Person
Derham, Frederick John Walcott (1900 - 1953)
- Born
- 21 July 1900
Armadale, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 12 May 1953
Toorak, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Manufacturer and Business executive
- Alternative Names
- Derham, Jack
Summary
Jack Derham founded Australian Moulding Corporation in 1927 to manufacture plastic products such as knobs and outer cases of radio receivers from products such as phenol-formaldehyde resins (commonly referred to as 'Bakelite'), urea-formaldehyde and finally PVC. He later bought into Moulded Products, which marketed Nylex products.
Related entries
Published resources
Book Sections
- Carroll, Brian, 'Derham, Frederick John Walcott (Jack) (1900-1953)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1993), p. 619. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130691b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21537891. Details
- 'Derham, Frederick John Walcott (1900-1953)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1467603. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_d.html. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 8 May 2012
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