Real Gold, The : A History of Gold Estates of Australia Ltd and Gold Estates of Australia (1903) Ltd

It is rare for a company to exist more than 100 years, but even more when it is a property developer, centered in the ‘boom and bust’ Australian commodities capital, Perth. With its London based shareholders and Board, Gold Estates in its early years invested in a variety of businesses – from gold mining in Kalgoorlie and Menzies, to copper mines in Russia and dredging in Africa — but it was property development that sutained it for more than a century. i find it difficult to comprehend that this relatively modest sized company has been involved in developing parts of so many of Perth’s well known suburbs. Maylands and Bayswater, Scarborough and Bentley, Yokine and Karrinyup, Bicton and Inglewood and now Thomsons Lake and the aptly named Success. For Gold Estates to survive the “busts” and not have been seduced by the “booms”, like so many of its peers, defines success in this very cyclical industry. Geoff Anderson Chairman Gold Estates Holdings Pty Ltd.
vii, 172 pages, 16 pages of plates : maps, letters, plans, portraits ; 25 cm #0821

Foreword
Acknowledgements
The rush for gold : 1895-1903.
The real gold : 1903-1937.
African gold : 1907-1923.
A most difficult time : 1938-1948.
On the threshold : 1949-1964.
On the move : 1965-1968.
Takeover : 4th November 1969.
City & Gracechurch Investment Trust Ltd : 1969-1970.
Recollections: John Davenport.
New Board – New Management : 1970-1979.
Questions in the House :1980-1999.
Gold Estates Holdings Pty Ltd : 2000-2012.
Reflections: Michael Gregg.
Endnotes : References and Bibliography.
Appendices.
Index.
The map on the endpapers is reproduced by permission of the West Australian Land Information Authority, Perth, W.A. P532/2013. Location outlines have been provided by Gold Estates and are approximate only.

Include Bibliography and Index.
Metropolitan areas — Western Australia. | City planning — Western Australia. | Real estate business — Western Australia. | Real estate development — Western Australia. | Real estate developers — Western Australia. | Property — Western Australia. | Gold mines and mining — Western Australia. | Australian