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251: 466: 386: 687: 454: 599: 322: 486: 541: 36: 671:. The government's intervention at Glen Davis was not successful, despite an expansion in 1946. Never profitable, the Glen Davis Shale Oil Works was closed in May 1952, once its accumulated losses had exceeded the value of capital and loans. Glen Davis soon became virtually a ghost town, declining from a population of 2000 at its peak to only 115, including the surrounding area, in 2016. The ruins of the old works are now a minor tourist attraction. 497:, but this had ceased. The oil shale of New South Wales is particularly rich in oil content. The genesis of a revival of the shale oil industry was partially due a need for a secure source of oil in wartime, and partially to provide employment for unemployed miners on the Western coalfield. These dual objectives, efficient local oil production and employment creation, would not always align in their outcomes. 204:. George went to England to learn the craft from some of his mother’s family. In 1913, plant for the manufacture of gelatin was added to the Woolston factory. It was soon supplying not only New Zealand but also Australia and Canada. In 1915, the middle brother, Maurice, who had been working as a marine engineer, joined Davis at the Woolston factory. 679:, published in 1993. The company became a part of Fielder Gillespie in 1983. The factory at Botany was only closed in 1990. Its site was reused mainly for warehouses, and only a small part of the once extensive gardens remain. Gelatin sold under the brand name, Davis Gelatine, is still made at a modern plant in 222:, a suburb of Sydney, Foundations of the new factory were laid, in December 1917, and it produced its first gelatin in early January 1919. Botany was already the site of tanneries and other industries that produced by products of meat production, to which was added the gelatin made by the new factory. 234:
Between 1921 and 1926, the family interests were restructured so that the Australian company, Davis Gelatine (Australia) Pty Ltd, became the holding company, with subsidiary companies in New Zealand, South Africa and Canada, all under the name Davis Gelatine. George Davis was Managing Director of the
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Davis died at home of cardiovascular disease on 13 July 1947, after being ill for some weeks. He was survived by his wife, who died in 1981. At the time of his death, he was chairman of Davis Gelatine (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., and its associated companies, Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Co. Pty. Ltd. Mount
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A new company, National Oil Proprietary Ltd, had been set up to build and run the operations. The amount of capital for the company, £500,000, which would later prove to be inadequate, had been based on estimates made by the government. Davis contributed £166,000 and Commonwealth Government £344,000
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The Davis Gelatine company remained in family hands, under the leadership of one of Charles Christopher ('Chris') Davis's children, Malcolm Chris Davis (1917–2009), as a publicly-listed company, Davis Gelatine Consolidated Limited. Malcolm Davis retired in 1978, after having expanded the business
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For his role in establishing the industry, Davis had been knighted in January 1941. After December 1941, the by then Sir George Davis remained chairman of the board of National Oil but was effectively sidelined, as the board consisted largely of government appointees and he had lost his position as
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Work on the new plant began in 1938, but the first oil was not produced at the remotely-situated plant until January 1940, by which time Australia was at war. The plant had cost  £1,300,000, and more capital was raised from shareholders, with the Commonwealth Government providing more funds in
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Cockatoo Dockyard and Engineering was taken over by Vickers in 1947, having played a vital role during the Second World War. It was Davis who had saved it from terminal decline, during the 1930s, and expanded it to allow it to be such an important wartime facility. Following a change of government
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The Davis Gelatine recipe booklets were published in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and South Africa, and from 1932 in Great Britain. There were nine editions compiled between 1922 and 1947; a complete revision was made in 1949. The booklets would eventually be printed in five languages; English,
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Following the end of the Second World War, Davis and his wife left Australia for ten months—up to the end of December 1946—during which time they visited overseas branches of his companies—in England, South Africa, Canada, and America—and also visited Norway and Sweden. It is probable that during
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The plant was competitive, despite high wages, evidence that Australia had a competitive advantage in the production of gelatin, on a very large scale. By 1928, the Botany plant had trebled in size and was the largest in the world. The combined output of Davis Gelatine plants accounted for 10% of
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Originally, Davis's plan was to use Estonian-made tunnel kilns, but as costs rose and war seemed imminent, a decision was made to rebuild retorts at Glen Davis, using designs and reused materials from the old retorts at Newnes; that decision resulted in an expensive and protracted relocation
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and small sinews, both by-products of the meat industry. The process included acid baths, washing, and lime pits. Last was a drying room, reported to be like a 'tame hurricane', where the water content of sheets of gelatin were dried, reducing their thickness from 3/8 inch to 1/32 inch.
