The Early Years: 1788 onwards. Convicts and Colonists
http://www.australiandressregister.org
http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au
https://sydneylivingmuseums.com.au
https://www.digitalpanopticon.org/Convicts_and_the_Colonisation_of_Australia,_1788-1868
https://sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/convict-sydney/convicts-colony
http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=404849
http://www.caseyandlowe.com.au/find_bone_buttons.htm
https://www.jenwilletts.com/Australian%20Agricultural%20Company.htm
From Trove: The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser
http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/exhibition/objectsthroughtime/convictbutton/index.html
Stokes & Sons: 1856 – today
http://www.stokesbadges.com.au/about/
https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/729171
https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/articles/2499
www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/arts-and-culture/Pages/city-collection.aspx
https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/about/people-in-parliament/re-member/details/24/1716
From Trove: The Argus, The Age, The Williamstown Chronicle, The Colonial Mining Journal, Railway and Share Gazette and Illustrated Record, The Ballarat Star, The Mercury, The Advertiser, Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, The Australasian, Table Talk, Journal of the Royal Victorian Institute of Architects, 1936.
Other pre-federation button makers.
https://ajparkes.com.au
https://cbdnews.com.au
http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=878
https://www.artrecord.com/index.cfm/artist/3946-burmeister-fred/medium/2-works-on-paper/
The Cyclopedia of Victoria: An Historical and Commercial Review, Descriptive and Biographical, Facts, Figures and Illustrations : An Epitome of Progress. – Volume 2 – 1904
https://www.gamillers.com.au/
https://coinworks.com.au/Circa-1854-Port-Phillip-Kangaroo-Office-~5825
https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/articles/2173
http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-146718967
https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/articles/2437
https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/articles/2537
http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=10737&utm_source=api&utm
Trove: many articles and advertisments.
Federation to WW2
‘An insight into Plastics’ by BTR Nylex Ltd. Published Melbourne, Vic. : Nylex Corporation Ltd., [198-?].
http://www.eucalyptusoil.com/history/historical-bottles
https://collection.maas.museum/search?q=buttons
https://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=90404
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._A._Yeomans
https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/search-discover/explore-collections-format/pictures
localhistory.kingston.vic.gov.au/htm/article/384.htm
www.norco.com.au/
http://museum.wa.gov.au/research/research-areas/history/sheridans-badges
http://wanumismatica.org.au/medalists-badge-makers/sheridans
Trove: many articles and advertisments.
General Plastics (Beauclaire)
https://hpm.com.au/
https://collection.maas.museum/search?q=buttons
Trove: many articles and advertisments.
www.naa.gov.au/
G. Herring (Beutron)
www.naa.gov.au/
Trove: many articles and advertisments.
Coronet / Roger Berry
Trove: many articles and advertisments.
https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=2423980
realestate.com.au
K.G. Luke Pty. Ltd.
Trove: many articles and advertisments.
www.carltonfc.com.au/
adb.anu.edu.au/biography/luke-sir-kenneth-george-ken-10870
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Luke
Pearl shell button industry
http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/australias-pearling-industry
Trove: many articles and advertisments.
https://collection.maas.museum/search?q=buttons
www.naa.gov.au/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearling_in_Western_Australia
Covered Buttons
Trove: many articles and advertisments.
https://buttonmania.com.au/
Coles: 1914 onwards / Embassy brand: 1929-1994
https://www.coles.com.au/about-coles/centenary
Trove: many articles and advertisments.
Woolworths Limited: 1924 ongoing
http://www.woolworthslimited.com.au/page/Who_We_Are/The_Woolworths_Story/How_We_Were_Founded/
Trove: many articles and advertisments.
WW2 and Onwards: including leather buttons and obscure companies
Trove: many articles and advertisments.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=89720
adb.anu.edu.au/biography/halpern-stanislaw-stacha-10400
google street map
www.olsonbadges.com.au/
Maxart
History supplied by Ronald Wilson, former company owner
Trove: many articles and advertisments.
https://www.prov.vic.gov.au/
Rex C. Norris/Rex Agencies (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
Trove: many articles and advertisments.
www.naa.gov.au/
Australian electoral rolls
ancestry.com.au
Kencrest
Trove: many articles and advertisments.
astorbuttons.com.au/
Walkers (Delphi/Cygnet/E. Walker & Son Pty. Ltd.)
https://www.aus61business.com/company/Bertram-Pacific-Pty-Limited-1
Travlon Pty. Ltd./Travlon Trimmings
https://www.travlontrims.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Featherston
“Grant Featherston Buttons” by Robyn Caddy
Distributers/Wholesalers/Importers
Trove: many articles and advertisments.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burns_Philp
History provided by Mark Neighbour, family member of ‘Fashion Buttons’ company
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/brown-david-laughland-3073
New Zealand Button History
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/
https://studylib.net/doc/7569817/pinz-history—plastics-new-zealand
Trove: many articles and advertisments.
https://www.otago.ac.nz/library/hocken/
Ross & Glendining, Stafford Street
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/roslyn-woollen-mill