Webster Limited is an Australian business founded in 1831 by Alexander Webster, just 28 years after the settlement of

Van Diemen's Land Van Diemen's Land was the colonial name of the island of Tasmania used by the British during the European exploration of Australia in the 19th century. A British settlement was established in Van Diemen's Land in 1803 before it became a sepa ...

. Founded as a traditional pastoral house, Webster Limited is now a diversified food and agribusiness. Webster Limited acquired the

Riverina The Riverina is an agricultural region of south-western New South Wales, Australia. The Riverina is distinguished from other Australian regions by the combination of flat plains, warm to hot climate and an ample supply of water for irrigation ...

walnut assets from

Gunns Limited Gunns Limited was a major forestry enterprise located in Tasmania, Australia. It had operations in forest management, woodchipping, sawmilling and veneer production. The company was placed into liquidation in March 2013. History Founded in 187 ...

in 2010 and is now

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and the southern hemisphere's largest walnut grower through its ownership and/or management of more than 2,200ha of orchards in

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and the

. Webster has since diversified into cotton and livestock following their 116 million purchase of the 40,000-hectare prime

cropping aggregation, "Kooba", in 2010.

Acquisition and de-listing from ASX

All capital in Webster has been acquired by the Canadian

Public Sector Pension Investment Board The Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) is a Canadian Crown corporation established by an act of Parliament in September 1999. PSP Investments is one of Canada's largest pension investment managers, with CAD $204.5 billion of n ...

(PSP Investments). PSP Investments have added the assets of Webster Limited to their stable of Australian agricultural investments including investments in the major Queensland based nut producer Stahmann Farms Enterprises (SFE). On 21 February 2020 PSP delisted Webster from the

Australian Securities Exchange Australian Securities Exchange Ltd or ASX, is an Australian public company that operates Australia's primary securities exchange, the Australian Securities Exchange (sometimes referred to outside of Australia as, or confused within Australia as ...

.http://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20200221/pdf/44fb3nms865x20.pdf

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External links

Webster Limited homepage
Companies formerly listed on the Australian Securities Exchange Agriculture companies of Australia Companies established in 1831 Companies based in Tasmania Australian companies established in 1831