Allen Taylor & Company is a timber company in Australia. Founded by Allen Taylor in 1893 in Rozelle, Sydney, it is a subsidiary of the Pentarch Group.
By the time Taylor was knighted in 1911, he was on the board of numerous companies. He was an Alderman and Mayor of the Annandale Borough, an Alderman and Lord Mayor of Sydney Municipal Council and a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council.Sir Allen Arthur Taylor Parliament of New South Wales
In the 1970s, Allen Taylor & Company supplied timbers used in the Sydney Opera House.Boral closes mill that provided fine timber for Opera House Sydney Morning Herald 8 September 2010 In April 1970 Allen Taylor & Company was taken over by Blue Metal Industries which in turn was purchased by Boral in 1982. It was most recently purchased by Allied Natural Timber Enterprises Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of the Pentarch Group in 2021.Mergers & Acquisitions Bureau of Industry Economics 1990Allen Taylor & Company Ltd (a subsidiary of Boral Timber) - proposed acquisition of J & JL Davis Pty Ltd Australian Competition & Consumer CommissionHistory 1980 - 1989 Boral
The company owned a number of ships as part of its timber business.
Ship Built Builder Service Gross Tonnage Notes Ability 1910 140 tons Scuttled in 1960. Allenwood 1920 Ernest Wright, Tuncurry 1920–1951 398 tons Beached upon Bird Island Beach, New South Wales in 1951 and broken up in situ. Annandale 1899 108 tons 1907 Foundered at sea on a voyage from Sydney to Bellinger River Australia 1897 112 tons Bellinger 1902 229 tons Boomerang 1898 228 tons Candidate 1885 86 tons Pyrmont 1903 215 tons Wrecked near Dedele, New Guinea in April 1913. Comboyne 1911 John Wright (Snr) & Ernst Wright, Tuncurry 1911–1920 281 tons Wrecked off Bass Point, Shellharbour on 27 November 1920. Croki 303 tons Tottie 1890 74 tons Wandra 1907 Denis Sullivan, Coopernook 1907–1915 164 tons Wrecked off Drum and Drumsticks, Jervis Bay on 15 November 1915
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