R. W. Miller was an Australian company that had interests in coal mining, pubs and shipping.
The company was named after its founder Robert William Miller (1879-1958).
[1] R. W. Miller was founded in 1923 as a colliery proprietor and coal dealer.
[2] It became involved in the coastal coal-carrying trade of New South Wales to convey coal between Newcastle and Sydney.
[6][7][8] In the late-1960s and early-1970s, TNT, Ampol and Howard Smith built up substantial shareholdings with takeover offers by the latter two resulting in a protracted takeover battle resulting in an important legal case and subsequent appeal to the Privy council, Howard Smith Ltd v Ampol Petroleum Ltd.[9][10][11] In 1979, Howard Smith's shareholding was increased to 67% in 1979 when it acquired Ampol's shareholding and in February 1985 it took 100% ownership.