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He turned the dockyard operations around and expanded the range of services it could provide, in time for it to become a vital part of the war effort. At its peak, the yard employed 3,500 workers, ten times the number that had been employed when the new company took over. Following the
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Following the same pattern as in New Zealand, the Davis family bought out competitors in Australia and expanded the Botany factory. Davis’s maternal cousin Jack Ball emigrated to Australia, in 1924, and became manager of the Botany factory and a director of the Australian company.
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The revival of the dockyard had brought Davis to the attention of the Commonwealth and New South Wales governments, as a person who could tackle something new and get it done, quickly and effectively. However, both the governments at the time were controlled by the
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Davis married in Sydney, on the same day that he had bought the land for the Botany factory. His wife was Elizabeth Eileen Schischka, (1889 – 1981)—known as Eileen—the Auckland-born daughter of a friend of his mother, who had come with him to Sydney. Her family had
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Both the Davis and Ball families were involved in glue manufacture in England. His parents had emigrated from England in 1879, intending to farm in New Zealand. Instead Charles Davis set up a small glue factory at New Lynn in 1881, moving to a new larger factory at
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It was not until 1901 that Davis joined the family business. In 1903, his father bought out the other shareholders, and divided those shares equally between Davis and his elder brother Chris. In 1909, the company bought a rival manufacturer based at
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in 1888. The eldest son Charles Christopher (Chris) Davis was working in factory from 1892. By 1899 Chris was the manager of the company that his father formed in that year, New Zealand Glue Co. Ltd, in which his father held a one third share.
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Administration and my own, asked him to shoulder this further national obligation at Glen Davis. He promptly agreed, and without stint gave to it his time and boundless energy and much of his resources taking from it not one penny of
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However, his life remained dominated by business, as he became involved in other areas of activity that were important to Australia’s response to the deteriorating international situation during the 1930s and the Great Depression.
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into areas such as sealants, paper conversion, food stabilisers and emulsifiers, PVC plastics compounding, gummed tapes and paper coating, wine production, and food essences and flavourings. He wrote a history of the company,
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decision, in 1929, which effectively precluded the Commonwealth government-owned dockyard from tendering for work against private companies, and by the effects of the Great Depression. In 1933, Davis formed a new company
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exercise, and old retort technology. Otherwise, Davis built a very modern plant, with a highly mechanised shale mine that promised to produce at a high enough rate to make the plant economically viable.
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Although he was keen on travel, gardening and motoring, as recreational pursuits, his business interests were his life. Davis was hearing-impaired and that made him reticent in company. He wore an
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In the 1930s, Australia was almost entirely dependent for its petroleum supplies on imports; at best there was some local refining of imported crude oil. There had been production of oil from
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and the United States, over eleven months. He returned in January 1938. Samples of oil shale were sent to Estonia and the United States for trial processing into refined petroleum products.
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After a share issue in 1916, a decision was made to expand to Australia. George who had set up gelatin manufacturing in New Zealand was chosen to set up a new factory in Australia.
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The 1926 edition of the recipe booklet contains what is probably the first known publication of a recipe for a dessert called 'Pavlova', seemingly giving it a firm place in
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The mundane industry of gelatin and glue production, from animal skins, sinews, and bones, waste products of the meat industry, would make the Davis family's fortune.
