ALCOA OF AUSTRALIA LTD.

A282 is recorded for A.F.P.’s Myarra. A photograph during her Hobart lay-up in 1979–80 shows darker blue than A654’s Lindesay Clark photograph of 16 July 2008. The latter is a starboard view with the bird again flying forwards. The flag is blue with a white oval containing a flying bird; Rosanoski assumes it is a swan because of the company’s Western Australian origins.

Lloyds gives a 1984 foundation date, while the company history describes formation in June 1961 as a partnership of Aluminium Co. of America and Western Aluminium No Liability, the consortium of WMC, Broken Hill South and North Broken Hill. The registry traces Western Aluminium to 21 August 1958, through Alcoa of Australia (W.A.) N.L. and Ltd. to Alcoa of Australia Ltd.; it also records a same-named company registered in June 1961 and deregistered in January 1978. The corporate office moved from Melbourne to Perth in April 1997. Trading as Alcoa World Alumina Australia, ownership became 60% Alcoa and 40% Alumina Ltd.; earlier holdings had been 51% Alcoa and 20% WMC, with WMC reaching 48.25% by 1990. Subsidiaries included A.F.P. and Portland Smelter Services.

Australia, Melbourne.