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Austin Australia

Building organisation based in Sydney, Australia

Austin Australia was a Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, based 'design and construct' building organisation, specialising in complex buildings. It was originally formed in 1961 as a wholly owned subsidiary of The Austin Company, Cleveland, Ohio, initially under the name of Austin Anderson Pty Ltd, it changed its name to Austin Australia in 1982.2 It ceased to exist in 2004.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1961Founded1
  • Industryconstruction1
  • HeadquartersSydney1

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Austin Australia was a Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, based 'design and construct' building organisation, specialising in complex buildings. It was originally formed in 1961 as a wholly owned subsidiary of The Austin Company, Cleveland, Ohio, initially under the name of Austin Anderson Pty Ltd, it changed its name to Austin Australia in 1982. With headquarters in Sydney and branches in Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and South-East Asia, The Austin Company retained ownership of Austin Australia until 1997, when it was acquired by private Australian ownership. However, it retained an affiliation status with The Austin Company in the USA2

Products and brands

Austin Australia's core activities were specialist design, consulting, architectural, engineering, project management and construction services for high-profile manufacturing clients in Australia and SE Asia for forty-three years between 1961 and 2004, including major production facilities for Kelloggs, Sanitarium, Borg-Warner, Pilkington Glass, Procter & Gamble, Wella, Nestle, Denso, Toyota and National Foods. The company also designed and constructed hotels, including Ibis and Formule 1 hotels for Accor, the Bankstown International Hotel; and communications facilities for Australian Associated Press and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and more.

The company's other diverse activities included:

Mineral Processing and Minerals Exploration (1965–1990), with major projects for Newmont, EZ Industries and Alcoa.

Forest Products (1970–1980), including the APPM wood chip mill at Long Reach, Tasmania (1970–1972), reputed to be the largest in the world at the time.

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Petro-chemicals (late 1960s – late 1980s), major projects for Dow Corning, Esso, Mobil and BFGoodrich.

Physical asset management improvement services and products (2002–2003), carried out by associate company Austin Pragma.

From Wikipedia’s article on Austin Australia, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

  1. Mar 2004Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1961Founded Founded1

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