![[Abermain Seaham Colleries Ltd houseflag and funnel]](../images/a/au~abers.gif)
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Ivan Sache, 1 September 2015
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Ivan Sache, 1 September 2015
Formed Sydney in 1922 by the amalgamation of Abermain Colleries Ltd. and Seaham Colleries Ltd. it
had a red flag with a narrow black diamond or fusil bearing a white "A" from The Log 11/1987. In 1931 it merged
into J & A Brown & Abermain Seaham Colleries Ltd.
Neale Rosanoski, 26 November 2008
Began by James and Alexander Brown, brothers and owners of the Minmi Mine
(Richmond Main and Pelaw Main) Newcastle New South Wales transhipping coal to
Sydney. James, the more active within the partnership, took on the Australian
Agricultural Society who enjoyed a monopoly on the coal distribution in a
'limited' mining for maximum sale price situation. After several attempts, James
won thus, enabled greater allowable tonnage of coal to be mined and enabling the
demand to be met, especially at a time when the California Gold Rushes and their
need for coal for industry there saw Newcastle Australia as the nearest
available source as well as having high quality coal in itself.
http://www.flotilla-australia.com/jabrown.htm - Flotilla Australia website,
ship list also included
Ivan Sache, 1 September 2015
Red flag with a large upright black diamond, centered on the cloth and its
tips touching the top and bottom edges, charged with a white upper case "A".
A black diamond ("◊") is a usual symbol of coal
mining and related activities.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 9 February
2016
![[Adelaide Brighton Cement Co. houseflag]](../images/a/au~abc.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker, 9 Feb 2006
Adelaide Brighton Cement Co., Adelaide - white flag, black
underlined "A".
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of Shipping Companies of the World [lgr95]
Jarig Bakker, 9 February 2006
![[Adelaide S.S. Co. Ltd. flag]](../images/a/au~ass.gif)
image by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 23 March 2011
Adelaide S.S. Co. Ltd., Adelaide: white flag, blue cross; in the center a red 8-pointed star.
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of British and Foreign Steamship Companies [wed26].
Jarig Bakker, 17 January 2005
Company from 1875 and originally sailed (steamed?) between Adelaide and
Melbourne.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 23 March 2011
![[Alcoa of Australia Inc. houseflag]](../images/a/au~alcoa.gif)
image by Neale Rosanoski, 26 Nov 2008
Alcoa of Australia Inc. was formed in 1961 as joint venture between
Alcoa Inc. and an Australian consortium, one of which still owns 40%,
the rest being Alcoa Inc. As shown by The Log of 11/1987 the flag is
blue with a white oval charged with a flying bird which, I assume, is a swan seeing that the company was
formed in Western Australia.
Neale Rosanoski, 26 November 2008
