Comeng (Commonwealth Engineering)

Barry Campbell (bcampbell@mpa.qld.gov.au)
18 Jul 1997 00:13:53 GMT

Comeng had its origins in a company called Waddington & Smith which became
Waddingtons and later Comeng when the Chifley Labor Government bought many
of the shares. I don't think it was ever fully owned by the government. The
Menzies government sold the government shares during the 1950's and the
company has been fully private ever since.