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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Rosanne Walker updated 2025-11-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003570b.htm person Goninan Alfred AACR2 29 May 1865 25 August 1953 Place of Birth St Just, Cornwall, England Place of Death Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia Engineer Alfred Goninan established an engineering business at Wickham, near Newcastle, New South Wales, with his brother Ralph (1899). By 1926 the brothers were joint managing directors and Alfred was chairman. They made pitheads, boilers, wagons and a huge, cast 41-ton block for the district's coal trade. Although he left the firm because of personal debts during the Depression, the firm survived. It still bears his name and is Australia's largest maker of rail-cars. Goninan also helped to establish Commonwealth Steel Products Co. Ltd at Waratah, Newcastle, mainly to produce railway wheels and axles.

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 'Goninan, Alfred', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Goninan, Alfred Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Goninan, Alfed (1865-1953) and Ralph Williams Goninan (1874-1948), engineers Fredman, L.E. Goninan, Alfed (1865-1953) and Ralph Williams Goninan (1874-1948), engineers Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1996 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 14: 1940 - 1980 Di-Kel John Ritchie 291-292 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