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Burns Philp (properly Burns, Philp & Co, Limited) was once a major Australian shipping line and merchant that operated in the South Pacific. When the well-populated islands around New Guinea were targeted for blackbirding in the 1880s, a new rush for labour from these islands began. James Burns and Robert Philp purchased several well-known blackbirding ships to quickly exploit the human resource in this region, and Burns Philp entered the slave trade. The company ended its involvement in blackbirding in 1886.[1] [2] In later years the company was a major player in the food manufacturing business. Since its delisting from the Australian Stock Exchange in December 2006 and the subsequent sale of its assets, the company has mainly become a cashed up shell company. It is wholly owned by Graeme Hart's Rank Group (not to be confused with the British company of the same name). In April 1883 James Burns and Robert Philp began a trading partnership, originally named the "Burns, Philp & Company Limited".[3] They were the first company to offer tourism to New Guinea, in 1884, advertising the 'New Guinea Excursion Trip'.[4] This consisted of a five-week trip from Thursday Island and has been described as the "official beginning of tourist cruises in the South Pacific".[5] The company later published a book titled Picturesque Travel,[6] with the first issue appearing in 1911 and the last in 1925.[7] Sir Robert Philp twice became Premier of Queensland, while Sir James Burns, became a member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales and founder/benefactor of Burnside Presbyterian Homes for Children. Up to 1903, Burns Philp operated as merchants and shipping agents in the Pacific Islands, as well as providing a mail service and carrying tourists to Papua New Guinea, New Hebrides and the Solomon Islands.[8][9] In 1904, Burns Philp began to acquire plantations and land to develop into plantations in the British Solomon Islands.[10] In 1914 the Burns Philp Tourist Department was established, advertising tours on Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. Acquisition of the Port Moresby Hotel occurred in the same year, with the Papua Hotel purchased some years later. Burns Philp "maintained a near monopoly on passenger services to Melanesia until the outbreak of the war in the Pacific".[11] During this period the company had a dominant role in trade in the region distributing general merchandise and collecting copra. By 1916, Burns Philp was operating 7 plantations in the British Solomon Islands through subsidiaries - the Solomon Islands Development Company, the Shortland Islands Plantation Ltd and Choiseul Plantations Ltd.[12] Source; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burns_Philp

Fascinating! I thought Menangle, but it is not. Mr Hall must have been on another bridge. Or ship. Hmmm ...

beachcomber australia This one's a challenge. I thought perhaps it was Meadowbank on the Parramatta River, but this bridge isn't long enough. Will tag you again if we crack it!

beachcomber australia Ah, nostalgia ...

Wellington railway bridge over the Macquarie River. See Government Printing Office photo: @SLNSW - acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=201398 (Feb. 1944) @SRNSW - investigator.records.nsw.gov.au/asp/photosearch/photo.asp... (undated) Nice to date a photo in the process of identifying another! I've passed on the date to Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection The British lattice girder bridge was the standard for major railway bridges in NSW in the Whitton era (until 1890).

pellethepoet BRILLIANT ! btw date of photo? 1890s? Who would have thought Wellington? The railway arrived in 1880. And this bridge is still used - "The town is served by twice a day the daily Countrylink XPT service which runs between Sydney and Dubbo and return. The train stops heading to Dubbo at 12:58pm and heading to Sydney at 2:47pm." [from Wikipedia] GoogleMapsStreetView - looking a bit rusty after 133 years.

I like the variety of trees and the bridge.