Van Diemen's Land Company

Van Diemen's Land Company
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryAgriculture
Founded1825 (1825)
Headquarters
Australia
ProductsMilk
OwnerVan Dairy Limited
Number of employees
130

The Van Diemen's Land Company (also known as Van Dieman Land Company) is a farming corporation in the Australian state of Tasmania. It was founded in 1825 and received a royal charter the same year,[1][2] and was granted 250,000 acres[3] (1,000 km2) in northwest Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) in 1826. The company was a group of London merchants who planned a wool growing venture to supply the needs of the British textile industry.[4]

  1. ^ Royal Charters, Privy Council website
  2. ^ "VDL, Australia's oldest dairy company, up for sale as major shareholder looks for a buyer". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 9 July 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Tasmanian State Archives". archives.tas.gov.au. 11 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  4. ^ Phillips, Valmai (1984). Enterprising Australians. Kensington, New South Wales: Bay Books. p. 22. ISBN 0-85835-647-3.

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