Neptune Oil Company
{{Short description|Australian independent petroleum company}}
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|image_caption = Neptune fuel pump where it was originally installed in Paynes Find
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|foundation = Melbourne, 1909
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|location = Melbourne, Victoria
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|industry = Automotive
|products = Motor Oil and other related products
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Neptune Oil Company was an Australian independent petroleum company based in Melbourne, Victoria. The company was established in 1909 as a privately owned company.{{cite web|url=http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/petrol_oil_neptune.htm|title=Neptune|work=uniquecarsandparts.com.au}}{{cite web|url=http://users.adam.com.au/gasmaps/austoilhist.htm|title=Gas Maps Plus|work=adam.com.au}}{{cite web|url=http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=213559|title=B2606-23 Oil can, 'Neptune Windmill Lubricating Oil', metal, made by the Neptune Oil Company, Australia, 1910-1950 - Powerhouse Museum Collection|work=powerhousemuseum.com}}{{Cite web |url=http://members.westnet.com.au/susprog/Neptune.htm |title=Neptune |access-date=4 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160227074410/http://members.westnet.com.au/susprog/Neptune.htm |archive-date=27 February 2016 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/petrol_oil_timeline.htm|title=Petrol and Oil Company Time Line|work=uniquecarsandparts.com.au}}
The company was taken over by the Shell Oil company in 1975.{{Citation | author1=Australia. Trade Practices Commission | title=Applications by the Shell Company. of Australia Limited and Neptune Oil Company Pty. Limited for authorization pursuant to sub sections 88(1) and 88(6) of the Trade practices act 1974-1975 | date=1975 | publisher=the Commission | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/23108008 | accessdate=20 June 2015 }}
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.{{Citation | author1=Illustrations Ltd | author2=HRRC | title=Neptune Motor Oil tanker [picture] | date=1954 | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/15885142 | accessdate=20 June 2015 }} - see summary of photo for detail of city address
In many cases petrol stations with Neptune products were also dealing in second hand cars or other services.[http://innopac.slwa.wa.gov.au/record=b2493322~S2#.VYTX16ZpZLc] Pusey and Esberey automotive and diesel engineers and Neptune service station, Great Eastern Highway, Midland [picture][http://innopac.slwa.wa.gov.au/record=b2366631~S2#.VYTYIKZpZLc] Neptune service station and garage and used car sales, Stirling Highway, Nedlands [picture
A "King Neptune" statue at a Neptune (later Shell) service station was a landmark in the Adelaide suburb of Darlington until 1991.[http://blogs.abc.net.au/sa/2010/07/king-neptune-resurfaces.html King Neptune Resurfaces] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621122910/http://blogs.abc.net.au/sa/2010/07/king-neptune-resurfaces.html |date=21 June 2015 }}, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 30 July 2010 The King Neptune statue now resides at Wills street Birkenhead,inside the gates of the Shell fuel depot.
Publications
In the print era of the mid twentieth century, publications and promotions by the company were produced extensively in the 1950s and earlier {{Citation | author1=Brierley, Alec | title=Looking back on the early days : with the compliments of the Neptune Oil Company [early Australian history] | date=1900 | publisher=Neptune Oil Company | edition=11th | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/14780880 | accessdate=20 June 2015 }}{{Citation | author1=Neptune Oil Company | author2=Brierley, Alex | title=Looking at sport | date=1956 | publisher=Neptune Oil Co | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/18209439 | accessdate=20 June 2015 }}{{Citation | author1=Neptune Oil Company | title=Neptune lubricants recommendations | date=1970 | publisher=Neptune Oil Company | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/169927725 | accessdate=20 June 2015 }}{{Citation | author1=Neptune Oil Company | title=The flow of oil- : a diagrammatic survey of the petroleum industry | date=1950 | publisher=Neptune Oil Co. Pty.Ltd | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/176696455 | accessdate=20 June 2015 }}{{Citation | author1=Neptune Oil Company | title=Neptune outdoor manual and sports round-up | date=1950 | publisher=Neptune Oil Co | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/34669137 | accessdate=20 June 2015 }}{{Citation | author1=Neptune Oil Company | title=The oozoo book of animals | date=1960 | publisher=Neptune Oil Co | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/34303274 | accessdate=20 June 2015 }}
Similarly, like Australia-wide oil retailers of the time, Neptune produced a series of road maps {{Citation | author1=Neptune Oil Company | title=Neptune road map South Australia | date=1960 | publisher=Neptune | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/31630010 | accessdate=20 June 2015 }}{{Citation | author1=Neptune Oil Company | author2=Grosser, P. C., (lithographer.) | title=Neptune road map Queensland | date=1958 | publisher=Neptune | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/31659850 | accessdate=20 June 2015 }}{{Citation | author1=Neptune Oil Company | title=Neptune road map Victoria | date=1958 | publisher=Neptune | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/30811511 | accessdate=20 June 2015 }}{{Citation | author1=Neptune Oil Company | title=Neptune road map Tasmania | date=1960 | publisher=Neptune Oil Company | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/19383987 | accessdate=20 June 2015 }}
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