Person
Martin, James (1821 - 1899)
- Born
- 23 April 1821
Foundry, Cornwall, England - Died
- 27 December 1899
"Trevue", Gawler, South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Manufacturer and Politician
Summary
James Martin set up as a blacksmith and wheelwright in Gawler, South Australia in 1848. He soon became a manufacturer, trading as James Martin & Co., making bullock drays, agricultural implements including reaping machines, and other ironwork including bridges and steam engines. He added railway rolling-stock and by December 1894 had delivered 100 locomotives.
He is commemorated by a statue at Gawler.
Details
Chronology
- 1865 - 1868
- Career position - Member of the House of Assembly, South Australia
- 1881
- Award - Special Order of Merit, Adelaide Exhibition 1881 [For his stripper and collection of agricultural machines]
- 1885 - 1899
- Career position - Member of the Legislative Council, South Australia
- 1888 -
- Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Cumming, D. A.; Moxham, G. C., They built South Australia : engineers, technicians, manufacturers, contractors and their work (Adelaide: D.A. Cumming and G.C Moxham, 1986), 241 pp. Martin, James (1825 - 1899), pp.129-131. Details
Book Sections
- Hirst, J.B., 'Martin, James (1821-1899), manufacturer and politician' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 5: 1851 - 1890 K-Q, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1974), pp. 219-220. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050249b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q18217016. Details
- 'Martin, James (1821-1899)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1465654. 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_m.html. Details
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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 2 October 2024
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