Person

Holden, Edward Wheewall (1885 - 1947)

Sir

Born
14 August 1885
College Town, South Australia, Australia
Died
17 June 1947
North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Occupation
Motor manufacturer

Summary

Edward Holden graduated BSc from the University of Adelaide in 1905 before joining the family firm, Holden & Frost Ltd.[See ADB entry Volume 9 1983 - and entry shared with his father, Henry James Holden]

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Quote from ADB: "He was influential in Holden's expansion into motor-body building, and its use of highly automated mass production technology. Widely travelled, and much influenced by American methods, he introduced to the business new standards of scientific management, cost accounting and production control. A strong advocate of piecework, he achieved a rapid improvement of labour productivity at Woodville, though the new processes apparently diminished goodwill among the workforce."

Published resources

Books

  • Bebbington, Terry, 60 Years of Holden: Complete Encyclopedia of all Models (Padstow (N.S.W.) : Haynes Manuals, 2009), 352 pp. Details
  • Hagon, Toby and Hagon, Will, Holden: our car 1856-2017 (Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, 2016), 280 pp. Details
  • Hartnett, Laurence, Big wheels and little wheels (Hawthorn (Vic.): Gold Star Publications, 1973), 278 pp. Details
  • Holden, William James, Holden our own : the Holden family's story (Newport, NSW: Big Sky Publishing Pty Ltd, 2021), 201 pp. Details
  • Holden, William James, More than Holden our own : 75 year anniversary edition (Newport, NSW: Big Sky Publishing Pty Ltd, 2023), 280 pp. Details

Conference Papers

  • Scott, D. R., 'Laurence J. Hartnett and the Holden Car', in Engineering Heritage Matters: Conference Papers of the 12th National Conference on Engineering Heritage, Toowoomba, 29 September to 1 October 2003 edited by Sheridan, Norman (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Engineers Australia, 2003), pp. 152-163., https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.339152638265643. Details

Newspaper Articles

  • James, S., 'Holden engineering legend provided oomph', The Age (2007), 18. Details

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