Neptune Oil Company

Neptune Oil Company was an Australian independent petroleum company based in Melbourne, Victoria. The company was established in 1909 as a privately owned company.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The company was taken over by the Shell Oil company in 1975.^[6]

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.^[7]

In many cases petrol stations with Neptune products were also dealing in second hand cars or other services.^[8][9]

A "King Neptune" statue at a Neptune (later Shell) service station was a landmark in the Adelaide suburb of Darlington until 1991.^[10]

Publications[]

In the print era of the mid twentieth century, publications and promotions by the company were produced extensively in the 1950s and earlier ^{[11][12][13][14][15][16]}

Similarly, like Australia-wide oil retailers of the time, Neptune produced a series of road maps ^{[17][18][19][20]}

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