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Wesfarmers

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Wesfarmers Limited is an Australian conglomerate, headquartered in Perth, Western Australia, with interests predominantly in Australian and New Zealand retail, chemicals, fertilisers, coal mining and industrial and safety products. [1]

67 relations: ABC Radio Perth, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., Australia, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australian dollar, Australian Railroad Group, Australian Securities Exchange, AWB Limited, Babcock & Brown, Bangladesh, BHP, BI-LO (Australia), Bunnings Warehouse, CBH Group, Chairman, Chief executive officer, Coles Express, Coles Group, Coles Online, Coles Supermarkets, Commonwealth Oil Refineries, Conglomerate (company), Cooperative, CSBP, Curragh coal mine, Dardanup, Western Australia, First Choice Liquor, Fremantle, Gascoyne Trading Company, Harry Perkins, Hilco, Home Retail Group, Homebase, Howard Smith Limited, Insurance Australia Group, Ireland, J S Battye Library, John Bennison, Kleenheat Gas, Kmart Australia, Liquorland, Marcus Beeck, Mergers and acquisitions, Michael Chaney, New Zealand, Officeworks, Pacific Brands, Perth, Perth (suburb), Pick n Pay Stores, ..., Public company, Queensland Rail, Richard Goyder, Rio Tinto Coal Australia, Robert Scott (rower), Rural area, Target Australia, The Age, Trevor Eastwood, United Kingdom, Vintage Cellars, Walter Harper (businessman), Wellington Street, Perth, Western Australia, Western Australian Farmers Federation, Westrail, Woolworths Group (Australia). Expand index (17 more) »

ABC Radio Perth

ABC Radio Perth (call sign: 6WF) is a radio station located in Perth, Western Australia, operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and broadcasting at 720 kHz AM.

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Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG) is a US-based global insurance brokerage and risk management services firm headquartered at in Rolling Meadows, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago).

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) founded in 1929 is Australia's national broadcaster, funded by the Australian Federal Government but specifically independent of Government and politics in the Commonwealth.

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Australian dollar

The Australian dollar (sign: $; code: AUD) is the currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including its external territories Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island, as well as the independent Pacific Island states of Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.

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Australian Railroad Group

Australian Railroad Group (ARG) was an Australian rail freight operator.

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Australian Securities Exchange

The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX, sometimes referred to outside Australia as the Sydney Stock Exchange) is Australia's primary securities exchange.

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AWB Limited

AWB Limited was a major grain marketing organisation based in Australia.

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Babcock & Brown

Babcock & Brown was a global investment and advisory firm based in Sydney, Australia that went into liquidation in 2009.

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশ, lit. "The country of Bengal"), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh (গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ), is a country in South Asia.

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BHP

BHP, formerly known as BHP Billiton, is the trading entity of BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton plc, an Anglo-Australian multinational mining, metals and petroleum dual-listed public company headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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BI-LO (Australia)

BI-LO was an Australian supermarket chain owned by Wesfarmers.

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Bunnings Warehouse

Bunnings Group, trading as Bunnings Warehouse, is an international household hardware chain.

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CBH Group

The CBH Group (commonly known as CBH, an acronym for Co-operative Bulk Handling), is a grain growers' cooperative that handles, markets and processes grain from the wheatbelt of Western Australia.

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Chairman

The chairman (also chairperson, chairwoman or chair) is the highest officer of an organized group such as a board, a committee, or a deliberative assembly.

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Chief executive officer

Chief executive officer (CEO) is the position of the most senior corporate officer, executive, administrator, or other leader in charge of managing an organization especially an independent legal entity such as a company or nonprofit institution.

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Coles Express

Eureka Operations Pty Ltd (trading as Coles Express) is an Australian chain of convenience stores at Shell Australia petrol stations.

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Coles Group

Coles Group Limited (formerly Coles Myer Limited) is an Australian public company that operated numerous retail chains.

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Coles Online

Coles Online is an online retail website operated by Coles Supermarkets, one of Australia's largest companies.

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Coles Supermarkets

Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd, trading as Coles, is an Australian supermarket, retail and consumer services chain, headquartered in Melbourne owned by parent company Wesfarmers.

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Commonwealth Oil Refineries

Commonwealth Oil Refineries (COR) was an Australian oil company that operated between 1920 and 1952 as a joint venture of the Australian government and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.

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Conglomerate (company)

A conglomerate is the combination of two or more corporations operating in entirely different industries under one corporate group, usually involving a parent company and many subsidiaries.

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Cooperative

A cooperative (also known as co-operative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically-controlled enterprise".

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CSBP

CSBP Limited is an Australian fertiliser and chemical company based in Kwinana, Western Australia.

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Curragh coal mine

The Curragh Coal Mine is an open-cut, coal mine located 30 km north of Blackwater in Central Queensland, Australia.

