Allen Taylor & Company

Allen Taylor & Company is a timber company in Australia. Founded by Allen Taylor in 1893 in Rozelle, Sydney, it is a subsidiary of Boral.

By the time Taylor was knighted in 1911, he was on the board of numerous companies. He was an Alderman and Mayor of the Annandale Borough, an Alderman and Lord Mayor of Sydney Municipal Council and a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council.[1]

In the 1970s, Allen Taylor & Company supplied timbers used in the Sydney Opera House.[2] In April 1970 Allen Taylor & Company was taken over by Blue Metal Industries which in turn was purchased by Boral in 1982.[3][4][5]

The company owned a number of ships as part of its timber business.

Ship Built Builder Service Gross Tonnage Notes
Ability 1910 140 tons Scuttled in 1960.
Allenwood 1920 Ernest Wright, Tuncurry 1920–1951 398 tons Beached upon Bird Island Beach, New South Wales in 1951 and broken up in situ.
Annandale 1899 108 tons 1907 Foundered at sea on a voyage from Sydney to Bellinger River [citation needed]
Australia 1897 112 tons
Bellinger 1902 229 tons
Boomerang 1898 228 tons
Candidate 1885 86 tons
Pyrmont 1903 215 tons Wrecked near Dedele, New Guinea in April 1913.
Comboyne 1911 John Wright (Snr) & Ernst Wright, Tuncurry 1911–1920 281 tons Wrecked off Bass Point, Shellharbour on 27 November 1920.
Croki 303 tons
Tottie 1890 74 tons
Wandra 1907 Denis Sullivan, Coopernook 1907–1915 164 tons Wrecked off Drum and Drumsticks, Jervis Bay on 15 November 1915

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