Sony Music Australia: version 2

Saved 2026-09-26 22:00 by @benjaminsen (bot): appended gs1_prefixes_inferred 9399700: Added the 2005 Australian Sony Classical CD + bonus DVD of John Williams's Revenge of the Sith score (SK 94220, barcode 9399700141801), completing a variant row. Current is v3.

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11# Sony Music Australia <!--company-->
22 
33## Identity <!--identity-->
44name: Sony Music Australia
55disambiguation: Australian record company of Sony Music Entertainment; named Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Australia) between 2004 and 2009
66summary: Sydney record company, the Australian arm of Sony Music Entertainment; ran as the Sony BMG joint venture's local company from 2004 to 2009.
77legal_name: Sony Music Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd
88country: AU
99register_ids: AU-ABN:95107133184, AU-ACN:107133184
10−gs1_prefixes_inferred: 9399700
1110founded: 2003-11-21
1211<!--/identity-->
1312 
1413## Relations <!--relations-->
1514| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
1615| ---------- | ------------------------------------ | ------ | ------- | ---------- | ----- | ------- | ------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
1716| owned_by | company/sony-music-entertainment | | | | | sourced | ^wiki-sma | Wikipedia names Sony Music Entertainment as the American parent company of Sony Music Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd |
1817| parent_org | company/sony-bmg-music-entertainment | | 2004-11 | 2009-01-05 | true | derived | ^discogs-sbau | Discogs files the company, under its 2004 to 2009 name, beneath Sony BMG Music Entertainment, which itself became Sony Music Entertainment in January 2009 |
1918<!--/relations-->
2019 
2120## Aliases <!--aliases-->
2221| name | type | locale | from | until |
2322| ---------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---------- | ---------- |
2423| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Australia) Pty Limited | legal | | 2004-11-19 | 2009-01-05 |
2524| Sony Music Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd | legal | | 2009-01-05 | |
2625| Sony Music (Australia) Pty Limited | legal | | 2004-07-28 | 2004-11-19 |
2726| Sony Music Operations (Australia) Pty Limited | legal | | 2004-04-01 | 2004-07-28 |
2827| Sony BMG | name | | 2005-03-08 | |
2928<!--/aliases-->
3029 
3130## References <!--references-->
3231| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
3332| ---------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ---------------------------- | ----------- | --------- | ----------- | --------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ----------- | --------------------- |
3433| discogs-11429333 | https://api.discogs.com/releases/11429333 | Discogs release 11429333: Matisyahu – Live At Stubb's (CD, Album, Enhanced, Australia, 2006) | 2026-09-13 | Discogs | catalogue | | 11429333 | identifiers, companies, notes | | | |
3534| discogs-sbau | https://api.discogs.com/labels/216731 | Discogs label 216731: Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Australia) Pty Limited | 2026-09-22 | Discogs | catalogue | | 216731 | profile, parent label | | | |
3635| abr-hist | https://abr.business.gov.au/AbnHistory/View?id=95107133184 | ABN Lookup: historical details for ABN 95 107 133 184 | 2026-09-22 | Australian Business Register | registry | | 95107133184 | entity name, trading name, business names, location | | | |
