Corporate Body

Union Foundry (1863 - )

From
1863
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Functions
Smelters or Foundries
Location
Ballarat, Victoria

Summary

Established by two Ballarat men in 1863, the Union Foundry manufactured products used by the local gas company, the Ballarat Meat Preserving Company and Queensland sugar mills.

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Archival resources

Royal Historical Society of Victoria Inc

  • Charles George Weickhardt : Notes on the history of engineering firms in Victoria, c. 1950 - 2000, MS 000036 (Box 017-1); Weickhardt, Charles George Talbot (George) (1906 - 2000); Royal Historical Society of Victoria Inc. Details

Published resources

Resources

  • Churchward, Matthew Spencer; Milner, Peter, 'Vol.1, p.86', The principal engineering establishments in Victoria in the period 1842 - 1945, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 1988. Details
  • Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473334. Details

See also

Ailie Smith

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