A001226 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2001-08-13 human Annette Alafaci updated 2025-11-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A001226b.htm corporateBody Melbourne Glass Bottle Works Company AACR2 1872 c. 1915 Start Place South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Manufacturing Industry The Melbourne Glass Bottle Works Company was established in Graham Street Emerald Hill (South Melbourne) by Felton Grimwade & Co. in 1872. The plant produced bottles for the company's pharmaceutical products and was the foundation of glass bottle manufacturing in Australia. The company expanded rapidly, moved to Spotswood (Vic), bought out smaller businesses and by the early 1900s had assets in most states. In 1915 the Melbourne Glass Bottle Works Company was amalgamated into the Australian Glass Manufacturing Co. Ltd. later known as Australian Consolidated Industries. Felton, Alfred (1831 - 1904)

Alfred Felton was central in the establishment of the Melbourne Glass Bottle Works Company

 Australian Glass Manufacturers Company Limited (I) (1915 - 1922)

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 'Melbourne Glass Bottle Works Company', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne Glass Bottle Works Company Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation 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