquisitions             UK operations       expansion into US       financial position 1956             1966             1973             1976             1986             1990s             1996       first Board       first delivery tankers       five-year plan       Formation Agreement   Boral beginnings continued       industrial disputes, 2       industrial relations             Group medical officer             industrial disputes             occupational health and safety             reduction in injuries             wage pause       introduction of computers       key-personnel changes, 2, 3       logo 1968             present       Magna Carta initiative       management philosophy, 2             financial controls       mangement team       name change, 2       New Guinea operations       new share isssue, 1987       1984 employee numbers             1986             1996       1980s downturn       recruitment program       refocusing strategy, 2       role redefined       shareholders' criticisms       shipping tanker purchase       the company today, 2       US acquisitions       WA expansion, 2             local resistence             unconventional negotiations       withdrawal from oil industry, 2       20th anniversary             30th anniversary Boral Basic Industries Limited Boral Brick group Boral Gas, 2       industry expansion Boral Gas Group, 2 Boral Gas Provident Fund Boral Resources Boral's Purpose Boral-CSR joint venture Boral-Total joint venture       Boral withdraws Bowles, Vern Bradley and Craven brick press Brick production Brisbane and Wunderlich Brisbane Gas Company       acquisition strategy       expansion       Newstead works             floods             LPG conversion       Petrie's Bight works       standby plant British Naval Store Brittain Bricks and Pipes Limited       Darra plant       expansion Brittain, Bill Broken Hill Broken Hill South Building industry expansion Bunnerong Road power station Business Review Weekly

C

California Texas Oil Company see Caltex California Tile Inc. Calsil Caltex, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Caltex-Boral disputes, 2       marketing agreement, 2 Camm, R.E. Catalytic steam reforming unit Chambers, Leonard Charlton, Frank City Bricks' brickworks, 1923       Directors, 1923       Tooroonga quarry City Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited, 2 Clark Bricks Clark, Henry Coal-gas industry       blower trucks       lighting, Adelaide       replacement by electricity             by LPG Columnar basalt Commonwealth-States Roads Agreement Coopers and Lybrand Cornell, Jim, 2, 3, 4   Cotton, Hugh Cotton, Robert Cottrell, Peter Craig, David, 2, 3, 4       death of Craig, Hugh Creek Native Americans Crude oil supplies       Australian allocation       Australian discovery CSR Cunynghame and Starr Cyclone Company of Australia       contests take-over       home-canning products       publicly listed       rationaliisation       wartime production Cyclone Fence and Gate Company Pty Ltd Cyclone Fence Company, USA Cyclone Hardware Cyclone Pty Ltd Cyclone Woven Wire Fence Company

D

D. and J. Fowler Limited Dammann Asphalt Darwin, Charles Desulphurisation unit Dorchester Brickworks Doeman, Long and Co. Dowell Australia Limited Dunmore       commandeered Dunstan Tar Paving and Road Metal Depot Dunstan, Henry

E

E.L. & C. Ballieu Economic downturn Edenhall Concrete Products Edlin, James Elrington Collieries Emu and Prospect Road Gravel and Metal Company Evans, Evan

F

Fadden, Arthur Fibreboard Fiji Gas Finley, Peter, 2, 3, 4, 5 First Homeowners' Scheme Fleetwing Supreme Flyash operations Forestry Commission of NSW

G

Gas Division sea tankers Gas making Gas pipeline Gas refrigeration Gas Supply Company, 2, 3 Geelong Gas Company Georgia-Carolina Brick and Tile Company       Plant Number Four Glen Iris Bricks, 2       expansion Gold at Prospect Hill Gorton, John Gosse, Jock Greenwald, John Greiner, Nick   Greystanes High School Greystanes House       demolition       US Army base Griffin, Elton, 2, 3, 4,5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15       death of, 2       resigns as cheif executive Guignard Brickworks Guignard, Gabriel, James and John Gypsum Resources Australia Pty Ltd

H

Halkerston, Keith Hanson, Andy Harris, Don Hartogen Energy Ltd Hawke, Robert Hebburn Collieries Heeley, Geoffrey Heron's Creek Timber Mills Pty Ltd High-octane gasoline production High-temperature cracking plant Historic gypsum-mining lease HLC Cotton and Son Hollostone South Australia       plant modification Holmes å Court, Robert, 2 Holmes, Rod Holt and Associates   Hooper's Folly see Gold Hooper, Bob Hope Stone Breaker Hoskins Iron and Steel Company Limited       merger with BHP Hoskins, Ken and Don Housing Commission Housing industry, 1980s slump       1985 recovery       1975 downturn Howard Engineering Huddart Parker Industries, 2

I

Ian Potter and Co. International Financial Planning System International Hough Payline demonstration Irving, Malcolm Isenhour Brick and Tile Company Isenhour, George Isomax unit

J

Jackson oil field Jayblox John Coates and Company Johns and Waygood Company Johns and Waygood Perry Engineering Johns Perry Limited, 2

K

Kean, Bruce, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7       business philosophy Keays, Thomas Kiama quarry, 2 Koopers Mill Kowulka

