J & A Brown/Coal & Allied Archive
The Archives of the firm J & A Brown/Coal & Allied Operations Pty Ltd were donated to the University of Newcastle's Archives in 1996.
J & A Brown was an privately owned Australian coal family firm founded by James Brown (1816-1894) and Alexander Brown (1827-1877). After the death of John Brown in 1930, the firm amalgamated with Abermain Seaham Collieries Ltd. The publicly listed company was formally incorporated on 19 January 1931being known as J & A Brown & Abermain Seaham Collieries Limited (commonly abbreviated to JABAS), and became the largest coal producer in New South Wales. In 1960 JABAS merged with Caledonian Collieries Limited to form Coal & Allied Industries Limited. After this merger JABAS, become the subsidiary company that carried out the mining operations of Coal & Allied until being renamed Coal & Allied Operations Pty Ltd in 1980. Coal & Allied Operations Pty Ltd is currently (2013) a subsidiary of Rio Tinto Coal Australia.
See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_%26_A_Brown
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