Pope Products

Pope Products Ltd was an Australian manufacturer, based in Beverley, South Australia, best remembered for washing machines and refrigerators.

The company was founded in 1935 by Sidney Barton Pope (18 February 1905 – 2 September 1983) (generally referred to as "Barton" or "S. Barton Pope" and from 1959 "Sir Barton") and his brother Harley Clifford Pope (6 April 1908 – ) to manufacture irrigation equipment with an initial capitalisation of £15,000 in £1 shares.[1]

History

Barton Pope and his brothers Raymond and Harley were born in Northam, Western Australia and moved to South Australia with their parents in 1913. Their father, previously a storekeeper, began manufacturing irrigation components at their 56? 66? Robert Street, West Croydon home. The boys were educated at Pulteney College (later Pulteney Grammar School) and at age 14 Barton began working for his father. What started as a father and son operation grew into a small business registered in 1928 as "Pope Sprinklers Ltd" with shareholders Henry, Barton and Harley Pope, Lily Maria Pope and J. H. Richards.[2] A new company, "Pope Products Ltd" was floated in 1934 to take over the assets of the old company, which went into voluntary liquidation. Shareholders were the two Pope brothers, R. F. Smith, S. H. Carman and Winifred Laura Browne.[3]

References

New Registrations The Argus, National Library of Australia, 9 January 1935, retrieved 28 March 2013^

Monetary and Commercial The Advertiser, National Library of Australia, 16 October 1928, retrieved 29 March 2013^

Company Registrations. The Advertiser, National Library of Australia, 4 July 1934, retrieved 29 March 2013^

Expansion of S.A. Industries The Advertiser, National Library of Australia, 18 August 1945, retrieved 29 March 2013^

Biography – Sir Sidney Barton Pope – Australian Dictionary of Biography Adb.anu.edu.au, retrieved 3 December 2013^

Claims under Workmen's Compensation Act The Advertiser, National Library of Australia, 26 October 1929, retrieved 29 March 2013^

Compensation Apportioned. The Advertiser, National Library of Australia, 3 November 1934, retrieved 29 March 2013^

Workmen's Compensation Cases. The Advertiser, National Library of Australia, 12 January 1937, retrieved 29 March 2013^

Incentive Payments Produce Results The Canberra Times, National Library of Australia, 29 July 1947, retrieved 28 March 2013^

Incentives Exceed Dividends. The Advertiser, National Library of Australia, 1 August 1953, retrieved 28 March 2013^

Advertising. The Australian Women's Weekly, National Library of Australia, 8 December 1976, retrieved 28 March 2013^

Advertising. Sunday Mail, National Library of Australia, 5 December 1954, retrieved 28 March 2013^

Advertising. The Canberra Times, National Library of Australia, 11 November 1960, retrieved 28 March 2013^

Advertising. The Australian Women's Weekly, National Library of Australia, 17 October 1956, retrieved 28 March 2013^

Advertising. The Australian Women's Weekly, National Library of Australia, 3 April 1957, retrieved 28 March 2013^

Advertising. The Australian Women's Weekly, National Library of Australia, 5 December 1956, retrieved 28 March 2013^

Advertising. The Canberra Times, National Library of Australia, 20 January 1960, retrieved 28 March 2013^

Advertising. The Australian Women's Weekly, National Library of Australia, 25 June 1958, retrieved 28 March 2013^

Pope Electric Motors. The Sydney Morning Herald, National Library of Australia, 5 July 1954, retrieved 28 March 2013^

Pope Products | About Us^

Family Notices. The Chronicle, National Library of Australia, 13 March 1947, retrieved 28 March 2013^

A Boy Violinist The Advertiser, National Library of Australia, 17 October 1923, retrieved 28 March 2013^

Undefended Divorces. The Chronicle, National Library of Australia, 17 December 1942, retrieved 28 March 2013^

Undefended Divorce Actions. The Chronicle, National Library of Australia, 25 November 1943, retrieved 28 March 2013^

Chamber of Manufactures The Advertiser, National Library of Australia, 19 July 1929, retrieved 29 March 2013^

Three A.C.T. Knights in Investiture. The Canberra Times, National Library of Australia, 11 November 1959, retrieved 29 March 2013^

Agricultural Section. The Chronicle, National Library of Australia, 1 November 1951, retrieved 29 March 2013^

Blind Man Overseer of Two Properties. The Advertiser, National Library of Australia, 2 November 1951, retrieved 29 March 2013^

Agricultural Section The Chronicle, National Library of Australia, 25 October 1951, retrieved 29 March 2013^

fate	Amalgamated with A. M. Simpson and Sons
successor	Simpson-Pope Holdings Ltd
founded	1935
founders	Sidney Barton Pope Harley Clifford Pope
defunct	1963
hq location city	Beverley, South Australia
services	Manufacture of domestic goods

History

Products

Amalgamation

Family

Barton Pope

Harley Pope

External links

References