Person

Goninan, Alfred (1865 - 1953)

Born
29 May 1865
St Just, Cornwall, England
Died
25 August 1953
Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Engineer

Summary

Alfred Goninan established an engineering business at Wickham, near Newcastle, New South Wales, with his brother Ralph (1899). By 1926 the brothers were joint managing directors and Alfred was chairman. They made pitheads, boilers, wagons and a huge, cast 41-ton block for the district's coal trade. Although he left the firm because of personal debts during the Depression, the firm survived. It still bears his name and is Australia's largest maker of rail-cars. Goninan also helped to establish Commonwealth Steel Products Co. Ltd at Waratah, Newcastle, mainly to produce railway wheels and axles.

Published resources

Book Sections

  • Fredman, L.E., 'Goninan, Alfed (1865-1953) and Ralph Williams Goninan (1874-1948), engineers' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 14: 1940 - 1980 Di-Kel, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1996), pp. 291-292. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140330b.htm. Details

Resources

See also

Rosanne Walker

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