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Dardanup, Western Australia

Dardanup is a small town in the South West region of Western Australia.

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First Choice Liquor

First Choice Liquor is a group of liquor superstores in Australia owned by Wesfarmers, and competes principally with the Woolworths-owned Dan Murphy's chain.

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Fremantle

Fremantle is a major Australian port city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River.

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Gascoyne Trading Company

Gascoyne Trading Company (GTC) was a transport company in Western Australia.

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Harry Perkins

Charles Henry "Harry" Perkins AO (5 August 1939 – 14 December 2002) was an Australian farmer, businessman, and philanthropist who was best known as the chairman of Wesfarmers from 1986 to 2002.

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Hilco

Hilco Capital is a British international company that specialises in restructuring and refinancing other companies.

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Home Retail Group

Home Retail Group plc was a home and general merchandise retailer based in the United Kingdom.

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Homebase

Homebase is a British home improvement retailer and garden centre, with stores across the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.

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Howard Smith Limited

Howard Smith Limited was an Australian industrial company.

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Insurance Australia Group

Insurance Australia Group Limited (IAG) is a multinational insurance company headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic.

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J S Battye Library

The J S Battye Library (more properly known as the J. S. Battye Library of West Australian History) is an arm of the State Library of Western Australia.

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John Bennison

John Bennison AM OBE (3 July 1924 – 6 May 2017) was an Australian businessman known for his long involvement with Wesfarmers Limited.

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Kleenheat Gas

Kleenheat is an Australian gas producer, retailer and distributor based in Perth, Western Australia.

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Kmart Australia

Kmart Australia Limited is an Australian chain of retail stores (low-price stores), owned by Wesfarmers.

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Liquorland

Liquorland is an Australian liquor chain, a part of the Coles division and owned by Wesfarmers.

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Marcus Beeck

Sir Marcus Truby Beeck (28 December 1923 – 2 May 1986) was an Australian farmer and businessman.

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Mergers and acquisitions

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are transactions in which the ownership of companies, other business organizations, or their operating units are transferred or consolidated with other entities.

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Michael Chaney

Michael Alfred Chaney (born in Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian businessman and former Chancellor of the University of Western Australia.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Officeworks

Officeworks is a chain of Australian office supplies stores operated under parent company Wesfarmers.

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Pacific Brands

Pacific Brands is an Australian consumer products company.

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Perth

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia.

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Perth (suburb)

Perth is a suburb in Western Australia that includes both the central business district of the Perth metropolitan area, and a suburban area spreading north to the northern side of Hyde Park.

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Pick n Pay Stores

Pick n Pay is the second largest supermarket chain store in South Africa, established in 1967.

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Public company

A public company, publicly traded company, publicly held company, publicly listed company, or public corporation is a corporation whose ownership is dispersed among the general public in many shares of stock which are freely traded on a stock exchange or in over the counter markets.

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Queensland Rail

Queensland Rail, also known as QR, is a railway operator in Queensland, Australia.

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Richard Goyder

Richard James Barr Goyder AO (born 1960) is an Australian businessman and sporting administrator who is the current chairman of the AFL Commission, the governing body of Australian rules football.

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Rio Tinto Coal Australia

Rio Tinto Coal Australia (RTCA) is an Australian coal mining organisation, and is part of the worldwide Rio Tinto Group.

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Robert Scott (rower)

Robert Scott (born 5 August 1969 in Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian rower.

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Rural area

In general, a rural area or countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities.

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Target Australia

Target Australia (formerly Lindsay's and later Lindsay's Target) is a mid-price department store chain owned by Wesfarmers.

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The Age

The Age is a daily newspaper that has been published in Melbourne, Australia, since 1854.

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Trevor Eastwood

Trevor Eastwood AM was the CEO of the large Australian corporation Wesfarmers Ltd from 1984 to 1992 and its chairman from 2002 to 2008.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Vintage Cellars

Vintage Cellars is an Australian liquor chain owned by Wesfarmers and is positioned at the higher end of the market compared with the Liquorland and 1st Choice Liquor Superstore, Wesfarmers' other liquor brands.

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Walter Harper (businessman)

Charles Walter Harper (27 January 1880 – 1 July 1956) was an Australian agriculturalist who was prominent in the cooperative movement in Western Australia.

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Wellington Street, Perth

Wellington Street is the northernmost of the four primary east-west streets in the central business district of Perth, Western Australia.

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Western Australia

Western Australia (abbreviated as WA) is a state occupying the entire western third of Australia.

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Western Australian Farmers Federation

Western Australian Farmers Federation (WAFarmers) is an agricultural organisation in Western Australia.

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Westrail

Westrail was the trading name of the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) from September 1975 until December 2000, when the WAGR's freight division and the Westrail name and logo were privatised.

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Woolworths Group (Australia)

Woolworths Group is a major Australian company with extensive retail interest throughout Australia and New Zealand.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesfarmers

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