Neptune Oil Company

Neptune Oil Company was an Australian independent petroleum company based in Melbourne, Victoria. The company was established in 1909 as a privately owned company.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The company was take over by the Shell Oil company in 1975.^[6]

Distribution

In the Australian states, the usual practice was for storage and transport from the local main port, for distribution through the state, with the head offices in the capital city ^[7]

In many cases petrol stations with neptune products were also dealing in second hand cars or other services ^[8][9]

A "King Neptune" statue at a Neptune (later Shell) service station was a landmark in the Adelaide suburb of Darlington until 1991.^[10]

Publications

In the print era of the mid twentieth century, publications and promotions by the company were produced extensively in the 1950s and earlier ^{[11][12][13][14][15][16]}

Similarly, like Australia-wide oil retailers of the time, Neptune produced a series of road maps ^{[17][18][19][20]}

References

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