Allen Taylor & Company

Allen Taylor & Company is a company in Australia, which is a subsidiary of Boral Timber.[1] The company was founded by Allen Arthur Taylor in 1893, based at Rozelle.

By the time Taylor was knighted in 1911, he was on the board of numerous companies. He was an Alderman and Mayor of the Annandale Borough, an Alderman and Lord Mayor of Sydney Municipal Council and a Member of the NSW Legislative Council. Three early Presscopy Letter books of Allen Taylor and Co are in the Noel Butlin Archives at the ANU .

The company once owned a number of ships as part of its timber business.

Former ships

ShipBuiltBuilderServiceGross TonnageNotes
Ability1910140 tonsScuttled in 1960.
Allenwood1920Ernest Wright, Tuncurry1920–1951398 tonsBeached upon Bird Island Beach, New South Wales in 1951 and broken up in situ.
Annandale1899108 tons1907 Foundered at sea on a voyage from Sydney to Bellinger river
Australia1897112 tons
Bellinger1902229 tons
Boomerang1898228 tons
Candidate188586 tons
Pyrmont1903215 tonsWrecked near Dedele, New Guinea in April 1913.
Comboyne1911John Wright (Snr) & Ernst Wright, Tuncurry1911–1920281 tonsWrecked off Bass Point, Shellharbour, New South Wales on the 27 November 1920.
Croki303 tons
Tottie189074 tons
Wandra1907Denis Sullivan, Coopernook1907–1915164 tonsWrecked off Drum and Drumsticks, Jervis Bay, New South Wales on 15 November 1915

Notes

  1. "Allen Taylor & Company Ltd (a subsidiary of Boral Timber) - proposed acquisition of J & JL Davis Pty Ltd". Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Archived from the original on 28 February 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2011.


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