Meggitt family aggregated collection of records

fonds

1867-1999

9661529

1.39 metres of textual material (5 boxes and 1 outsize box)

Henry William Meggitt (1852-1928) migrated to Australia in 1895. He was involved in the linseed oil business in England, and his son Harold Meggitt (1881-1949) pioneered the linseed oil industry in Australia.

Harold established the firm of Meggitt Limited. He resigned from this company in 1917 and in 1923 opened another business known as Harold Meggitt Limited, specialising in linseed oil manufacture and associated products. It functioned until 1966 when it was taken over by Pacific Safflower (Australia) Pty Ltd, which was itself taken over by Meggitt Limited in 1973.

Harold Meggitt was a pioneer of profit-sharing in Australia, and claimed that the lack of strikes at his plant was the result of an equal sharing of surplus profits between shareholders and employees.

Reference:
Library Correspondence file
Compiled from the collection

COLLECTION 1:
Meggitt business records, family papers, and photographs, 1867-1999

COLLECTION 2:
Meggitt family further business records, 1921-2001