{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2018}} {{Infobox company | name = Mills and Ware Limited | logo = | type = | founded = 1898 | founder = William Mills<br>Henry Ware | hq_location_city = Fremantle, Western Australia | hq_location_country = Australia | origins = | key_people = | area_served = | industry = Food | products = Biscuits<br>Cakes | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsidiaries = | owner = | company_slogan = | defunct = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Mills and Ware Limited''' was the largest supplier of biscuits and cakes in Western Australia. It was founded by William Mills and Henry Ware.<ref>{{citation |mode=cs1 |last1=Harvey |first1=Ben |last2=Hatch |first2=Daniel |title=100 most influential: The business leaders who shaped WA – 1829-2013 |url=https://info.thewest.com.au/westadvertising/feature/20131129/downloads/feature.pdf |publisher=The West Australian |archiveurl=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20200127170436/https://info.thewest.com.au/westadvertising/feature/20131129/downloads/feature.pdf |archivedate=27 January 2020 |url-status=live |format=PDF |date=29 November 2013 |page=33 |access-date=10 February 2020 }}</ref>
==History== In 1898, Mills and Wares was established in Cottesloe and shortly afterwards (1899) moved to a new factory in South Terrace, South Fremantle.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Dawson, Margaret | title=The history of the development of Mills and Wares Biscuits Pty. Ltd. : from its beginning in 1897 to the present day | publication-date=1968 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/21335553 | accessdate=2 February 2018 }}</ref> The factory was the largest industrial employer of women in Western Australia. When the factory closed on 20 March 1992 90% of the workforce were women and 75% were born overseas.<ref>[http://fremantlestuff.info/fhs/fs/1/Delroy&Brown.html Ann Delroy & Phyl Brown, 'Sugar and spice: changing patterns of women's work in a WA cake and biscuit factory', Fremantle Studies, 1, 1999: 1-11.]</ref>
Arnott's Biscuits became a shareholder in Mills and Ware<ref>{{Cite web|date=1870-09-01|title=Arnott's Steam Biscuit factory opens|url=https://australianfoodtimeline.com.au/arnotts-factory-opens/|access-date=2020-09-09|website=Australian food history timeline|language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=1993-11-12|title=Ghost of members past haunting Arnotts|url=https://www.afr.com/companies/ghost-of-mergers-past-haunting-arnotts-19931112-kasu1|access-date=2020-09-09|website=Australian Financial Review|language=en}}</ref> in 1953 and the company was renamed Arnott's Mills and Ware Limited. In October 1973 Arnott's became the majority shareholder and in 1991 announced that the factory would close in 1992.
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==External links== *[https://researchdata.ands.org.au/arnott-mills-ware-collection/935420?source=suggested_datasets Arnott, Mills and Ware Collection] *[http://museum.wa.gov.au/community/groups/content/mills-and-ware-christmas Mills and Ware Christmas Cakes] *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JO5NvMxlRE Mills & Ware Factory in South Fremantle - YouTube]
Category:Companies based in Perth, Western Australia Category:Food and drink companies of Australia Category:1898 establishments in Australia Category:1992 disestablishments in Australia