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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/P002785b.htm person Wunderlich Frederick Otto AACR2 28 June 1861 12 May 1951 Place of Birth Islington, England Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Manufacturer Frederick Wunderlich was a co-founder of the firm which became known as Wunderlich Ltd - specialists in terracotta products. At first all products were imported but from 1910 local produced was established at the Wunderlich works in Brunswick, Victoria. The firm grew into a highly successful company with branches in all Australian States and in Wellington, New Zealand. Wunderlich Ltd was the first Australian firm to introduce a 44 hour week without a pay reduction (1908) and in 1914 started a profit-sharing scheme for employees. Wunderlich was in fact a practicing doctor before migrating to Australia in 1900. However upon arrival in Sydney he joined his brothers Ernest and Alfred in the Wunderlich Patent Ceiling & Roofing Co. Ltd. He concentrated on the administrative, technical and scientific aspects of the company. He became a life director of Wunderlich Ltd when the company united with Rocke. 1880 1880 Education - Bach.es Lettres, Université de Lausanne in Switzerland 1885 Career position - Member, Royal College of Surgeons 1885 1885 Education - Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of London (LRCP, St Bartholemew's Hospital in London c. 1885 c. 1900 Career position - Practised medicine in London 1889 1889 Education - Dip. Pub. Health RCPS, St Bartholemew's Hospital 1900 1900 Life event - Migrated to Australia (Sydney) 1908 Career position - Life Director of Wunderlich Ltd Wunderlich, Ernest Julius (1859 - 1945)

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 'Wunderlich, Frederick Otto', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Wunderlich, Frederick Otto 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