Riverstone Holdings history

He named the property “Clydesdale” (now in the Berkshire Park end of Marsden Park). In 1815 Reverend Samuel Marsden was granted 1,000 acres, now Marsden Park.

The following year Richard Rouse received 450 acres at Vinegar Hill and, with John Palmer’s 1818 grant of 1,500 acres, this area later became known as Rouse Hill.

Also, in 1845, 'Riverston Farm', comprising 3,500 acres, was offered for sale.

The Blacktown to Richmond railway line was completed towards the end of 1864 and the first regular train ran on 1st December 1864.

The railway's timetable officially gave 'Riverston' the name 'Riverstone'. In 1867 the greatest flood on record in the Hawkesbury area rose to a height of 19.2 metres.

Vineyard opened a Provisional school in 1872.

Rouse Hill Public School opened in 1875.

In 1878 Benjamin Richards, a grazier and butcher from Richmond, purchased land adjacent to the railway line and established a beef slaughterhouse employing four slaughtermen, the beginning of the Riverstone Meatworks.

St John’s Catholic Church opened in 1882.

1883 saw 42 children enrolled for the opening of Riverstone Public School.

St Andrew’s Church of England, The Vineyard also opened on Windsor Road in 1884.

St Paul’s Church of England opened in 1885 as part of the Parish of Windsor.

Falling numbers saw this school closed in 1902 with the students transferred to Rouse Hill Public School.

It was erected by voluntary labour and was also known at the Vineyard Mission School. It was moved to its present site, in Garfield Road, in 1912.

Until 1928 Riverstone was part of Windsor Shire Council.

In 1970, a major fire at the Riverstone Meatworks killed six men, who were attempting to lead the animals to safety.

A new complex at the Meatworks opened in December 1973.

The Nichols family sold the business in 1986.

Monies raised from these Fairs, with a 1988 Bicentennial Grant, saw the Blacktown and District Bicentennial Museum (now known as the Riverstone Museum) open in the original public school premises in December 1988.

To meet the increasing demand for cleanroom gloves, Riverstone Resources Malaysia leased a factory at Kepong, Malaysia (the "Kepong Factory") in end 1994 to undertake glove production.

To broaden our range of products to meet unique requirements of our customers, Ringletex Dipped Products Sdn Bhd ("Ringletex"), was incorporated on 8 May 1995 to manufacture cleanroom packaging materials.

Riverstone Resources Malaysia set up an additional dipping line for cleanroom gloves at our Lot 47 Factory in 1998 with an annual capacity of 48 million pieces.

In early 1999, Riverstone Resources Malaysia set up another dipping line.

In 2000, Riverstone Resources Malaysia installed another dipping line at the Lot 47 Factory that increased total annual production of cleanroom gloves to 271 million pieces.

Following the dismantling of the dipping lines at the Kepong Factory in 2003, the Kepong Factory was focused on carrying out chlorination, laundry and packaging services for finger cots produced by our Group.