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As the main manufacturer of gelatin in Australia, the company also benefited from the demand for gelatin generated by other manufacturers. The main ingredients of
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Davis withdrew almost entirely from his other activities, and threw himself into the task of creating a modern shale oil industry. It was later said of him by
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French, German, Afrikaans and Portuguese. Over the years that the booklets were published, the total number printed was well in excess of one million copies.
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that is still very popular in Australian and New Zealand. Nonetheless, it is often referenced in discussions of the origins of the beloved summer dessert.
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Managing Director. He resigned from the board in October 1942. He would devote most of his time thereafter to the Davis Gelatine company and the dockyard.
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company. The organisation sought additional capital from the public in late 1921, floating Davis Gelatine (Australia) Limited, issuing both
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To house the workers of the oil shale works, a new town was planned by the New South Wales Government. Its plan would be influenced by the
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Possessed of seemingly boundless energy and initiative, Davis formed a syndicate of business interests to take out a lease on the moribund
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Davis set out to create a model factory at Botany. It was surrounded by park-like gardens and included facilities for workers, such as a
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government was fearful for its investment and anxious about the precious oil supply, and its Minister for Supply and Development,
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aquifer and then clarified and filtered. The raw materials were pieces of animal skin that could not be used in the process of
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at Cockatoo Island, 10 February 1940. The seated woman on the left (partially obscured) is Elizabeth Eileen Davis.
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The initial rate of production was disappointing. In 1941, the UAP lost power to the Labor Party. The incoming
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this time Davis discussed the sale of Cockatoo Dockyard & Engineering with its eventual buyer,
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using a burning piece of Glen Davis oil shale in 1939. Note the headband securing his hearing aid.
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When their father died in April 1913, the two brothers decided to expand into the production of
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policy in 1972, the dockyard entered a long decline. It finally closed at the end of 1991.
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He arrived in Sydney at the end of October 1917, and immediately bought 8 ha of land at
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Earlier proposals for restarting shale oil production had been based on resurrecting
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some products, particularly canned hams. Gelatin was also used in the production of
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Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 2001)
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Frome Lime Co. Pty. Ltd., and Animal Health Products Pty. Ltd.; and a director of
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He made a tour of existing plants in other countries, visiting Scotland, Germany,
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The plant consumed four million gallons of water per week, drawn from the
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culinary history. However, Davis Gelatine's recipe is a multi-layered
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There was still, in 2022, a thriving market in second-hand copies of '
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in Australia, within three years of starting local production.
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Davis did not live to see the bitter end of his vision for
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Lillian Edwedinah (née Ball) and Charles George Davis
