Corporate Body
Maritime Wireless (1900s - c. 1914)
- From
- 1900s
Randwick, New South Wales, Australia - To
- c. 1914
- Functions
- Education and Telecommunications
- Location
- Randwick, New South Wales
Summary
In around 1904 Father Shaw, whose hobby was wireless design, joined with a local business, Kirkby to form Maritime Wireless. The factory was built on his church grounds and employed over 150 workers. Most importantly, it was the only company to run a wireless apprentice workshop in Sydney. In 1914 Shaw was forced to sell Maritime Wireless to the government after being found guilty of misappropriating church funds.
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Published resources
Books
- Randwick Municipal Council, Randwick, a social history (Kensington, New South Wales: New South Wales University Press, c.1985), 244 pp. Details
Resources
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476983. Details
Resource Sections
- Randwick Municipal Council, 'Industry and Innovation in Randwick', in Randwick, A Social History, 2001, http://www.randwick.nsw.gov.au/Library/localhistory/sochist7.htm. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 31 January 2002, Last modified: 15 March 2006