Gascoyne Trading Company

Gascoyne Trading Company (GTC) was a transport company in Western Australia. It was established in 1924 by Keith Anderson and Charles Kingsford-Smith in Carnarvon.[1][2] One of its early contracts was the mail run through the Gascoyne to Meekatharra.[3][4] It expanded to serve industries between Perth and the Pilbara.[5][6]

Gascoyne Trading Company
IndustryTransport
Founded1924
FounderKeith Anderson
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Defunct1996
Headquarters
Carnarvon, Western Australia
OwnerWesfarmers

GTC was a significant banana deliverer to markets in Perth.[7] In 1950 it was purchased by Wesfarmers growing to become the largest transport operator in Western Australia.[8][9] In 1996 it merged with Wesfarmers' Total West business to form Wesfarmers Transport.[10] In 2001 the business was sold to Toll Holdings.[11]

Notes
  1. Kingsford Smith Mail Run Gascoyne Development Commission
  2. Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith Monuments Australia
  3. Local and General Northern Times 24 October 1929 page 2
  4. Remembering the Kingsford Smith mail run 90 years on ABC News 26 May 2014
  5. "Mail Company's Representation". Northern Times. XXXI (1823). Western Australia. 23 September 1938. p. 9. Retrieved 17 November 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "Unique trailer for Gascoyne Traders". Hamersley News. VIII (21). Western Australia. 6 November 1975. p. 8. Retrieved 17 November 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "Gascoyne Trading Co". Northern Times. 70 (22). Western Australia. 3 June 1948. p. 3. Retrieved 17 November 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. Acquisition of Gascoyne Trading Wesfarmers
  9. Heytesbury buys back Bell Freightlines Canberra Times 6 May 1991 page 5
  10. Wesfarmers annual report for year ended 30 June 1996 page 22
  11. Sale of WA road freight transport business Wesfarmers 2 November 2001
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