L

Laidlaw, Don, 2 Lake Macdonnell Lane Bros Lang, Jack Launceston Gas Company, 2, 3       catalytic reforming plant       coal-gas manufacture       Humphries and Glasgow carburetted water       plant       name change       retort houses Lawson, Nelson and William Layt, Jim   Leslie, Gordon       retirement Leslie, Jim Life Savers Lingl kilns London and Midland Steel Scaffolding Co. Long, Eugene Loton, Brian LPG, 2, 3       first bottled       market expansion Lytag

M

Mackenzie, Jack Macklin, Bruce Magellan Petroleum Marion Lake Matraville Matraville refinery       administration office       construction       materials shortage       desulphurisation unit       ex-naval personnel       expansion       fire       firefighting equipment       first production       fluid catalytic cracking unit       occupational health and safety training       official opening       oil surplus       Operators' Training Manual       personnel training       safety film       upgrade McDonnell, Peter McGirr, James McKell, William McLennan, Ian McMahon Constructions   Melocco Brothers Melocco, Peter Merivale gas field Merry Bricks       expansion       lightweight-brick process       Plant Merry Brothers Brick and Tile Co.        Merry Companies Inc.       expansion       name change Merry Land and Investment Co. Merry Shipping Co. Merry, Arthur, Ernest and Walter Midland Brick Company       modified military equipment       sold to Boral       first commercial forklift Millar, Bob Milne, John Minter, Simpson and Company Mobil Mobile Plant Monier Morrissey, Harry Murphy and Moloney, 2, 3 Murray, Tom, 2       obituary

N

Naphtha gas, 2 National Housing Summit Natural gas, 2       industry pre-1990s             sales Neal, Eric, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21       appointed chief executive       retirement Neil O'Sullivan and Rowell New Parliament House New South Wales Associated Blue Metal Quarries Limited       Bombo Quarry       Minnamurra quarry New South Wales Blue Metal Company   New South Wales Railways, 2       coal-burning loco conversion New, Gerald New, Ric       death of Norman J. Hurll and Co., 2 North Broken Hill NRMA Funds Management NSW Government quarries

O

O'Neill, John, 2, 3, 4       death of Oil Company of Australia Limited Oil discovered in Australia Oil-price crisis, 1970s

P

P.L. de Monchaux, Willcock and Griffin Pacific Bricks Pacific Dunlop Palm Valley gas field Parrot, Ron Perry Engineering       Golden Jubilee book       involvement in automotive industry       merger       publicly listed Perry, Frank Perry, Samuel Petersville Sleigh Petrol       Customs duty reduction       import duty removed Petroleum and Chemical Corportion   Phillip, Arthur Pioneer Concrete, 2, 3 Pitt, John Platformer Playford, Thomas Port Kembla Potter and Partners Potter, Ian, 2 Pozzolanic Pre-mix concrete Prospect Hill see also Gold Prospect quarry       private railway Prospect reservoir

Q

Quarries Pty Limited joint venture company Quarry Industries Limited       approach to Boral       battle for control       rebuff of Boral offer Quarrying, 2 Queensland Alumina Limited Queensland Oil Refineries Pty Limited       bitumen depot       incorporation

R

Railcar gas-loading point Ready-Mix Concrete Recession of 1990s Road-servicing equipment, 1960s Roto Rowell, John

S

Sagasco Historical Club Sagasco Holdings Limited       acquisitions       conversion to natural gas       Electrolux contract       monopoly fears       SA Government interest Santos Ltd Saunders, Brian, 2, 3 Sawmillers Exports Share market crash, 1987       effects on Boral Shell company Silicosis Silverwater Simpson, Telford Smith's Crisps South Australian Gas Company South Australian Oil and Gas Corporation South Brisbane Gas Company Southern Limestone Pty Ltd       agricultural limestone manufacture       development of new markets       electrical supply problems       post-war shortages Southern Portland Cement   Speed-E-Gas St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney St Peters fire Steel Mills Limited       new Queensland factory Sterring and Partners Stirling, Sam Stonyfell Quarry       working conditions Stonyfell vineyard       sale to Penfolds Stopford, Ted Styles Blue Metal Sydney Harbour Bridge Sydney Opera House Sydney water shortages Sykes, Mr Synthetic crude oil

T

Tasmanian Gas Corporation Taylor, Allen       death of The Boral Book The Voyage of the Beagle Thompson, William Timber Industries Limited       machine stress grader       radiata trusses       sawmill conversion       1990s expansion   Timber industry       Boral's entrance       mining timbers       imports       woodchip production, 2 Total Holdings (Aust) Pty Ltd, 2, 3 Total-Boral Limited, 2 Trade Practices Commission, 2 Transport Workers' Union Tubemakers Tullamarine freeway

V

Valvoline Victorboard Victorian Gas and Fuel Corporation , 2

W

W.B. Carr Constructions Wallboard Manufacturing Company (US) Warringah Brick and Pipe Works Webb, Ted Wells, Gerry, 2, 3 Wembley Gypsum Producers Sdn Bhd Whitaker, Robert Whiteman's Bricks WJ Machines Mill Wran, Neville

Y

Yell, Malcolm Yunghams, Peter

Z

Zinc Corporation

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