Person
Ramsay, William (1868 - 1914)
- Born
- 6 June 1868
Glasgow, Scotland - Died
- 4 September 1914
Essendon, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Manufacturer
Summary
William Ramsay and Hamilton McKellan opened a small factory producing cleaning products in Carlton, Victoria in 1901.Their products included fire-kindlers and antiseptic sawdust, but their most important product was boot polish. In 1906 they produced a new polish called Kiwi and two years later produced Kiwi Dark Tan, which polished, preserved and restored the colour to dark tan shoes.
Skip to
Published resources
Book Sections
- Langmore, Diane, 'Ramsay, William (1868-1914), manufacturer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 11: 1891 - 1939 Nes-Smi, Geoffrey Serle, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 328-329. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110340b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6167714. Details
- 'Ramsay, William (1868-1914)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1464897. 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_r.html. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 4 February 2010
- Foundation Supporter - ARC Learned Academies' Special Projects