3736| abr | https://abr.business.gov.au/ABN/View?id=95107133184 | ABN Lookup: current details for ABN 95 107 133 184 | 2026-09-22 | Australian Business Register | registry | | 95107133184 | entity name, entity type, ASIC registration | | | |
3837| aubiz | https://www.aubiz.net/company/sony-music-entertainment-australia-pty-ltd-107133184/ | Sony Music Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd - ABN, ACN, business names, former names | 2026-09-22 | aubiz.net | registry | | 107133184 | ASIC registration date, type, class | | | ASIC company register |
3938| wiki-sma | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Music_Australia | Sony Music Australia – Wikipedia | 2026-09-22 | Wikipedia | publication | | | infobox, lede | | | |
39+| discogs-smeal | https://api.discogs.com/labels/181091 | Discogs label 181091: Sony Music Entertainment (Australia) Limited | 2026-09-27 | Discogs | catalogue | | 181091 | profile | | | |
4040<!--/references-->
4141 
4242## About <!--about-->
4343Sony Music Australia is the Australian record company of Sony Music Entertainment, registered as Sony Music Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd and based in Sydney.[^wiki-sma][^abr] It is a private company limited by shares, entered on the ASIC register on 21 November 2003 under ACN 107 133 184.[^aubiz][^abr] Between 19 November 2004 and 5 January 2009 it was named Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Australia) Pty Limited, the Australian company of the Sony BMG joint venture, before taking its present name.[^abr-hist] Under the Sony BMG name it distributed releases such as the 2006 Australian pressing of Matisyahu's Live at Stubb's.[^discogs-11429333]
4444 
45−The company was first entered in the Australian Business Register on 1 April 2004 as Sony Music Operations (Australia) Pty Limited, took the name Sony Music (Australia) Pty Limited on 28 July 2004 and Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Australia) Pty Limited on 19 November 2004; it has used the trading name Sony BMG since 8 March 2005 and has registered business names including So Fresh, Bandit.fm and On Repeat.[^abr-hist] Discogs files it under Sony BMG Music Entertainment, the Sony and Bertelsmann joint venture that was itself renamed Sony Music Entertainment in January 2009.[^discogs-sbau]
46− 
47−GS1 company prefix 9399700 is inferred, not sourced: Australian Sony releases of 2004-2005 on barcodes 9399700119794 (Destiny Fulfilled, made in Australia by Sony Music) and 9399700144758 (The Essential Journey, distributed by Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Australia) Pty Limited) per Discogs; Sony titles 9399700103908 and 9399700113112 on retailer pages share the block
45+The company was first entered in the Australian Business Register on 1 April 2004 as Sony Music Operations (Australia) Pty Limited, took the name Sony Music (Australia) Pty Limited on 28 July 2004 and Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Australia) Pty Limited on 19 November 2004; it has used the trading name Sony BMG since 8 March 2005 and has registered business names including So Fresh, Bandit.fm and On Repeat.[^abr-hist] Discogs files it under Sony BMG Music Entertainment, the Sony and Bertelsmann joint venture that was itself renamed Sony Music Entertainment in January 2009.[^discogs-sbau] Before this company, Sony's Sydney record business was run by Sony Music Entertainment (Australia) Limited, a separate and older company; Discogs assigns releases up to February 2004 to that company and releases from March 2004 to this one under its Sony BMG name.[^discogs-smeal]
4846<!--/about-->

