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W. H. Burford & Sons

Australian manufacturer of soap and candles

W. H. Burford and Sons was a soap and candle-making business founded in Adelaide, Australia in 1840 by William Henville Burford (1807–1895), an English butcher who arrived in the new colony in 1838. It was one of the earliest soap makers in Australia and, up to the 1960s when it closed, the oldest.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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W. H. Burford and Sons was a soap and candle-making business founded in Adelaide, Australia in 1840 by William Henville Burford (1807–1895), an English butcher who arrived in the new colony in 1838. It was one of the earliest soap makers in Australia and, up to the 1960s when it closed, the oldest.2

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