Published by Echo Books (https://echobooks.com.au/our-books/family-business/), this is a narrative not just of an entrepreneurial family with all of its rich past and personalities, especially that of Jock Simmie, but also of two very different family businesses.…
Denso, previously Nippondenso, was established in Japan in 1949 as a Toyota family company which operated primarily as a manufacturer of starters, generators and radiators for the Toyota Motor Company.…
Commendation, Victorian Community History Awards 2020
What started as an interest in the officer-drivers of the Australian Volunteer Automobile Corps, formed in 1908, led historian Andrew Kilsby to one in particular – Captain Edward Edwards. This is the story of …
“No invention of the twentieth century has had such a profound impact on Australian culture and society as the automobile. Motor garages and service stations are evocative symbols of a motorized people …[and] The Big Garage is significant as an …
