The story
Founded by John Vans Agnew Bruce and William Crocker Cornish.1
Private company
Cornish and Bruce
Cornish & Bruce was a railway contracting company in Victoria, Australia in the mid nineteenth century. The partnership comprised William Crocker Cornish, a building contractor born in Cornwall, England, and John Vans Agnew Bruce, a road and railway construction contractor from Edinburgh.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Cornish & Bruce was a railway contracting company in Victoria, Australia in the mid nineteenth century. The partnership comprised William Crocker Cornish, a building contractor born in Cornwall, England, and John Vans Agnew Bruce, a road and railway construction contractor from Edinburgh.2
Leadership
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- FounderJohn Vans Agnew Bruce1
- FounderWilliam Crocker Cornish1
Links
- WikipediaCornish & Bruce
- WikidataQ16927095
Sources
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- 1WikidataCornish and Bruce on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaCornish and Bruce on Wikipedia