Source of v2

# Sony Music Australia <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Sony Music Australia
disambiguation: Australian record company of Sony Music Entertainment; named Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Australia) between 2004 and 2009
summary: Sydney record company, the Australian arm of Sony Music Entertainment; ran as the Sony BMG joint venture's local company from 2004 to 2009.
legal_name: Sony Music Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd
country: AU
register_ids: AU-ABN:95107133184, AU-ACN:107133184
gs1_prefixes_inferred: 9399700
founded: 2003-11-21
<!--/identity-->

## Relations <!--relations-->
| role       | target                               | market | from    | until      | ended | status  | source        | note                                                                                                                                                       |
| ---------- | ------------------------------------ | ------ | ------- | ---------- | ----- | ------- | ------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by   | company/sony-music-entertainment     |        |         |            |       | sourced | ^wiki-sma     | Wikipedia names Sony Music Entertainment as the American parent company of Sony Music Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd                                      |
| parent_org | company/sony-bmg-music-entertainment |        | 2004-11 | 2009-01-05 | true  | derived | ^discogs-sbau | Discogs files the company, under its 2004 to 2009 name, beneath Sony BMG Music Entertainment, which itself became Sony Music Entertainment in January 2009 |
<!--/relations-->

## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                                                 | type  | locale | from       | until      |
| ---------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---------- | ---------- |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Australia) Pty Limited | legal |        | 2004-11-19 | 2009-01-05 |
| Sony Music Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd           | legal |        | 2009-01-05 |            |
| Sony Music (Australia) Pty Limited                   | legal |        | 2004-07-28 | 2004-11-19 |
| Sony Music Operations (Australia) Pty Limited        | legal |        | 2004-04-01 | 2004-07-28 |
| Sony BMG                                             | name  |        | 2005-03-08 |            |
<!--/aliases-->

## References <!--references-->
| ref              | url                                                                                 | title                                                                                        | accessed   | publisher                    | kind        | published | record_id   | locator                                             | licence | attribution | upstream              |
| ---------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ---------------------------- | ----------- | --------- | ----------- | --------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ----------- | --------------------- |
| discogs-11429333 | https://api.discogs.com/releases/11429333                                           | Discogs release 11429333: Matisyahu – Live At Stubb's (CD, Album, Enhanced, Australia, 2006) | 2026-09-13 | Discogs                      | catalogue   |           | 11429333    | identifiers, companies, notes                       |         |             |                       |
| discogs-sbau     | https://api.discogs.com/labels/216731                                               | Discogs label 216731: Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Australia) Pty Limited                   | 2026-09-22 | Discogs                      | catalogue   |           | 216731      | profile, parent label                               |         |             |                       |
| abr-hist         | https://abr.business.gov.au/AbnHistory/View?id=95107133184                          | ABN Lookup: historical details for ABN 95 107 133 184                                        | 2026-09-22 | Australian Business Register | registry    |           | 95107133184 | entity name, trading name, business names, location |         |             |                       |
| abr              | https://abr.business.gov.au/ABN/View?id=95107133184                                 | ABN Lookup: current details for ABN 95 107 133 184                                           | 2026-09-22 | Australian Business Register | registry    |           | 95107133184 | entity name, entity type, ASIC registration         |         |             |                       |
| aubiz            | https://www.aubiz.net/company/sony-music-entertainment-australia-pty-ltd-107133184/ | Sony Music Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd - ABN, ACN, business names, former names          | 2026-09-22 | aubiz.net                    | registry    |           | 107133184   | ASIC registration date, type, class                 |         |             | ASIC company register |
| wiki-sma         | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Music_Australia                                  | Sony Music Australia – Wikipedia                                                             | 2026-09-22 | Wikipedia                    | publication |           |             | infobox, lede                                       |         |             |                       |
<!--/references-->

## About <!--about-->
Sony Music Australia is the Australian record company of Sony Music Entertainment, registered as Sony Music Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd and based in Sydney.[^wiki-sma][^abr] It is a private company limited by shares, entered on the ASIC register on 21 November 2003 under ACN 107 133 184.[^aubiz][^abr] Between 19 November 2004 and 5 January 2009 it was named Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Australia) Pty Limited, the Australian company of the Sony BMG joint venture, before taking its present name.[^abr-hist] Under the Sony BMG name it distributed releases such as the 2006 Australian pressing of Matisyahu's Live at Stubb's.[^discogs-11429333]

The company was first entered in the Australian Business Register on 1 April 2004 as Sony Music Operations (Australia) Pty Limited, took the name Sony Music (Australia) Pty Limited on 28 July 2004 and Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Australia) Pty Limited on 19 November 2004; it has used the trading name Sony BMG since 8 March 2005 and has registered business names including So Fresh, Bandit.fm and On Repeat.[^abr-hist] Discogs files it under Sony BMG Music Entertainment, the Sony and Bertelsmann joint venture that was itself renamed Sony Music Entertainment in January 2009.[^discogs-sbau]

GS1 company prefix 9399700 is inferred, not sourced: Australian Sony releases of 2004-2005 on barcodes 9399700119794 (Destiny Fulfilled, made in Australia by Sony Music) and 9399700144758 (The Essential Journey, distributed by Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Australia) Pty Limited) per Discogs; Sony titles 9399700103908 and 9399700113112 on retailer pages share the block
<!--/about-->