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Gunnersen in Australia

Carter, Benita
120 pages, includes family tree, index, black and white plates and a gift inscription signed by . The pages are lightly tanned, else a clean, unmarked and solid copy. Gift inscription signed by Pe(?) and Thorry Gunnersen. No publishing date offered, 1986 is taken from Trove. "RESOURCES (timber). Melbourne. The Gunnersen family is descended from Captain Gunnar Gunnersen, who migrated to Australia from Norway in the 1870s in the barque Helga, which he described as "a beautiful ship and very fast". His cargo was Baltic timber, and he continued to import Baltic timber after settling in Australia. The family bowed to pressure in January 1988 and sold its substantial shares in Softwood Holdings and Timber Holdings to CSR for $32 million. After the takeover CSR invited Thorold (Thorry) Gunnersen to join the CSR-controlled Softwood Holdings board. Gunnersen is a great-grandson of Captain Gunnar and was the previous chairman of Timber Holdings. He accepted the board position, saying: "We are known as a timber family. It is where our knowledge and experience lies." Gunnersen remains a director of private companies Marbut-Gun-nersen Pty Ltd (timber) and Gunnersen Investments. For more than 70 years the Gunnersen name stood alongside the names of the Alstergren, LeMessurier and Nosworthy families in the timber production and distribution business in South Australia and Victoria. Estimated minimum net worth: $55 million." (Financial Review April 1990)
Published 1986 Gunnersen Pty. Ltd. Port Melbourne
ISBN 1862521441

$25.00

Condition Jacket Condition Binding Size
Very Good No Jacket Hardcover 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Good Reading Book Reference: 19985
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