PwC History

Australian Coopers & Lybrand Milestones Australian Price Waterhouse Milestones Australian PricewaterhouseCoopers Milestones
Australian Coopers & Lybrand Milestones

1866

 Andrew Lyell starts an accountancy practice with John Gowan in Melbourne.

1888

 Horace Bately Allard is invited to enter the partnership of Lyell & Butler.

1893

 Separate firms Lyell & Butler in Melbourne and Lyell & Allard in Sydney are established.

1913

 H.B. Allard, Way & Hardie is formed in Sydney.

1926

 Allard, Way & Hardie commence interstate arrangement with Adelaide firm Wilson, Danby and Ferres.

1928

 Allard, Way & Hardie secures representation in Perth with Smith & Goyder.

1933

 First agreement with Cooper Bros for Allard, Way & Hardie to act as agents in Australia, is negotiated by 77 year old Horace Allard during a trip to London.

1940

 Official practice opens in Canberra with the acquisition of Chaplin and Holgate.

1946

 Allard, Way & Hardie establishes closer relations established with Savage & Co in Brisbane.

1948

 Three of the five associated firms agree to associate with Coopers Bros and are known as Coopers Bros, Way & Hardie (Sydney), Cooper Bros, Savage & Co (Brisbane) and Cooper Bros, Goyder & Co (Perth).

1958

 Melbourne based Buckly & Hughes joins the Coopers Bros network.

1961

 Ferres' practice in Adelaide joins Coopers Bros & Co, completing the Australian network.

1962

 Partnership agrees to adopt the name Cooper Bros & Co.

1976

 Australia officially adopts the name Coopers & Lybrand and a nationally integrated firm is formed.
Australian Price Waterhouse Milestones

1874

 Former Price, Holyland & Waterhouse employee Joseph Flack arrives in Australia and opens an accounting practice in Melbourne, occasionally taking on work for his old firm.

1885

 Davey Flack & Co is formed.

1896

 Davey Flack & Co is appointed as official agents of Price Waterhouse & Co.

1896

 Future senior partner and son of Joseph Flack, Edwin Flack, wins Australia's first gold medals at the first modern Olympic Games in Athens while working with Price Waterhouse & Co in London.

1904

 Flack & Flack is formed when Joseph Flack partners with his son Edwin. Younger son Henry Flack later joins the practice.

1905

 Flack & Flack officially opens offices in Perth after conducting audits in Western Australia since 1898.

1908

 Flack & Flack Sydney offices are established.

1911

 A Brisbane office for Flack & Flack opens.

1922

 The chain of mainland capital city offices is complete with the opening of the Adelaide office.

1946

 Price Waterhouse & Co extends Flack & Flack the invitation to join the international firm. Flack & Flack accepts.

1958

 Price Waterhouse & Co opens its Canberra office.

1984

 Price Waterhouse & Co's management consulting practice merges with Urwick International to form Price Waterhouse Urwick.
Australian PricewaterhouseCoopers Milestones

1998

 Worldwide merger of Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand to create PricewaterhouseCoopers.

2002

 IBM acquires PwC Consulting, the global management consulting and technology services unit of PricewaterhouseCoopers.

2003

 PricewaterhouseCoopers Foundation established.

2006

 Established our Private Clients business, which is dedicated to the needs of entrepreneurial business owners, managers and high-net-worth individuals and family businesses.

PwC Australia develops the four core service values of the PwC Experience, which will later be adopted globally.

2008

 PwC announces plan to be carbon neutral by FY09. Acquired GEM Consulting, building our critical mass in strategy consulting and enabling us to offer comprehensive performance improvement to our clients, from planning to implementation.

2009

 Acquired Clarendene Estate Planning Lawyers, Franchise Developments and Mainsheet Corporate, further strengthening our capacity in strategy consulting.

2010

 Acquired boutique consultancy, the difference. The difference specialises in working with public and private organisations on complex issues that involve and affect multiple stakeholders.

Merged our Canberra office with professional services firm WalterTurnbull. The mid-market specialist's local knowledge deepens our expertise and service offerings.

Acquired specialist consulting firm, AshleyMunro. AshleyMunro works exclusively with entrepreneurs and high-growth business to grow capability, develop tax strategies and manage employee relations and change.