Biographical entry Hughes, Enoch (1829 - 1893?)

Summary

Enoch Hughes opened the Victorian Iron Rolling Mill in Melbourne in 1860 and later was to play a major role in the establishment of iron and steel works at Lithgow, New South Wales.

Details

Born Dudley, Worcestershire, England, 1829. Died ?. Apprenticed to iron works 1843; worked as tradesman till 1857; to Melbourne 1859; opened Victorian Iron Rolling Mill, Melbourne 1860; to Mittagong as manager Fitzroy Ironworks; leased mill briefly 1868.

Published resources

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Hughes, Enoch', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473313. 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/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P003649. Details
• Aroney, M. J.; Bukingham, A. D., 'Raymond James Wood Le Fevre 1905-1986', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 7, no. 3, 1988, pp. 273-297. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9880730273.htm. Details