Corporate Body
Phoenix Foundry Co Ltd (1854 - 1900s)
- From
- 1854
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia - To
- 1900s
- Functions
- Smelters or Foundries
- Location
- Ballarat, Victoria
Summary
Established in 1854, the Phoenix Foundry built locomotives in Ballarat during the second half of the nineteenth century. In 1870 the firm was incorporated as the Phoenix Foundry Co. Ltd.
Archival resources
Royal Historical Society of Victoria Inc
- Charles George Weickhardt : Notes on the history of engineering firms in Victoria, c. 1950 - 2000, MS 000036 (Box 017-1); Weickhardt, Charles George Talbot (George) (1906 - 2000); Royal Historical Society of Victoria Inc. Details
The University of Melbourne Archives
- Phoenix Foundry Co. Ltd. - Records, 1885 - 1906, 64/16; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Weickhardt, C. G. T., 'Pioneer engineers, Part 5: Phoenix Foundry Company Ltd.', Royal Historical Society of Victoria Journal, 55 (5) (1984), 46-50, http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/116264. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7186882. Details
- Churchward, Matthew Spencer; Milner, Peter, 'Vol.1, p.15', The principal engineering establishments in Victoria in the period 1842 - 1945, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 1988. Details
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476976. 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_p.html. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 24 August 2001, Last modified: 20 March 2006
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