A001122
revised
AU-VU:EOAS
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation
All key entry types: Awards; Concepts; Corporate Bodies (Organisations); Cultural Artefacts; People; etc
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English
AACR2
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Corporate Body
created
2001-07-05
human
Ailie Smith
updated
2025-11-05
human
https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A001122b.htm
corporateBody
Humble and Son
AACR2
Start Place
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Location
Geelong, Victoria
Engineering Industry
Road Transport
The Geelong engineering company Humble and Son constructed several buses in 1903. It is possible that these were the first buses to be constructed in Australia.
Trove
'Humble and Son', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
Humble and Son
Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation
Journal Article: Pioneer engineers, Part 6: Humble and Sons of Geelong
Weickhardt, C. G. T.
Pioneer engineers, Part 6: Humble and Sons of Geelong
1988
Victorian Historical Journal
59
3-4
39-42
Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988
Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
Technology in Australia 1788-1988
Online
Melbourne
Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
2000
Charles George Weickhardt : Notes on the history of engineering firms in Victoria
Royal Historical Society of Victoria Inc
Charles George Weickhardt : Notes on the history of engineering firms in Victoria
MS 000036 (Box 017-1)
c. 1950 - 2000
A transcribed account of engineering firms in Victoria from the 19th to 20th century. The author is Charles George Weickhardt.
The compiled documentation is of historical significance to Victoria, as it describes the early years of engineering.
The list of engineering firms:
Austral Otis Engineering Company Ltd;
Atlas Company of Engineers;
The Bendigo Engineers;
Campbell, Sloss and McCann;
Enoch Chambers;
Edward Campbell & Son;
Davies and Shephard;
Charles Dangerfield and Co;
Drysdale and Fraser;
M. G. Dyke & Son;
C. Ebeling & Sons;
Fulton Foundry Company;
William Glover & Co;
W. G. Goetz & Sons;
Humble & Sons (in Geelong);
Jacques Bros;
Johns & Waygood;
Kelly & Lewis Ltd;
Langlands Foundry Company;
A. H. McDonald & Co;
McKenzie & Holland;
H. W. Mould (Clyde Iron Works);
David Munro & Co;
Joseph Nixon;
Orton & Burns;
Phoenix Foundry Company;
D. Richardson & Sons;
Schumachers Mill Furnishing Works;
J. J. Sneesby (Standard Engineering Works);
John W. Stamp Pty. Ltd;
Union Foundry (in Ballarat);
Thompsons Ltd (in Castlemaine);
Vickers Ruwolt;
John Welsh Pty Ltd;
Wright & Edwards Ltd.