Person
Foletta, George Gotardo (1892 - 1983)
- Born
- 30 January 1892
Northcote, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 25 April 1983
Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Manufacturer
Summary
George Foletta founded Prestige Ltd, a hosiery manufacturer (1922). He was managing director 1937-1948, chairman (from 1943), and governing director from 1948. By 1968 the company was producing a complete range of men's, women's and children's clothing. In that year the firm was taken over by Dunlop Australia Ltd and he retired as chairman and governing director.
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Published resources
Book Sections
- Worrall, Airlie, 'Foletta, George Gotardo (1892-1973), hosiery and knitwear manufacturer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 14: 1940 - 1980 Di-Kel, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1996), p. 193. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140206b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24239522. Details
- 'Foletta, George Gotardo (18920130-19830425)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1464892. 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_f.html. Details
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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 2 March 2018
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