A001336
revised
AU-VU:EOAS
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation
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English
AACR2
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
Corporate Body
created
2001-08-24
human
Ailie Smith
updated
2025-11-05
human
https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A001336b.htm
corporateBody
Phoenix Foundry Co Ltd
AACR2
1854
1900s
Start Place
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Location
Ballarat, Victoria
Smelters or Foundries
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.
Wikidata
Trove
'Phoenix Foundry Co Ltd', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
Phoenix Foundry Co Ltd
Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation
Resource: The principal engineering establishments in Victoria in the period 1842 - 1945
Churchward, Matthew Spencer; Milner, Peter
The principal engineering establishments in Victoria in the period 1842 - 1945
Parkville, VIC
University of Melbourne
1988
Journal Article: Pioneer engineers, Part 5: Phoenix Foundry Company Ltd.
Weickhardt, C. G. T.
Pioneer engineers, Part 5: Phoenix Foundry Company Ltd.
1984
Royal Historical Society of Victoria Journal
55
5
46-50
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.
Phoenix Foundry Co. Ltd. - Records
The University of Melbourne Archives
Phoenix Foundry Co. Ltd. - Records
64/16
1885 - 1906
Manager's report book containing monthly reports from both the manager and the finance committee, 25 November 1885 - 27 July 1906 (final report is of pro tem. closure of foundry).
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