The Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Company was established in Sydney, Australia by Frederick York Wolseley who was an Irishman who had emigrated to Australia. A branch of this company was set up in England in 1889 with Herbert Austin returning from Australia to establish the English company as Wolseley's health declined and he died in 1899. Herbert Austin became general manager of Wolseley, and secretly designed the first Wolseley motor car in 1895 hidden from the partners of the company. In 1901 the Wolseley Tool and Motor Car company was established financed by Vickers. Car manufacture began in earnest with sales expanding and ever better models being produced. Herbert Austin managed Wolseley until 1905 when he set up his own Austin Motor Company. Wolseley were known as 'Wolseley-Siddeley for a time after buying out the Siddeley Autocar Company and installing John Davenport Siddeley as manager until 1910. The name 'Wolseley Motor Company' was only given in 1914. In 1918 Wolseley formed a joint venture in Japan, producing the first Japanese-built Wolseley in 1922 from a company that went on to become Isuzu. However, Wolseley fell on hard times in 1927, and with debts of £2million were purchased by William Morris himself, only making it a subsidiary of the Morris Motor Company in 1935. In 1938, following the acquistion of Riley and Autovia, Wolseley found itself part of the Nuffield Organisation, and in 1952 was contained within the British Motor Corporation. British Leyland axed the Wolseley badge in 1975.