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(1937) 1943:"Animal bones set career in family business" 1420: 905:"Davis / dainty dishes; BMHC_14805 on eHive" 1721:"Huge Oil Storage Tanks At Newnes Junction" 652:Ltd. and Alluvial Prospectors Company Ltd. 576:being reused as supports for the pipeline. 442: 380: 1635: 1474: 690:Davis Gelatine's dessert called 'Pavlova'. 183: 34: 1503:Kraemer, A.J.; Thorne, H.M. (July 1951). 868:(1949 ed.). Davis Gelatine Co. 1951. 851:(1937 ed.). Davis Gelatine Co. 1947. 210: 16:New Zealand born Australian industrialist 1514:United States Department of the Interior 685: 597: 539: 484: 464: 452: 425:Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Co. Ltd 418:, The yard had been badly affected by a 410:Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Company 384: 320: 249: 2186:Australian manufacturing businesspeople 2056:""Davis Dainty Dishes" - Google Search" 1779:Daily Commercial News and Shipping List 1496: 759:"Davis, Sir George Francis (1883–1947)" 2196:20th-century Australian businesspeople 2168: 1470: 1468: 1394: 1392: 469:George Davis has his cigarette lit by 254:'Davis Dainty Dishes' recipe booklets. 2156:Davis, Sir George Francis (1883–1947) 1997: 1631: 1629: 1627: 1625: 1363: 1361: 1359: 1357: 1020: 1018: 989: 987: 860: 858: 843: 841: 812: 810: 752: 750: 748: 746: 958: 956: 927: 925: 818:"DAVIS GELATINE (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED" 781: 779: 744: 742: 740: 738: 736: 734: 732: 730: 728: 726: 316: 313:. It was a material with many uses. 1971:"Davis Gel. ½-year profit up 10 pc" 1465: 1389: 650:Mercantile Mutual Insurance Company 13: 2160:Australian Dictionary of Biography 2001:Davis Gelatine: An Outline History 1713: 1622: 1528: 1445:"Newnes Shale Petrol In Two Years" 1354: 1108:Nostalgic Nellie Cooks Up the Past 1015: 984: 855: 838: 807: 763:Australian Dictionary of Biography 677:Davis Gelatine: An Outline History 272:Dainty Desserts for Dainty People' 14: 2207: 2149: 2129: 1585:. 22 September 1937. p. 3787 953: 922: 776: 723: 503:Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 229: 2081:"The Feast, Passionate Pavlovas" 1923:from the original on 3 June 2012 1292:"The Shischka family connection" 756: 510:, an act of the NSW Parliament. 155:Early life and family background 89:Elizabeth Eileen (née Schischka) 2123: 2098: 2073: 2048: 2033: 2008: 1991: 1963: 1935: 1878: 1850: 1822: 1794: 1766: 1741: 1685: 1657: 1597: 1571: 1563:Parliament of New South Wales. 1556: 1437: 1326: 1298: 1284: 1256: 1228: 1200: 1175: 1147: 1128:Davis Gelatine Pty Ltd (1952). 1121: 1096: 1071: 1046: 602:Plan of the town of Glen Davis. 349:world production in that year. 1979:. 14 February 1969. p. 13 1701:. 8 September 1937. p. 33 1636:Mainwaring, Ross (July 1993). 1475:Mainwaring, Ross (July 1993). 1342:. 23 December 1939. p. 20 972:. 17 November 1945. p. 35 897: 872: 1: 1998:Davis, Malcolm Chris (1993). 1866:. 28 December 1946. p. 9 1810:. 24 December 1941. p. 2 1272:. 14 February 1928. p. 6 1163:. 15 October 1934. p. 17 941:. 17 January 1942. p. 35 795:. 7 September 1940. p. 5 716: 584:the form of a £225,000 loan. 552:, by bringing shale from the 394:Prime Minister Robert Menzies 305:. Dry gelatin was added when 264:The Australian Women's Weekly 1892:. 2 April 1982. p. 1522 1838:. 3 October 1942. p. 13 1729:. 24 January 1941. p. 4 1673:. 14 October 1931. p. 3 1638:"Glen Davis Oil Shale Works" 1477:"Glen Davis Oil Shale Works" 1453:. 24 January 1938. p. 7 1003:. 5 January 1955. p. 22 826:. 1 October 1921. p. 11 787:"GEORGE DAVIS OF GLEN DAVIS" 635:Later life, death and legacy 558:Commonwealth Oil Corporation 7: 2191:Australian Knights Bachelor 2132:"A tiny advance on the Pav" 1782:. 3 January 1941. p. 2 612:Glen Davis, New South Wales 149:Glen Davis, New South Wales 10: 2212: 1216:. 4 April 1936. p. 35 662:UNESCO World Heritage Site 609: 449:Glen Davis Shale Oil Works 446: 403: 353:Marriage and personal life 145:Glen Davis Shale Oil Works 2040:.Unknown artist. 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Vaucluse, New South Wales
King's College, Auckland
Industrialist
Cockatoo Island Dockyard
Glen Davis Shale Oil Works
Glen Davis, New South Wales
New Lynn
King's College, Auckland
Boston
Onehunga
Woolston
Christchurch
gelatin
Botany
ordinary shares
debentures
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The Australian Women's Weekly
Knox Gelatine Company
Johnstown, New York
jelly crystals
Aeroplane Jelly
ice cream
canning
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