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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2026-01-21 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002784b.htm person Wunderlich Ernest Julius AACR2 Wunderlich, Henry Charles 16 May 1859 11 April 1945 Place of Birth Islington, London, England Place of Death Bondi Junction, New South Wales, Australia Manufacturer Ernest Wunderlich was chairman and a director of Wunderlich Ltd from its formation in 1908 until his death in 1945. The firm, which had branches in all States and in Wellington, New Zealand, specialised in terracotta products, at first all imported but from 1910 also produced at the Wunderlich works at Brunswick, Melbourne.

Ernest Julius Wunderlich arrived in Australia as a manufacturers' agent for imported German stamped metal ceilings. He soon developed a better type of ceiling which he patented in 1888. The following year he sold the patent to manufacturer W.H. Rocke & Co. and joined the company. Wunderlich soon became the manager of the Melbourne factory and regained the patents. Next he established Wunderlich Patent Ceiling & Roofing Co. Ltd, which eventually merged with W.H. Rocke & Co. in 1908 to become Wunderlich Ltd. Ernest Wunderlich's other interests and achievements include being a Trustee and President (1926) of the Australian Museum; founder of the Museum's magazine (1921); and built an observatory at his holiday home at Gunnamatta Bay, Port Hacking. In 1924 he placed the observatory in trust for the New South Wales branch of the British Astronomical Association, of which he was president.

1885 1885 Life event - Migrated to Australia (Sydney) 1888 1888 Patent - Patented a ceiling type 1889 1889 Career position - Sold patents to W.H. Rocke & Co. 1892 1892 Career position - Manager of W.H. Rocke & Co. in Melbourne and redeemed the patents c. 1893 c. 1893 Career position - Established Wunderlich Patent Ceiling & Roofing Co. Ltd 1908 1908 Career position - Wunderlich Ltd established through the merger of W.H. Rocke & Co. and Wunderlich Patent Ceiling & Roofing Co. Ltd Wunderlich, Frederick Otto (1861 - 1951)

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 'Wunderlich, Ernest Julius', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Wunderlich, Ernest Julius Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Wunderlich, Frederick Otto (1861-1951), manufacturer, [medical practitioner] Walsh, G. P. Wunderlich, Frederick Otto (1861-1951), manufacturer, [medical practitioner] Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1990 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z John Ritchie 587-589