Sony DADC Australia: version 1
Saved 2026-09-25 13:10 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added the Australian and New Zealand CD of Evanescence – Fallen (EAN 9399700109382), named by family/evanescence-fallen. Identity, catalogue number, pressing codes, credits and tracks from Discogs rel. This is the current version.
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# Sony DADC Australia <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Sony DADC Australia
disambiguation: Sydney company that was Sony Music Entertainment (Australia) Limited until 2005; renamed The Distribution and Logistics Company Pty Limited in 2022
summary: Australian Sony company that ran the SMEA disc plant at Huntingwood, New South Wales, as Sony Music Entertainment (Australia) Limited, renamed Sony DADC Australia in 2005.
legal_name: The Distribution and Logistics Company Pty Limited
country: AU
register_ids: AU-ABN:64000033581
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ---------- | -------------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ---------- | ----- | ------- | -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| parent_org | company/sony-music-entertainment | | | 2005-11-16 | | derived | ^discogs-smeal | Discogs files Sony Music Entertainment (Australia) Limited beneath Sony Music Entertainment Inc. |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| -------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---------- | ---------- |
| The Distribution and Logistics Company Pty Limited | legal | | 2022-08-05 | |
| Sony DADC Australia Pty Limited | legal | | 2005-11-16 | 2022-08-05 |
| Sony Music Entertainment (Australia) Limited | legal | | 1995-02-23 | 2005-11-16 |
| SMEA | name | | | |
| The Distribution and Logistics Company | name | | | |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ---------------------------- | --------- | --------- | ----------- | --------------------------------------------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| discogs-anz | https://api.discogs.com/releases/1800415 | Discogs release 1800415: Evanescence – Fallen (CD, Album, Australia & New Zealand, 2003) | 2026-09-25 | Discogs | catalogue | | 1800415 | Identifiers, companies, credits and tracklist | | | |
| discogs-smea | https://api.discogs.com/labels/267417 | Discogs label 267417: SMEA | 2026-09-25 | Discogs | catalogue | | 267417 | Profile of the Huntingwood plant | | | |
| discogs-smeal | https://api.discogs.com/labels/181091 | Discogs label 181091: Sony Music Entertainment (Australia) Limited | 2026-09-25 | Discogs | catalogue | | 181091 | Profile and parent label | | | |
| abr-hist | https://abr.business.gov.au/AbnHistory/View?id=64000033581 | ABN Lookup: historical details for ABN 64 000 033 581 | 2026-09-25 | Australian Business Register | registry | | 64000033581 | Entity names, entity type, business names | | | |
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## About <!--about-->
Sony DADC Australia Pty Limited, registered under Australian Business Number 64 000 033 581, carried the name Sony Music Entertainment (Australia) Limited until 16 November 2005 and has been The Distribution and Logistics Company Pty Limited since 5 August 2022; it is an Australian private company whose main business location has been in New South Wales.[^abr-hist] Discogs describes Sony Music Entertainment (Australia) Limited as a Sydney record company active under that name from 23 February 1995 until February 2004, filed under Sony Music Entertainment Inc.[^discogs-smeal] It operated the SMEA optical disc plant at Huntingwood, New South Wales, whose disc manufacturing operation took the Sony DADC Australia name in 2005.[^discogs-smea] It manufactured the Australian and New Zealand CD of Evanescence's Fallen.[^discogs-anz]
Under the name Sony Music Entertainment (Australia) Limited the company registered business names including Sony Music, So Fresh, Random Records and Sony Music Direct.[^abr-hist] Discogs assigns its Australian releases from March 2004 to 2009 to Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Australia) Pty Limited.[^discogs-smeal]
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