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On 28 November 2014, a portion of Yarrabilba was excised to create a new locality, Kairabah. [3] The name Kairabah was proposed by Lend Lease Group (the property developers) from a suggestion by the Yugambeh Museum. It means "Place of White Cockatoo" and is derived from the Yugambeh language. [2]
Lend-Lease was granted approval for the development of the first 93.2-hectare (230-acre) stage of the project. [citation needed] On 28 November 2014, a portion of Yarrabilba was excised to create a new locality, Kairabah. [2] [10] St Clare's Catholic Primary School opened in 2017. [11] [12] Yarrabilba State School opened on 1 January 2018. [13 ...
The company was established as Lendlease by Dick Dusseldorp [3] in 1958 to provide finance for building contracts being undertaken by Civil & Civic. In 1961, the company acquired Civil & Civic from Bredero's Bouwbedrijf. [4] Lendlease first listed on the ASX in 1962. Operations expanded to the United States in 1971 and to Singapore in 1973. [5]
In 1982, Lend Lease acquired 50% of MLC Life Limited and in 1985 acquired the balance of the company. MLC's multi-manager, multi-style investment philosophy was introduced in 1986. In June 2000, MLC was sold to the National Australia Bank. [3] for $4.56 billion, one of the biggest mergers in Australian corporate history. [4]
[3] [2] In 1983, DFC was acquired by ANZ Bank. [2] After separating from ANZ, Delfin Property Group was acquired by Lendlease in 2001 for $172 million (AUD). Upon acquisition, Delfin Property Group was de-listed and became Delfin Lend Lease, a subsidiary company of Lendlease. [4]
In 1961 Civil & Civic was acquired by Lend Lease Corporation, but the company continued to trade under the Civil & Civic name, also constructing the world's tallest lightweight concrete construction building (Australia Square), and the tallest building in the world outside North America at the time of completion.
President Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease bill to give aid to Britain and China (March 1941). House of Representatives bill # 1776, p.1. Lend-Lease, formally the Lend-Lease Act and introduced as An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States (Pub. L. 77–11, H.R. 1776, 55 Stat. 31, enacted March 11, 1941), [1] [2] was a policy under which the United States supplied the United Kingdom, the ...
The first Lend-Lease aircraft, a group of twelve A-20 Havocs, arrived at Ladd on 3 September 1942. The first Russian pilots, after five days of training on the aircraft, took off for Nome and the long trip to the Eastern Front. Initially the USAAF provided the initial training on how to operate and maintain the Lend-Lease aircraft.