[5] The first chairman was Robert McKenzie (MLC)[6] and his fellow directors were James Hurtle Cummins, S. Hocking and John Joseph Dwyer.
[13] Alfred Deakin subsequently replaced Elliott as the company's brewer in January 1900,[14] a position he held for over forty years.
[18] In the early 1930s Alice urged her father to turn from the production of English-style beer and introduce the top-fermentation process of German lager.
[19] When James Cummins died in London on 19 March 1936, of acute peritonitis,[20] Alice became managing director and the major shareholder of his enterprises.
[16] With support for the old-style beer flagging, rival breweries expanding and hotels being progressively 'tied' by competitors, her situation was critical.
[22] In February 1945 the executors of her estate agreed to sell her 83% shareholding in the Kalgoorlie Brewing and Ice Company to the Swan Brewery for £200,000.