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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Rosanne Walker; Ken McInnes updated 2025-12-03 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003555b.htm person Gerard Alfred Edward AACR2 11 August 1877 13 October 1950 Place of Birth Aberdeen, South Australia, Australia Merchant Alfred Edward Gerard founded Gerard & Goodman, an electrical merchandising business in Adelaide (1907). In 1920 he started making electrical fittings, and formed Gerard Industries in 1931 to take over this business. The company was the first in Australia to manufacture electrical conduit fittings that could adjust, expand or contract, brand named as "Clipsal" products. He built a moulding plant to make other electrical accessories including flush wall-switches and ceiling switches. His four sons, Hubert, Jack, Geoffrey and Ken later joined and continues the businesses, that were still in family hands in the late 1980s. Gerard, Kenneth Edward (1912 - 1993) Gerard Industries Pty Ltd (1931 - )

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 Gerard, Alfred Edward (1877-1950)

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 'Gerard, Alfred Edward', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Gerard, Alfred Edward Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Gerard, Alfred Edward (1877-1950), merchant and Aboriginal welfare worker Warden, Alan Gerard, Alfred Edward (1877-1950), merchant and Aboriginal welfare worker Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1981 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 642-643 Edited Book: They built South Australia : engineers, technicians, manufacturers, contractors and their work Cumming, D. A.; Moxham, G. C. They built South Australia : engineers, technicians, manufacturers, contractors and their work Adelaide D.A. Cumming and G.C Moxham 1986 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